by Glen | Sep 17, 2019 | Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Realtor
California recently passed a bill (AB5) to target “gig workers” like Lyft and Uber drivers to ensure they are classified as full time employees as opposed to contract workers but there will be other side effects. This law will drastically alter the real estate...
by Glen | Aug 6, 2019 | General real estate financing information, Private Lending, Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Underwriting/Valuation
Recently the news has been overwhelming on the China trade war. Last week there was a trade meeting surrounded by fanfare, then there were the tweets from the president announcing more tariffs. The US markets plunged losing 2% in one day and bonds gained. What is...
by Glen | Jul 24, 2019 | Hard Money Lending, Private Lending, Real Estate Trends, Realtor
It was only a matter of time before the largest seller of almost anything entered the real estate market. Amazon announced it’s new program, Turnkey. This program partners with Realogy (owner of Sothebys, Coldwell Banker, etc..) to funnel potential buyers to...
by Glen | Dec 27, 2018 | Hard Money in the News, Hard Money Lending, Housing Price Trends / Information, Private Lending, Property Valuation, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money, residential lending valuation, Small Balance Commercial Lending
With 2019 coming quickly it is time for my annual real estate predictions. 2019 is shaping up to be considerably more exciting than 2018! The main economic drivers in 2019 will be the pace of rate increases from the federal reserve, market volatility, the ongoing...
by Glen | Nov 26, 2018 | Hard Money Lending, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Residential hard money, Small Balance Commercial Lending, Underwriting/Valuation
Would you take the bet? I wouldn’t suggest it as we’ve seen this party before. As I’ve mentioned before the number one determinant of a default is leverage. This is obvious, yet our wonderful federal government doesn’t seem to grasp this concept. For a government...
