
Mortgage Pools & Funds – What Are They?
It’s long been understood that holding alternative assets as part of a diversified retirement portfolio is a benefit to any investor. When used...
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Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate – What Are The Target Markets?
American commercial and residential real estate has been an increasingly popular investment vehicle for foreign investors. While only recently Canada...
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The Sacramento Zoo aims to become the best ‘Little Zoo’ in the country.
90 years ago, a collection of 40 animals—ranging from exotic monkeys to not-so-exotic raccoons—were brought together to form the William Land Park...
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Sacramento children’s home has been serving the community’s most vulnerable populations for 150 years.
Residents of Sacramento, past and present, have long advocated for support services for the region’s homeless population. What most don’t recognize...
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Mortgage Fraud Rates Increasing for Homes and MFRs
One of the lessons learned from the housing crisis of the last decade was that an increase in mortgage fraud is a key red flag. Such fraud occurred...
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Why Non-Judicial Mortgage States are More Inviting to Investors
When a homeowner fails to make their agreed upon payments, sooner or later their home will enter foreclosure. This allows a lender to recover the...
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2018 State of the California Real Estate Market: Correction Incoming?
As we move past the middle of the year and 2019 looms on the horizon, a wealth of midyear real estate market data has become available. The...
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Peer-to-Peer Lending Runs into Trouble in China, Raises Concerns About U.S. Platforms
Not too long ago, we voiced concerns about the increasingly popular concept ‘crowdfunding’ (also known as peer-to-peer or P2P lending). In short,...
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Underwriting Private Loans – Core Principles & Processes
Conventional lenders typically evaluate loan opportunities by analyzing what is known as the “Five C’s” – character, capacity, collateral, capital,...
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