5 red flags when evaluating a commercial building

5 red flags when evaluating a commercial transaction   I hope everyone is off to a great spring. Now that the weather has broken the real estate market in many areas continues to heat up.  I personally go in and inspect hundreds of properties a year throughout CO, GA,...

Close your hard money loan by year end

As the holidays are well upon us, many borrowers have asked: “can you close my loan by year end?”. The answer is yes. Fairivew is a private hard money lender that strictly lends their own money. Fairview has the ability to close loans quickly without the...

Private hard money lender closings

Fairview Lending (https://www.fairviewlending.com) is the leader in private lending in Colorado, Georgia and Illinois.  We strictly lend our own money and there are never any upfront fees.  We have recently updated a list of some of our recent hard money closings. ...

U.S. Existing Home Sales Slump in February. Who is still lending?

I just saw the existing home data for February (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-21/u-s-february-existing-home-sales-fall-to-4-88-million-rate.html ).  Sales of existing homes continues to slump.  The foreclosure glut continues to drive prices down as well. ...

double dip on housing prices

There was an interesting article on CNN where Case/Shiller predicted a double dip in the housing market.  What is leading this decline?  In my opinion the number one driver right now is oil prices.  Many of the hardest hit areas were “exurbs” for example...