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Family Office Investments: Why Debt Funds Are a Desirable Option for Family Offices

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Family offices – wealth management firms catering to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families – should find real estate debt funds to be an attractive way to increase diversity in their clients’ portfolios. Despite catering initially to niche markets, such as commercial real estate, private real estate lending has blossomed rapidly as an alternative investment in recent […]

What is LTV in Real Estate? Understanding Loan to Value Ratio

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FHA, APR, DTI, PMI, FICO, and LTV are just a few of the acronyms you’ll see in the mortgage and banking world, but what do they mean? Whether you are a borrower or a lender, you should know what all these stand for, and more importantly, how they impact your loan.

How to Analyze Multifamily Investment Opportunities

Investors want better rates than they are getting from their banks, but stock markets seem too risky. With all the uncertainties in the world’s economies, investors are looking at ways of diversifying their assets. Property is often the first choice for an investor with a longer-term outlook.

Real Estate Debt Funds: An Investor’s Guide to Higher Returns with Less Risk

An Investor’s Guide to Real Estate Debt Funds Real estate debt funds first emerged in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, providing an efficient way to connect lenders with developers needing short-term capital for a range of commercial real estate projects. Following the crisis, traditional lenders tightened regulations and liquidity requirements for borrowers. Banks […]

An SEP IRA Investment Options May Offer the Perfect Retirement Planning Solution for Many Small-Business Owners

What is an SEP IRA? The SEP part stands for Simplified Employee Pension (IRA, of course, is Individual Retirement Account.) Simplified is always good, right? Well, it is fairly simplified, anyway; there are a few limits and restrictions to be aware of but generally it’s a straightforward idea. A simplified employee pension (SEP) IRA is […]

Alternative Investments are Becoming Mainstream

What are alternative investments? Alternative investments are non-traditional investments – that includes anything that is not stocks, bonds, or cash – or even the use of non-traditional investment strategies. They include such investment vehicles as: precious metals, collectibles, hedge funds, natural resources, private debt (including mortgages), private equity, real estate, and infrastructure.