It’s hard to believe anyone would want to go into a 104 degree room and do yoga poses for an hour as I sometimes do. It’s also hard to believe that 20-30 people would submit offers on a piece of … Continue reading
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Are you sure that Real Estate Deal is Dead?
In my San Diego Hard Money Loan business as well as my Los Angeles hard money loan biz, I would like to use the following analogy to describe what it’s like selling California real estate and California hard money loans. … Continue reading
Real Estate Buying in Southern Cal with Private Hard Money
I just did a Los Angeles hard money loan for a fix and flipper. In the Southern California housing market, it is now very hard to be awarded the contract for a house with FHA, Fannie or Conventional pre approvals. … Continue reading
Mortgage Relief Act Extended
Mortgage Debt Relief Act Extended for 2013 Well after what seemed like a never ending bad movie, the Fiscal Cliff has been averted and the Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007 has been extended into 2013. I am not a … Continue reading
How to Earn 9% on Southern California Real Estate All Day Long
Earning 9%-12% on any investment nowadays may seem a little far fetched. It does, however, happen all the time with trust deeds for Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego hard money loans. We do hard money loans on all … Continue reading
The Future of California Hard Money Loans
The Future of California Hard Money Real Estate Loans Someone asked me the other day, “what does your California hard money loan industry look like for the next few years?” I never really thought about over-delving into what does the … Continue reading
Put away Housing Bear suit for Halloween
Even the die hard perma housing bears will have to put away their bear suits this Halloween. The California Association of Realtors wrapped up their annual conference in Anaheim last week. The panel of experts said the bank’s “shadow inventory” … Continue reading
Wall St Journal Article says we are Screwed
Well, they really didn’t say “screwed” so I summarized it. (This is a California hard money blog. This can actually help my business but I don’t want my hard money loan business to be increased this way.) It’s rather shocking … Continue reading
Honey Boo Boo or Success?
Honey Boo Boo or Success? Being a Southern California hard money lender, you are probably wondering why I would have a title about Honey boo Boo? I’ll explain. Although we don’t watch a lot of TV, my wife and I … Continue reading
5 biggest fibs with Hard money borrowers
Since “lies” is too strong of a word, I used fibs. Who among us doesn’t tell a tiny fib every now and then? I do hard money loans for Los Angeles and hard money loans for San Diego and I … Continue reading