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How to Make Offers That (Nearly) Guarantee You Can’t Lose

Wednesday, December 28th, 2016

Clay Sparkman I recently came across this article,  How to Make Offers That (Nearly) Guarantee You Can’t Lose by Sterling White, and felt that it would be worth sharing on this blog. I can’t tell you haw may times I have had investor-Borrowers come to me looking for a private money loan and when I […]

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Ask an Investor

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

Clay Sparkman I came across the following blog posting by Jersey Digs, and felt that it would be worth passing along to interested borrowers and brokers: Ask an Investor: How did you get started? How do you make money? I hope you found that to be useful. Any feedback would be much appreciated. If you […]

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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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Article: Four things you need to flip a house

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

Clay Sparkman I came across this article by Justin Pierce, Four Things You Need To Flip A House, in Special to The Washington Post. It is well written and touches on some relevant/important points with regard to the matter of home-flipping. Since this is our sweet spot as a private money lender, I thought it […]

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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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Private money loans – a broad perspective

Monday, June 27th, 2016

Clay Sparkman I came across this article, Private Lending Presents Opportunities for Investors by Jeff Brown, in US News. It gives a very broad perspective on private money lending. For example, it includes references crowd-sourcing and unsecured loans. I thought it might be worth sharing with you all, as you contemplate your options for non-bank […]

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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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