by Glen | Mar 13, 2020 | General real estate financing information, hard money, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money in the News, Housing Price Trends / Information, interest rates, private lender, Private Lending, Process/Loan Submittal, Program Details
First, I hope everyone is doing okay with everything going on. As many banks and other lenders pull back thru the pandemic and the mortgage rate increase we are still funding. We fund and hold all of our loans in cash without leverage so we will continue to...
by Glen | Feb 19, 2020 | CO hard money, Colorado Hard Money, Colorado ski lending, Colorado ski real estate, hard money, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Realtor, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation
It is ski time in the Rocky Mountains with over 250 inches in many of the resort communities. Do you know where the picture was taken (hint it is a “Costco” resort, email me if you know)? Although there is plenty of snow and cold weather,...
by Glen | Nov 19, 2019 | General real estate financing information, hard money
First, I wanted to wish each of you and your families a Safe, Happy, Healthy, and relaxing Thanksgiving Holiday. As you sit around the table, I wanted to provide a little food for thought. A gentleman that lost his home in the California wildfires is now...
by Glen | Nov 3, 2019 | Cannabis / Marijuana Lending, Commercial Lending valuation, hard money, Hard Money Commercial Lending, Hard Money Lending
The House of Representatives passed a cannabis banking bill with bipartisan support that would allow banks to provide services to Cannabis companies where it is legal. What was in the bill? How will this impact real estate throughout the country? Before you pop the...
by Glen | Jul 30, 2019 | General real estate financing information, hard money, Hard Money Commercial Lending
Fitch Ratings, one of the big three rating services (the other two are Moody’s and Standard and Poors) announced big changes to their pricing models that rates mortgage securities. What is changing? Why is this change so impactful? Why will commercial and...
by Glen | Jun 20, 2019 | hard money, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Property Valuation, Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Realtor, Residential hard money
I’ve been hearing rumblings of this suit for months and I’m usually skeptical that lawsuits will totally alter an industry but the recent suit against the National Association of realtors, various multiple listing services, and many large real estate brokerages could...