Many of yesterday's sure-fire investments now seem inadequate at best and precarious at worst. Five-year CDs currently yield slightly over 1%, and ten-year U.S. Treasury Notes only get you 1.98%. Even the Dow Jones over the last five years has yielded less than 1%. Despite these dismal figures, you have a responsibility to yourself and your family to provide for your future.

Is real estate investing a consideration in your asset allocation strategy?  Financial wisdom has proven over time that a diversified portfolio adds greater impact to your investment outcome than the selection of individual securities and/or assets within that allocation.  

Every broker needs a handful of hard money lenders as a part of their portfolio of professional contacts. While hard money can be expensive, in many cases, it can also be the only way to source debt for customers whose situation is unsuitable for traditional lending. In particular, if it’s a hard-to-fund property, brokers may find it difficult to match the right lender to their client’s transaction.  Here are a few things that brokers look for when choosing who their sources of hard money should be:

Current economic times do not bode well for the stability of financial markets. Most investors retain sizable holdings in cash or equivalents thus depressing the interest rate. The prudent investor fears this economic uncertainty but also yearns for more sizable yet safe returns.