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Low Rates: Always the Most Important Feature?

No.

Why? Even though there are arguments lenders could give you that you should go with them because they are quoting you a low rate at the inception of the loan process – the low rate quite possibly is deceptive.

A lender can quote you anything they want to quote you at the beginning of the loan process. Because you are not trained in commercial loans, whatever they quote you, you very well could believe.

What Are Good Motives to Want to Become a Commercial Lender?

May 29, 2015

This is an important question to the writer of this blog because the motives having to do with why a commercial lender is in the commercial loan business is connected to the effectiveness of that lender.

I believe this would be a good question to ask a commercial lender you are interviewing to see if you want that lender to represent you. It is an unusual question to ask, but it could give insight into the quality of the commercial loan person as well as the commercial loan company.

Choosing a Lender for a Commercial Loan

May 11, 2015

When you are in the market for a commercial loan, you have the choice of:

  1. Choosing to work with a direct lender who represents their one loan program.
  2. Choosing to work with a lender who represents a good number of different loan programs.

There are a number of advantages in working with a commercial lender who represents a good number of different loan programs.

Fannie Mae Apartment Loan, The Best in America, Part 3

February 18, 2015

For the last 2 weeks this blog was on why the Fannie Mae apartment loan is the best in America. If you are involved with apartment loans, you need to be familiar with the Fannie Mae loan program.

This week’s blog has a little bit more information on why the Fannie Mae apartment loan is so special.

Part one, posted two weeks ago was about why the Fannie Mae apartment loan is the best in America. It has the best rate and terms with not many exceptions. You also get up to a 30 year fixed rate and 30 year amortization, etc.

What It Takes to Get an A+ Rating for a Commercial Loan Company

February 12, 2015

We are proud of our A+ Better Business Bureau rating for Business Loan Store and ApartmentLoanStore.com We do like to brag about it. You don’t often see a commercial loan company with a Better Business Bureau rating on their website, and I have not seen any other commercial loan company than ours with an A+ Better Business Bureau rating posted on their website.

How do we get the A+ rating?

Commercial Loans: Who Has Been My Main Mentor?

January 27, 2015

Last week I wrote about why it’s so important to have a mentor to learn how to invest in ownership of Commercial Properties.

This week I’m writing concerning mentorship I have received that has greatly help me learn about the field of commercial lending.

My major mentor in this arena has been Terry Painter, president of Business Loan Store and www.ApartmentLoanStore.com.  Not only is he an important mentor in my life, but he is also my brother and a great friend.

The Importance of True Mentorship in Commercial Real Estate Investing

January 23, 2015

Many people who call us and who aspire to be commercial real-estate investors lack the mentoring needed to succeed in commercial real-estate investing. They think that they can just purchase commercial real-estate without knowing much about it and that they are going to make lots of money. Actually, if they do purchase commercial property without mentoring, they could very well lose money