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The Private Money Investor
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This blog deals with all aspects of investing in private money loans and hard money loans secured by trust deeds and real property, including underwriting, risk assessment, loan servicing, and workout/recovery.
Recent Posts
Trust deed lending – ten mistakes you should never make and ten mistakes you must never make
Clay Sparkman Okay, first the ten mistakes you should never make: (1) Never close a loan without title insurance. (2) Never close a loan on property that has valuable structures without a valid hazard insurance policy in effect listing yo...
Commercial real estate tsunami?
Clay Sparkman There has been quite a bit of talk in 2009 about the possibility of a meltdown in the market for commercial real estate. I came across some statistics recently that were quite astounding in support of the idea that a wave of commercia...
Private money through the looking glass
Clay Sparkman First off, I’d like to point you to a list of 37 private money investment tips posted by Brad Evans of Brad Evans Real Estate Loans. This list has been circulating on the net for quite a few years now. It is one of the more though...
Two hicks from Oregon go to Malibu – a cautionary tale
Clay Sparkman The runway was drenched in sunlight as our plane touched down that morning at LAX. It was a golden balmy day. We grabbed our bags and headed for the rental car kiosks. I don’t recall how it happened exactly, but the fellow at th...
Top ten ways you know it might be time to consider private money
Clay Sparkman I thought it would be nice to publish something just for fun today. I originally wrote and published this TOP TEN list on our web site man years ago. I think it is still relevant after all this time. Again, keep in mind, this is do...
The private money lending business: likes and gripes (part III)
Clay Sparkman I finished Part II with a brief mention of something I quite like about the trust deed system: that is, the option (generally available) to foreclose judicially. Before moving on, I’d like to offer you a crude little decision tree whi...


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