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5 Things to know about private construction loans

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

Clay Sparkman I recently came across this five year old (but still very relevant) article written for David C. Scott for the Scotsman Guide 5 Things to know about private construction loans It seems to fir pretty well with my own overall perception. As such, I thought I would publish it here and then go […]

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Musing the fix and flip

Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Clay Sparkman I recently came across these articles while scanning the web. I don’t agree 100% with everything said, but all in all, there is some very good stuff here–and so I thought I’d share it with you. (Ever vigilant: I’m combing the web for you.) Scott Yancey’s Top 10 Fix and Flip Deal Destroyers […]

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The art of the summary

Tuesday, July 5th, 2016

Clay Sparkman The Art of the Summary Between phone calls, emails, and on-line submissions, we receive a tremendous number of loan requests. It’s pretty common for these loans to have tight deadlines, so here are three ways to speed up the process. 1)      Use the on-line proposal form and provide all the applicable information.  This form […]

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Promotional offer #2 for real estate investors

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Clay Sparkman We are running several new promotions, primarily aimed at real estate investors, to really get costs down on financing and thus open up the possibility for more profitable deals. Last week I put up a blog post about a 12% and 2 point offering. This week I’m putting up an alternative offer: 7% […]

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Promotional offer for real estate investors

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

Clay Sparkman We are running a new promotion, primarily aimed at real estate investors, to really get costs down on financing and thus open up the possibility for more profitable deals. This is the best that we have ever offered, and we are running it in order to bring in new borrowers and give them […]

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how 2-4 unit properies might be utilized (and financed)

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Clay Sparkman Here, in The Scotsman Guide, is an article with an interesting take on regulations for financing of 2-4 unit properties and how private money might be utilized in a supporting role. I thought it might interest most Brokers and RI Borrowers. (By the way, if you are not familiar with it, The Scotsman […]

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Visualizing the industry

Thursday, May 19th, 2016

Clay Sparkman With regard to forward thinking (that is, how is the industry changing?): I thought you might appreciate this article, Private Lending Sector Making Big Noise for Real Estate Investors, by Ben Stoodley: Here Certainly he is correct with regard to his interpretation of current trends, and one must wonder how far this might […]

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Three potentially useful indicators of the likely movement of value

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Clay Sparkman Any good real estate investor should be attempting  to assess whether property values are rising, falling,  or holding in the area of his/her latest potential investment. After all, the core question when buying investment property (particularly short-term) is, “what is value likely to do in the next year or so?” If you sense […]

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Flexibility and creativity: the beauty of private money loans

Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

Clay Sparkman This post was first published on this site on July 6th. 2010. Our private money lending programs tend to be fairly rigid with regard to LTV requirements but quite forgiving with regard to other issues.   One of the nice things about private money is that it allows for creative problem solving.   I have […]

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Minding the gap

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Clay Sparkman This article was originally posted at this site in May of 2013 at this site. Since then, we have seen the number of construction and fix/flip loans that we do increase significantly. This seems to be a sweet spot for the private money market. That is, we are able to fill what would […]

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