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You may think that all private mortgage (hard money) lenders are the same, but they as similar as comparing one restaurant to another.   There are two primary factors that make private mortgage lenders different from one another.  The first difference is the types of loans they arrange and the second is whether they are a…

Getting a bank loan today has become hard, especially if you have bad credit. Yes, you might get the loan, but the deal will not be as good. At the end of the day, you might find that you owe more in high-interest rates or have to pay a higher premium. This might cause you…

With over 25 years of private mortgage “Hard Money” loan origination experience, I believe I am well qualified to answer this question. The terms Private Money and Hard Money are synonymous and there is no difference between the two. The term Private Money has become more widely used over the last 20 years. I think…

One of the questions that people often ask me is how does one find a good property in Southern California to “flip”? There are actually about 60 specific ways to locate a property that can be purchased, rehabbed (repaired) and resold for a profit – “flipped”. As a full-time investor “flipper” I have flipped hundreds…