“Life is About Opportunity”

How do Hard Money loans give opportunity to borrowers?   I attended a breakfast meeting with Terry Donahue, former illustrious UCLA Head Football Coach, and he mentioned “Life is About Opportunity”.  Terry currently give’s high school football players opportunity to receive a college football scholarship at his California Showcase.  (http://cashowcase.org)  In 2012 450 player athletes…

Go With the Flow!

Projected Yield is nice but Current Income Yield is better.  Assuming invested Capital is equally safe in both types of investments; this blog describes the nuances of receiving yield through a back-end loaded projected yield where interest is earned at the end of an investment term vs. interest earned through a current income monthly deposit.…

4 Buckets for Better Diversification

With Stock Prices at all-time highs and bond yields still near record lows, establishing a truly diversified portfolio makes more sense than ever. Financial planners have long built portfolios based on historical correlations, or the extent to which various investments have moved up and down together in the past. The theory is that when stocks…

Why Diversify from the Stock Market?

  The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported in June, 2013 that Insider trading and stock market fraud persists, perhaps at epidemic levels. That’s what WSJ’s MarketWatch found in a series of interviews with people convicted of insider trading and fraud. These felons, including Bernie Madoff who orchestrated the largest in history $50 Billion Ponzi scheme,…

7 Reasons to Guard a Trust Deed’s Protective Equity

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…

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…