I'm sure you all saw in the news last week another heavily Texas based investment team (Tides Equities) is facing loan maturities amounting to $1.5 Billion (with a B) backed by poorly performing properties, that will require massive cash calls or rescue capital to avoid foreclosure.

With a worth of $72 billion, a 6% rate of return would earn Gates roughly $114.16 per second he is alive, making it a poor investment for Bill Gates to bother picking up a $100 bill if he dropped it"People who live in NYC (manhattan) pay huge rents/taxes etc; but their savings of 2 hours a day commuting is 2 hours more of making money; whether it be more relaxed, or more profitable.

I think if investors established regional or state origination/servicing centers for the billions originated, many of your problems would disappear. :)

With 7 billion people on the planet things that are 1 in a billion can happen 7 times every day.

All $7 billion of him.

Bank of America and Citi have so far put a total of $13 billion into the program to offer discounted mortgage rates.Getting approval, though, is far from a cake walk.

If notes should be discounted pennies to the dollar, why do big manufacturers like Clayton carry billions in paper?

Chris Mason- I do think it is relevant to commercial though if we are talking mult fam in these areas and in the article it talks about  significant advantages to builder and developers in "Opportunity Zones" and these zones........... are located right next to huge developments soo for us here it would be next to a 1.5 billion dollar waterfront project or Detroit  chose next to the new headquarters for Amazon.

With 506b offerings, you can raise money from non accredited, sophisticated investors (up to 35) I don't have time or ability to "network" in a world full of 7.5 billion people.

I did buy and sell several billions of whole loans (non-securitized mortgages), so, yes, I knew some people.