What is “Protective Equity” and why is this Equity important for the Trust Deed Investor? Hard Money Loans are loans underwritten primarily on the underlying real estate collateral of the loan. Hard Money Lenders have varying guidelines on Loan to Value (LTV) Ratios which is defined as the Loan Amount/Property Value. A general rule however…
7 key steps a borrower or a mortgage broker will need to ensure a Hard Money Loan approval. Millions in Private Capital sits on the sidelines waiting to invest in secured and well underwritten Trust Deed Investments. These are the 7 key steps a borrower or a mortgage broker will need to ensure a…
10 steps to find a Fix and Flip hard money loan Many real estate investors are enjoy buying, fixing and flipping single family residential real estate. Smart investors are taking advantage of these favorable market conditions to buy more homes using hard money loans. Hard money loans can provide leverage to stretch the investor’s…
Why Focus on Hard Money Lending as opposed to other types of loans? When I first entered the Real Estate Business with Coldwell Banker Commercial (CB) in 1989, I heard a saying about focus that I still apply to our business today. “It’s Better to Be an Inch Wide and a Mile Deep…
How does an investor get income from their hard earned savings? How does an investor get a high yield return in today’s low interest rate environment? Well, there is one thing for sure: Don’t Fight the Fed! This mantra means that investors should realize that high yield is not going to come from traditional…
Cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the Internet). End users, like Hard Money Lenders (HML), access cloud based applications through a web browser or a mobile application while the software and users’ data are stored on servers at a…
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Which is the better investment: A Trust Deed Portfolio or a Mortgage Fund that invests in Trust Deeds? You have probably already figured out that you should add non-correlated Alternative Investment, current income producing Trust Deeds to your investment portfolio to be truly diversified and protected from the volatile world of Stocks and Bonds. This…
How can an investor profit from buying distressed properties? According to the Corelogic Home Pricing Index (HPI) Residential Real Estate prices have depreciated by as much as 59.11% from the peak in May, 2006. Prices have increased the last few months in 2012, but the overall decline in prices is substantial. There are many ways…
How do you get an accurate value on properties? The primary underwriting criteria for a Hard Money Loan is the Value of the Property being used as Collateral. The Internet, new government regulations and the Housing meltdown have all forced Lenders and Service Providers to invent and utilize new valuation metrics and products. The…
I May be Small but I Can Do Big Things Walking with my 3 year old son the other day, he blurted out “I may be small but I can do Big Things”. I looked at my wife and we both started laughing out loud. I thought about my Son’s profound comment and realized how…
5 Ways to Win Short Sales with Hard Money Come October 2012 – Things are changing in the Short Sale marketplace. As noted in the MBA Newslink 9-4-12 “While distressed borrower typically must be behind on mortgage payments to qualify for a short sale, Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac are relaxing the requirement for…
Trust Deed Investments Win the Gold Medal USA Today recently reported that “Money funds are yielding an average 0.03%. The highest-yielding one-year bank CD, from CIT bank, is yielding 1.1%, says Bankrate.com — $5,500 a year from a $500,000 deposit. OUCH! If you’re tired of seeing your money tied up in low-yielding accounts, we have good…
Investors in Trust Deeds understand and appreciate the value of real estate as well as certain fundamentals about real estate lending. They like the fact that real estate is a tangible asset. An investor can visually inspect the property securing the loan — they can actually walk through it, examine it and touch it. There…