Austin real estate market sees slight decline in June
The Austin real estate market saw a slight dip, around 3% less single-family sales, in June according to the Austin Board of Realtors. This...
New Houston Floodplain Regulations
Following Mayor Sylvester Turner’s lead, Houston City Council recently approved new Houston floodplain regulations for the first time in dec...
Austin CodeNext Update, Spring 2018
CodeNEXT is the controversial first major rewrite of Austin’s land development code in 30 years. In seeking to address pretty much every maj...
Building Around Protected Trees in Austin
Building around protected trees is a delicate matter - Austin takes protected trees seriously. If you’re considering building in Austin, you...
Loans to Flip Houses – Banks or Hard Money?
Can I get loans to flip houses? Yes, you can get loans to flip houses, but you’re probably not going to get them from your local bank or c...
Is Your Hard Money Lender Really a Direct Lender?
In many ways the private lending and hard money landscape is like the Wild West. Whereas it's pretty obvious where a bank or credit union's...
Valuing a Property: Deciding on a Value
Welcome to the fourth and final installment of our series on valuing a property. In this article, we will look at how to pull all of your pa...
Valuing a Property: Other Important Parameters
Welcome to the third installment of our series on valuing a property. In this article, we will look at other important parameters to conside...
Make money by NOT doing a rehab with hard money
Doing a rehab with hard money isn't always as great as it sounds. We’d like to tell you we fund every hard money loan that comes through our...
Valuing a Property: Pulling Comps
Performing comparable sales research on a property you are considering buying is absolutely critical. There is no better or faster way to de...