
1 May 2023 | 11 replies
LMA is for financial institutions.

25 January 2017 | 11 replies
I am attempting to get into the Real Estate market but already lost a couples of deal because the traditional institution and family a dragging there feed.

13 May 2016 | 8 replies
Not certain I follow the question.If someone is interested in real estate they can:educate themselves - either from self-study, through an accredited institution (i.e. college or university), or {hopefully not} by over-paying for it though some guru;by getting a job related to real estate - real estate agent, labourer in construction, apprentice for a trade, etc.

13 December 2015 | 4 replies
Things are coming in mid-2016 which will hit most borrowers who use banks and other institutional lenders REALLY hard!

8 March 2016 | 5 replies
I was wondering if any of you, know of or heard of a bank or any financial institutes that give funding to non US residents.
26 December 2016 | 10 replies
Obviously a different market, but institutional RE tends to follow a pref, then 80/20--sometimes with a GP catch up, sometimes with a second higher carry split after a certain return threshold, etc.

14 December 2016 | 18 replies
Dealing with institutional insured lenders can be hazardous for someone who thinks they are being creative.

23 November 2016 | 6 replies
As a result, many will invest in real estate either using a Solo 401k or an IRA LLC instead.Following are the similarities and differences between the solo 401k and the self-directed IRA.The Self-Directed IRA and Solo 401k Similarities Both were created by congress for individuals to save for retirement;Both may be invested in alternative investments such as real estate, precious metals tax liens, promissory notes, private company shares, and stocks and mutual funds, to name a few;Both allow for Roth contributions;Both are subject to prohibited transaction rules;Both are subject to federal taxes at time of distribution;Both allow for checkbook control for placing alternative investments;Both may be invested in annuities;Both are protected from creditors;Both allow for nondeductible contributions; andBoth are prohibited from investing in assets listed under I.R.C. 408(m).The Self-Directed IRA and Solo 401k DifferencesIn order to open a solo 401k, self-employment, whether on a part-time or full-time basis, is required;To open a self-directed IRA, self-employment income is not required;In order to gain IRA checkbook control over the self-directed IRA funds, a limited liability company (IRA LLC) must be utilized;The solo 401k allows for checkbook control from the onset;The solo 401k allows for personal loan known as a solo 401k loan;It is prohibited to borrow from your IRA;The Solo 401k may be invested in life insurance;The self-directed IRA may not be invested in life insurance;The solo 401k allow for high contribution amounts (for 2016, the solo 401k contribution limit is $53,000, whereas the self-directed IRA contribution limit is $5,500);The solo 401k business owner can serve as trustee of the solo 401k;The self-directed IRA participant/owner may not serve as trustee or custodian of her IRA; instead, a trust company or bank institution is required;When distributions commence from the solo 401k a mandatory 20% of federal taxes must be withheld from each distribution and submitted electronically to the IRS by the 15th of the month following the date of each distribution;Rollovers and/or transfers from IRAs or qualified plans (e.g., former employer 401k) to a solo 401k are not reported on Form 5498, but rather on Form 5500-EZ, but only if the air market value of the solo 401k exceeds $250K as of the end of the plan year (generally 12/31);When funds are rolled over or transferred from an IRA or 401k to a self-directed IRA, the amount deposited into the self-directed IRA is reported on Form 5498 by the receiving self-directed IRA custodian by May of the year following the rollover/transfer.Rollovers (provided the 60 day rollover window is satisfied) from an IRA to a Solo 401k or self-directed IRA are reported on lines 15a and 15b of Form 1040;Pre-tax IRA contributions on reported on line 32 of Form 1040;Pre-tax solo 401k contributions are reported on line 28 of Form 1040;Roth solo 401k funds are subject to RMDs;A Roth 401k may be transferred to a Roth IRA (Note that from a planning perspective, it may be advantageous to transfer Roth Solo 401k funds to a Roth IRA before turning age 70 ½ in order to escape the Roth RMD requirement applicable to Roth 401k contributions including Roth Solo 401k contributions and earnings.)
16 December 2016 | 23 replies
The exception to never is from an insured institutional lender, that's because a title company can insure over their holding period due to coverage and regulatory requirements on that institution.

23 August 2018 | 11 replies
What we're seeing on most of our projects, once again we work primarily with private lenders, family offices, institutional investors, etc., is that nowadays most companies are lending in the 60-70% range with in between 6-8% interest rates.