Mortgage Fraud Rates Increasing for Homes and MFRs
| By Adham Sbeih
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 in many ...
How to Invest with Interest Rates on the Rise?
| By Adham Sbeih
As just about every market analyst and business news outlet in the world has been pointing out, interest rates are finally on the rise. Perhaps the best indication of this—aside ...
Why Non-Judicial Mortgage States are More Inviting to Investors
| By Adham Sbeih
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 remaining balance owed on a ...
2018 State of the California Real Estate Market: Correction Incoming?
| By Adham Sbeih
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 California Association of ...
Peer-to-Peer Lending Runs into Trouble in China, Raises Concerns About U.S. Platforms
| By Adham Sbeih
Not too long ago, we voiced concerns about the increasingly popular concept ‘crowdfunding’ (also known as peer-to-peer or P2P lending). In short, peer-to-peer lending involves members of the public depositing ...
Underwriting Private Loans – Core Principles & Processes
| By Adham Sbeih
Conventional lenders typically evaluate loan opportunities by analyzing what is known as the “Five C’s” – character, capacity, collateral, capital, and conditions. Character is assessing a borrower’s creditworthiness and standing ...