The issues of why available capital costs more than conventional mortgage money can be boiled down to one thing - the Federal Government decided years ago to interfere with the capitalistic system by offering to supply money and guarantees for mortgages that private enterprise cannot match.

This is known in a capitalist society as the invisible hand.

Anyone that understands a capitalist economy knows the Pres has very little power to create a mess like this on his own.

Financially (Can a capitalist system even afford it) etc, etc.There is a fundamentally divide in the country with regard to approaching the issue form the aspects mentioned above.

We must become more capitalist and let the financial institutions fail and rebuild from the ashes or we must become more socialist and take a huge step forward in implementing step five of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.

I prefer a capitalist, that is capable of making the hard choices that need to be made for America to survive, and not wipe out the next generations.

Venture capitalists may be projected as parasites on their image, but it certainly is one of the best ways to extract money.

The original oath also said that nobody should ever have to pay to learn to become a doctor and that those who became doctors should share their wealth with their teachers (both of which ideas would be completely anti-Capitalist and against everything this country stands for), so I think we can both agree that the original oath is a bit antiquated.

I'm just challenging the contention that Bush isn't a savvy capitalist.

Other not so credible hard money lenders acquire them from investors like you that are under capitalized going into their deal, borrow too much money from the lender at terms that they find themselves unable to repay timely, and the lender forecloses on the property and the investor loses it.The beauty of the capitalist environment we all enjoy in the USA is that there are an abundance of different service providers in this hard money space, with a vast number of  different programs and terms available.