by Glen | Jan 3, 2018 | Commercial Lending valuation, Property Valuation
Is Georgia a good indicator of the overall national real estate economy? From the graph above Georgia is trending in lockstep with the national average of delinquencies. What can this tell us? The graph comes from new federal database by the CFPB that tracks...
by Glen | Aug 1, 2017 | Property Valuation
As a hard money lender, value is the most critical component of underwriting a loan. We don’t require appraisals so we are looking at thousands of loans a year. I wanted to share the tools I use to underwrite each time I look at a loan file and specific tools for...
by Glen | May 15, 2017 | Property Valuation
When investing in real estate there are a myriad of factors to consider. Should one of the factors be death rates? Ironically, I’m not talking about crime statistics. There was a recent article in a Ski town newspaper (Steamboat Pilot) highlighting the number of...
by Glen | Mar 27, 2017 | Property Valuation, Real Estate Trends
Anyone watching the markets recently has seen a marked reversal from the initial Trump Optimism. The recent “great healthcare” reform promised by the president imploded. Because of this implosion and implications on future tax measures. There are 4 immediate...
by Glen | Mar 12, 2017 | Property Valuation, Uncategorized
We lost an hour Sunday! I’m sure like most folks I’m not a big fan of losing sleep. I’m not alone in my dislike for time change. There is evidence that changing the clocks causes a spike in car accidents, strokes, and heart attacks. In general folks seem a...
by Glen | Mar 6, 2017 | Property Valuation
I recently looked at a warehouse property that was just purchased for 500k. They only needed 200k. I thought the loan should be a no brainer until I started digging and found out the property was only worth around 200k! How could there be this large of a...
