Don’t Fight the Fed

  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…

All Great Things are Made Simple

  Winston Churchill, one of the most famous Statesmen of all time who led England during World War II, once said “All Great Things are Made Simple”.  During the Wars darkest days, Churchill successfully motivated the British Empire to fight vigorously and courageously through his succinct messaging and prose. Former Apple CEO and famous Entrepreneur…

5 Advantages of a Managed Trust Deed Portfolio

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…

5 Ways to Profit

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…

4 Ways To Value Properties

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…

Yield Olympics

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…

Who can Benefit from Trust Deed Investments?

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…