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What are hard money lenders?

Private investors whom lend their money out high rates that local banks won’t do.

Hard money loans are easier to get and funded very fast at lighting speed. It is referred to especially with real estate investors as asset based lending. The collateral on the loan becomes the real estate. They are far from conventional loans, since the underwriting guidelines that private money go by are far different from your local banks.

For those seeking emergency funding sources, or that have situations that are time sensitive and need to close quickly in days not weeks for their money, hard money (more…)

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A private mortgage lender is essential to the success of your real estate venture and your business relationship with the lender during the life of the real estate loan. For many real estate investors, working with the right lender means the difference between a sweet deal and a deal gone bad.

Many real estate investors opt to work with private mortgage lenders to escape the bureaucracy involved with the conventional lending process. The global real estate market is competitive and often the speed of the transaction is crucial to the success and outcome of a real estate deal. (more…)

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When considering a home purchase you will want to excercise many options other than the traditional lending facilities and these have been known for the highest interest rates. If the traditional mortgage lenders are not able to meet your financial needs, you may consider turning to hard money lenders. By going through hard money lenders, you can close a faster loan and get access to your cash sooner. If you are starting a business, buying a business or you want to upgrade your current business, getting a hard money loan might be perfect for your situation.

Many companies offer hard money loans, and if they can’t finance you, you should have no problems finding hard money lenders that will back you and your business. (more…)

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.Say you have a subject to. How can you give a first mortgage to a private lender if you are going to be making the mortgage payments?

First things first! That is kind of a trick question because you can borrow both first and seconds from private lenders. Did you know this?

Now private lenders come in handy when you’re borrowing a second behind the subject-to loan. In fact, it will always be a second if it’s behind a subject-to loan, and that is commonly used when you are borrowing small amounts of money to either bring payments current (or pay the seller some cash to get out – or both – or doing some repairs, etc.). (more…)

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Many of us have heard about private money, hard money, and other types of non-traditional funding sources for real estate transactions. It sounds good but you may not be fully aware of all of the benefits that private lending offers to you and your business. With that in mind, I would like to outline the top ten benefits of using private money in your own real estate investment pursuits.

Benefit #1: You are in control!!

The first benefit of private money that I’ll mention is probably the one that is the most important. Private lending gives you far more control over the buying process than afforded by either traditional lenders or even hard money lenders. How often do you get to negotiate things like interest rate with a traditional lender? These rates are generally predetermined and are dictated by your financial strength and/or credit score. Furthermore, the terms of repayment for traditional or hard money loans are rarely negotiable. They know they’re in the driver’s seat (because they’re the ones lending the money and they have clients willing to accept their terms if you choose not to) and pass along that knowledge to you via terms that they dictate. With private lenders, you negotiate the terms of the loan. Granted, the private lender has a say in it but you are in a stronger negotiating position because you are offering an opportunity they might not be able to find elsewhere. (more…)

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I recently attended a real estate investment seminar in Las Vegas. Between speeches by different “gurus” I would mingle with other investors and explain that I owned a hard money brokerage firm. Even though it has been around for almost a hundred years now, I was amazed how hard money lenders still seem to be mysterious to many investors. They either did not understand how the hard money lending industry worked or had heard that it was something they should avoid like the plague.

To put it simply, hard money loans are short term loans that are used for various real estate projects. The most common projects are house flipping, but they are also used in commercial construction and land development. (more…)

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In today’s uncertain economic climate, financing a real estate venture through a private lender is considered a viable alternative to seeking a conventional mortgage through a commercial institution. With commercial lending institutions folding under the pressure of the Wall Street crunch, private lending is becoming the preferred alternative to financing real estate.

Obtaining financing from a private lender is beneficial to real estate investors who seek immediate financing to close a deal. This helps to avoid hassles that occur with financial documentation that is routinely required by conventional mortgage lenders. Private lending enables real estate investors to potentially close a deal much faster without having to endure the red tape of a conventional mortgage lender.

A real estate mortgage through a private lender is a very secure way to borrow due to the fact that this type of loan represents a significant percentage of the appraised property value with a lower loan-to-value ratio than a conventional mortgage lender. Additionally, the private lender is able to make a quick decision that would otherwise take longer with a conventional institution, where it must be approved by a group of loan decision makers. (more…)

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Although conventional lending institutions have long been considered the popular choice for obtaining a property mortgage, the increasingly fast paced environment has prompted real estate investors to turn to private mortgage lenders to fund their real estate ventures. This is due in part to the snags and red tape in the convention mortgage lending process and the increased competition in the global real estate marketplace.

Connecting with private mortgage lender can sometimes be tricky due to private lenders being integrated with conventional lending institutions when it comes to the advertising industry. On flip side of the coin, some private lenders are also conservative about advertising due to probable issues with the SEC on the state and federal levels (more…)