Hard Money Loans

photo credit: afeld Your business is doing well. Your customer base is growing, and during the last quarter you actually turned a profit for the first time since you opened your doors last year. You have a solid business plan and now it’s time to think about moving out of your rented space, buying more [...]

photo credit: MTN_CompanyThe sky is falling! Run for your life! The banks aren’t lending! Well, the first two might be correct, but the last one is not. Commercial banks are lending, but they are very picky. Private lending practices are known for being very forgiving and very sloppy. One needs look no further than the [...]

photo credit: World Economic Forum Calculating global income on commercial loans is all about figuring out the borrower’s TOTAL net income. In other words, underwriters want to know all of the borrowers sources of income and all of their expenses on all business, rentals, and personally. What they are trying to get at is does [...]

photo credit: shlomp-a-plompaCommercial loan underwriting guidelines come down to cash flow ( DCR), loan to value (LTV), credit worthiness and property analysis. Although the process to evaluate a potential commercial mortgage is basically the same from one bank the next, their various appetite for both risk and minimum rates of return are what separates one [...]