by Glen | Mar 16, 2016 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending valuation, Denver Hard Money
Will mortgage rates rise significantly this year? Anyone associated with real estate saw that the federal reserve did not raise rates at their meeting 3/16/16. How is this possible that rates will not increase substantially? At their recent meeting on Wednesday they...
by Glen | Feb 5, 2016 | Commercial Lending valuation, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money in the News, Property Valuation, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation
5 essential tools for real estate investors Having looked at thousands of residential and commercial properties throughout the country over the last twenty years, I wanted to share a list of 5 tools that I use daily when evaluating properties. These tools are...
by Glen | Jun 10, 2015 | Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending valuation, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money in the News, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, In the Press, News, Private Lending, Residential hard money
Should you invest in Real Estate? What will your actual return be? It seems like everyone is chasing the same golden rainbow. There is an old saying that a stock bubble can be predicted when your barber provides investment advice, similar could be true in real...
by Glen | Apr 1, 2015 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending in the news, Commercial Lending valuation, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money in the News, Housing Price Trends / Information
Is a real estate bust coming? I’m sure we all “fondly” 🙂 remember the epic real estate crash of 2007, I like to joke that I’m still walking a bit weary from that experience. Since the crash, house prices across the country have been on a tear with rapid appreciation...
by Glen | Jun 9, 2014 | CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending in the news, Commercial Lending valuation, Hard Money Commercial Lending
What is one of the best ways to understand the true value a property? As a private lender, we are unique in that we underwrite all our loan transactions in house (we do not require appraisals since one of the partners inspects all properties we lend on). Since we do...
by Glen | Apr 6, 2014 | Chicago Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending in the news, Commercial Lending valuation, Denver Hard Money, Hard Money in the News, Private Lending, Property Valuation
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,...