The Five Greatest Borrower Delusions
1. That they can borrow 100% of the purchase price because “the property’s worth double that” 2. That the property they’re purchasing…
Why Crowdfunding has NOT Been Effective for Commercial Mortgage Loans
Why Has Crowdfunding NOT Been Effective For Commercial Mortgage Loans? 1. Disconnect between ability to raise capital and ability to generate deal…
How To Sell a Commercial Property that Can’t be Financed
Some commercial real estate just can’t be financed. The property is vacant, needs extensive repair, or there may be environmental, location, or…
The Most Ridiculous Loan Packages I Ever Received
5. A list of loan requests copied and pasted from Scotsman Guide with the broker adding a note to include 3 points…
The Five Biggest Frustrations for Mortgage Brokers
5. Borrowers who decide to “go a different route” after you spend 20 hours sourcing their hard to finance loan 4. Loan…
Five Top Signs that You Should Not Waste Time With a Borrower
5. The first thing he tells you is that the last four brokers he worked with were crooks 4. He objects to…
The Side of the Equation Investors Shouldn’t Ignore
Most investors, unless very experienced, concentrate almost exclusively on some method of measuring return on investment, i.e., cap rate, Internal rate of…
Rents can “Easily be Raised”?
Almost every seller out there says that he’s renting his property below market and “rents can easily be raised”. Sometimes this is…
When is a “Hard Money Loan” NOT a Hard Money Loan
Different private and hard money lenders have different criteria for approving and funding a commercial mortgage loan. Most people in the commercial…
HOW COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BROKERS CAN EARN $250,000 (or more) ANNUALLY
After 20 years as a private mortgage/hard money direct lender, I have dealt with over one thousand commercial mortgage brokers. The most successful…