After the past year, many companies are reflecting on their values and how they can make a positive impact in their communities. Finding better ways to interact with the world is not just good business sense, but helps a company become a positive force, leading to a more sustainable, thriving community for everyone. Collaborating with…
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Will you be able to seize opportunities as they arise by having instant access to substantial liquidity? We will assist you in the development of your funding options and provide financial flexibility, the best insurance policy to ensure prosperity for your company. So let’s make sure you have access to capital before you need it.…
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Commercial Real Estate/Business Brokers do you have projects that you cannot find funding for? We can help. We offer Purchase or Refinance Loan Placement Services With Financing up to 90% with SBA, up to 30 year Amortization, Competitive Rates, and Fast Approval. Retail, Office, Warehouse, Industrial, Hospitality, and Special Use Properties. Contact Us Today to…
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CRYPTOCURRENCY NEWS Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University On Sept. 7, 2021, El Salvador will become the first country to make bitcoin legal tender. The government even went a step further in promoting the cryptocurrency’s use by giving US$30 in free bitcoins to citizens who sign up for its national digital wallet, known as “Chivo,” or…
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A company named JCR Capital sent me an email flyer several months ago advertising their equity capital for value-add real estate investments. Value-add commercial real estate investments typically target properties that have in-place cash flow, but they seek to increase that cash flow over time by making improvements to, or repositioning, the property.  In other…
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Last week I wrote a blog about how historically aggressive private money commercial bridge lenders are getting.  This month George Smith Partners, the big commercial mortgage banking company (the original founder started George Smith & Company decades before I founded Blackburne & Sons forty years ago) released a newsletter, FinFacts, containing the following tombstone: “George…
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Nearly a decade ago, there was a foreclosure crisis. Realtors were buying old houses and flipping them. Now, the strategy is to buy new and rent out. This new asset class that is taking the private equity market by storm. It started in Arizona, spread to the Sunbelt, and is now spreading across the country.…
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This may be the most instructive training article that I have written in several years, so I strongly encourage you to study it.  (Note: This is NOT the subject vet clinic.) Sometimes in the commercial loan business, you have to value a property based strictly on a capitalization rate (“cap rate”). Several years ago, I…
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You own a small business. Your business is just recovering from the COVID Crisis. Wow, that PPP loan sure came in handy. There are some great business opportunities out there, assuming you can find enough employees; but you’re scared. It’s been 13 years since the Great Recession. Isn’t the next stock market crash and a…
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