You don't really have many choices with the small balance stuff.The small banks are the ones wanting that product so they do not compete much on terms by choice.It's kind of like casinos.

As much fun as it would be to spend my time jet-setting around the globe and hang out at super luxiorous restorts and bet black chips ($100) in casinos, the amount of assets required to support that lifestyle is staggering.

Possible Casino being built 5 miles away  Question is how fast will it grow?

South Lake is unique in that it has a mountain very close to most of the town, it has multiple casinos and multiple places/businesses focused on the lake in the summer.

He says he bought casinos for cash flow and invested in RE for appreciation.

He is about to buy 2 more buildings and recently quit his casino job.

@Michael Evans  well I bought that 4 acres on a lark.. and low and behold Graton Indians build the largest gaming casino in all of Northern CA right across the street from me.. bring in all the UTLS city zones me mixed use residential.. and if you know RP there is NO new construction literally NONE huge housing crisis.. so we are just going through planning at the moment..

We're also about halfway through the build of a 500mil+ casino & hotel in LaCenter (about 15 mins north of vancouver on 1-5) that will be sure to help drag more development from vancouver north. 

The house always wins at the casino doesn't it?

Some of these developments are already on line (Circa Casino, Project Neon, Raiders Stadium, etc.).