by Glen | May 23, 2018 | Commercial Lending valuation, hard money, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation
I know this sounds pretty crazy that a mushroom should be your guide to real estate investing. First, put the magic mushroom down! I’m not talking about actually consuming a mushroom. Do you know the mushroom theory? I think most people would agree, the...
by Glen | May 21, 2018 | commercial hard money, Commercial Lending in the news, Commercial Lending valuation, Housing Price Trends / Information
No I’m not crazy and I don’t subscribe to conspiracy theories. But, as we speak the value of your commercial real estate is being “changed” by the federal government. This is not a joke; the federal government is making your real estate value decrease. How is this...
by Glen | Apr 8, 2018 | Commercial Lending valuation, Hard Money Commercial Lending
Did the tooth fairy predict the recent market turmoil? The tooth fairy was a bit frugal in 2017, the average payout dropped 11%. Why such a large drop when the economy is supposedly the healthiest it has been in 10 years and wages are rising? Can the tooth fairy be...
by Glen | Mar 30, 2018 | Commercial Lending valuation, residential lending valuation
It is ironic that all the focus on the possible trade war with China and others is focusing primarily on the impact to certain industries whether it is steel, pork, high tech, services, etc… Little focus has been given to an industry that impacts more of general...
by Glen | Feb 18, 2018 | Commercial Lending in the news, Commercial Lending valuation, Hard Money Commercial Lending
Reagonomics, Clintonomics, Obamanomics, Bushonomics (1 and 2), Trumponomics, and the new Moronomics which has been embraced by both political parties. It seems like every party has their own economics plan whether is it trickle down or trickle up; economists...
by Glen | Feb 3, 2018 | Commercial Lending valuation, Housing Price Trends / Information
Dow plunged 666 points on Friday, yet the jobs report was strong. Why the selloff? Why are treasury rates on a tear? Why did mortgage rates also jump? What does this mean for real estate? Are certain real estate sectors more impacted than others? What happened?...