What role do private money lenders and hard money loans play in creative real estate financing, and how can investors effectively utilize them?

Most private lending seems to be for flipping properties.  Are there investors out there that use private lending for long term buy and hold properties. And if so, what are the typical terms of the loans.      Thanks,...

Hello,I am just starting out in real estate investing and am seeking advice on how to fund my first deal. I do not have much of my own capital to use to purchase a property and was recently given the advice to either ...

Hey BP,I would like to get feedback on this analysis. I'm not buying, the goal here is to understand how the numbers make this work and what will sink this deal. I understand that a bank won’t loan for this type of pr...

Hi All,My partner and I started ER Estates back in November and since then we've been on the search for a private money lender but haven't had any luck. We can go the HML route but we were looking or a private lender ...

How can you use private lenders to purchase real estate property from auctions? Auctions require immediate payment but private lenders require property inspections before purchase. Is there a way to work around this?

Bigger pockets mentors, I am looking for your take on my situation and what strategies you suggest I explore further. I have read forum after forum, Blog after blog and decided to get some of these wise answers specif...

One of the advantages of using private money loans is that they can be structured more favorably than an HML or bank loan. However, there are still some general rules of the road that even private lenders expect. I us...

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Hey guys-

Our company tends to be very creative in the way that we finance the front end of our apartment purchases. So i was wondering if other commercial operators are the same or if they are more traditional.

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