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How to vet private money lenders for real estate investing

Housing Wire

In today’s competitive real estate market, an increasing number of real estate investors are turning to private money lenders to help them close deals faster, enhance property valuations, and increase their returns. If your state requires a lending license, make sure a the lender is licensed. Escrow officers and title agents.

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Proprietary Capital completes acquisition of AFR, hires new COO

Housing Wire

A group of investors led by Colorado-based fund manager Proprietary Capital has completed the acquisition of multichannel lender American Financial Resources (AFR), the parties announced on Monday. Since its foundation in 1997, Proprietary Capital has developed a platform to invest in the U.S.

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Make Your First Investment Property an Attractive and Profitable Option

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

You’ve just purchased your first property to renovate. How can you capitalize on your first investment property? Whether your first investment property will be a rental or a flip, your goal is to walk away with more money than you put into it. Today, Cleveland Appraisal Blog shares a few tips for first-time investors.

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Flagstar Bank offers brokers direct access to seasoned specialty lending experts and powerful tech solutions

Housing Wire

Not only does Flagstar offer brokers direct access to seasoned sales, support and underwriting teams, it also provides a product set that includes specialty lending options like Advantage non-agency loan, jumbos, new construction, renovation products and HELOCs, and in the pipeline, loans to foreign nationals, seconds and investor property loans.

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Fix and flip market struggles as financing costs rise

Housing Wire

In fact, ATTOM reports that one in 12 home sales in the nation last year, or 8.4%, involved fix and flip investors — whose strategy is to acquire, renovate (fix) and then resell (flip) the properties. A year ago, we were offering to lend 85% loan-to-cost or 90% loan-to-cost, and that’s down to like 75% loan-to-cost.

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The non-QM outlook for 2022

Housing Wire

“There is a bigger consensus of confidence in the product now,” said Keith Lind, executive chairman and president of Acra Lending. The amount of equity in these loans, the underwriting, the guardrails around ATR have proven that this is a real, sustainable product that investors like.”. There’s more people looking to invest in U.S.

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3 unique mortgage products to get today’s homebuyer qualified

Housing Wire

Specific factors include higher debt-to-income ratios, self-employed borrowers who can’t qualify using tax returns, less than seven years out of a credit event such as a foreclosure, or real estate investors with more than 10 properties. There are high income and high-net-worth self-employed borrowers and real estate investors in every town.

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