For example, most people didn't consider a global pandemic to be a risk associated with their real estate investment.

In 15 years and hundreds of houses and thousands of families including going through a global pandemic...I've had to do less than a dozen evictions total over the years. 85% of those were 'inherited' tenants, in that we took over management with the tenants there that were placed by a different management company.Hope this helps.

The supply of bitcoin or any crypto cannot support the global economy anymore than gold can which is why the gold standard was given up in the 70s.  

Fast forward 15 months and one global pandemic later, and I now own a duplex in the 'Noog!

We came out of 2013 with a need for 1.5M housing units that had not been built from 2008-2012 for many reasons related to the global meltdown. since then we finally get the fires of the economy stoked and rolling again but there are supply and demand issues.So as we have seen the demand go up for workers and tradesman we have realized that from 208-2015 while we were going through the great recession all our tradesman had been retiring, retraining for a different line of work, or failing to recruit new apprentices.

As you might expect, the underwriting criteria for those products are going to be slightly different than for a long with a shorter term-length.On a short-term loan, the hard money lender might be looking at:LiquidityProfit margin on the dealMarket velocityYour experience/successOn a long-term or rental loan, the hard money lender might be looking at:FICODSCRSeasoningWith hard money lender rental products, the requirements are often less stringent than banks, and from what I've seen there tends to be less focus on "global cash flow", or the cash you have coming in from all income sources.A decent place to start might be the "Network" tab on BiggerPockets; you can search for hard money lenders there and begin to have some conversations.Hope this helps,Michael

Many of us have clients all over the US and even globally.

Despite a devastating global pandemic, 2020 proved to be a record year for Houston real estate with 96,151 single-family homes sold versus 86,996 in 2019, the last record-setting year.

"Limited housing supply, low rates, a global reach for yield, and what we're calling the institutionalization of real-estate investors has set the stage for another speculative investor-driven home price bubble," the firm concluded.

The entire conversation about 'we need more affordable housing' can be attributed to the influence of these global institutions.