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...
by Glen | Jan 23, 2017 | Property Valuation, Real Estate Trends
With Trump’s first work day today, what does the new Trump presidency mean for real estate? Is Trump the “inflation president”? What does this mean for rates and real estate values? Will commercial and residential real estate continue to soar? Are certain...
by Glen | Jul 28, 2016 | CO Biz Magazine, Colorado Biz Magazine, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending in the news, Hard Money in the News, Property Valuation
Will taco bell predict the next real estate crash? What does a fast food restaurant like taco bell have to do with real estate? Can the sales of taco bell predict the next crash? What do sales at fast food restaurants mean for the general economy? What we found in...
by Glen | May 30, 2016 | Property Valuation, residential lending valuation
What is the biggest mistake when valuing a property? As a private lender/ hard money lender we internally value every property and I have personally looked at thousands of properties (both residential and commercial). As you can imagine, over the last twenty years I...
by Glen | Apr 4, 2016 | Housing Price Trends / Information, Property Valuation, Real Estate Trends
Are you ready for the new credit reporting requirements (trended data)? Although we are a hard money lender and do not rely heavily on credit for our loan decisions (we are an asset lender focusing on the property), the new credit reporting requirement are going to...
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...