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Kiavi Expands Leadership Team to Further Bolster Construction Lending Growth
Industry veterans Tom Hallock and Robert Jayne join tech-enabled lender to drive growth of construction financing product in newly created roles Kiavi, a leading tech-enabled lender to residential real estate investors, today announced the strategic hires of Tom Hallock as Head of Construction Lending and Robert Jayne as Head of Originations, Construction Lending. With ...
Want to Invest Like a Pro? Take Lessons From the Field
Get the real numbers, real roadblocks, and real strategies that helped these four investors thrive. Ever wonder what a real estate success story looks like from the inside? Our four investors break down their best deals, biggest challenges, and smartest moves—offering practical, real-world insights you can learn from. Their stories ...
Think Realty Magazine July-August 2025
+WHAT'S INSIDE Design | Hood Ideas That Turn Up the Heat Investment Strategy | Want to Invest Like a Pro? Take Lessons From the Field Market & Trends |Find Predictability in an Evolving Rental Landscape • The Market Has Shifted. Have You? Funding |Kiavi Breaks Records, Again • Avoid the Top 3 ...
Are You Lending Across State Lines?
Check licensing regulation. What’s routine at home could pose serious risk somewhere else. Expanding into a new state may offer fresh deals, but also be prepared for a maze of new regulations. Activities that seem routine at home (e.g., loaning money to a buyer, buying a mortgage note, or managing ...
Think Realty Podcast #353 – LLCs, Loans, and Long-Term Wealth — Aaron Chapman’s Blueprint
Mortgage pro Aaron Chapman made a massive move after 10 years with the same firm — and it’s shaking up the real estate investing world. In this high-impact episode, he reveals: Why he left a successful operation to rebuild from scratch The game-changing DSCR loan that lets investors buy under ...
Flip More, Risk Less with 100% LTC Financing
Scale your real estate portfolio faster with no-cash-in fix-and-flip loans. Fix-and-flip investments can be highly profitable, but they often require significant upfront capital. Loan-to-Cost (LTC) financing at 100% can make a huge difference by allowing investors to maximize their capital and scale their businesses. LTC represents the percentage of a ...
Kiavi’s tech-driven approach just made it the first to fund 100,000 investor loans. Kiavi has surpassed 100,000 funded loans, representing more than $27 billion in volume. According to data from ATTOM, Kiavi is the first and only business-purpose private lender to real estate investors to reach this milestone. A Data-Driven ...
Think Realty Podcast #350: How to Break Into Multifamily Real Estate With Eric Stewart
Thinking about jumping from single-family to multifamily investing but not sure where to start? This episode is your roadmap. Host Eddie Wilson sits down with Eric Stewart, founder of Atlantic Investment Capital and a financing expert who’s helped countless investors make the leap. From his start in equipment leasing to ...
Think Realty Podcast #349: The Capital Connector: How Mark Burch Powers Real Estate Deals
💸 Want to Scale Your Real Estate Game? This One’s a Must-Listen. In this episode, Eddie Wilson sits down with Mark Burch of Temple View Capital to break down what really moves the needle in real estate investing—access to capital. Whether you're flipping your first house or brokering private money ...
Housing availability, age, and construction gaps Give investors an edge when powered by private capital. Real estate investing is an attractive investment for most people. Whether you’re seeking passive income or to diversify your investment portfolio, real estate has been the investment of choice for many investors. Investing in real ...
Think Realty Magazine May-June 2025
+WHAT'S INSIDE Operations | It’s All About the Feels • Empire-Building Starts with Design • Ditch the Annual Plan: Win the Year in 12 Weeks • Federal Rule Reshapes Real Estate Closings • Now is the Time to Leverage • So, Your Property Won’t Rent Design | Light Wisely • Design for ...
Use 100% loan-to-cost (LTC) financing to offload exposure on your next project. LTC represents the percentage of a project’s total cost a lender will cover. With 100% LTC financing, the lender funds both the purchase price and the renovation costs, so you don’t need to invest any of your own ...
Think Realty Podcast #347: Easy Money on Easy Street: Real Estate Lending Unlocked
In this episode, we sit down with Riley Bishop from Easy Street Capital, one of the nation’s top DSCR and hard money lenders. Whether you’re a seasoned investor or just getting your feet wet in real estate, this conversation is packed with actionable insights you won’t want to miss. Riley ...
Your Borrowing Method Is Holding You Back
Unlock faster, easier access to capital with automatic underwriting. Many entrepreneurs still believe outdated myths about business credit—and it’s hurting their chances of getting approved for funding. The truth is, the way lenders decide who gets funding has completely changed. The old system relied on manual, full-document underwriting. Today it’s ...
Think Realty Podcast #346: Surviving Crashes, Fueling Growth: Inside Velocity Mortgage Capital
What does it take to not only survive but thrive through the dot-com bust, the 2008 crash, and a global pandemic? In this episode, Eddie Wilson sits down with Marco Castaneda — National Sales Director at Velocity Mortgage Capital — to hear the raw, behind-the-scenes story of how a small ...
How to Make Lenders Compete for Your Business
Prime your deal for multiple bidders to earn more—and more favorable—terms. Real estate investment loans differ from primary residence mortgages primarily in their flexibility and lenders’ evaluation criteria. Investment loans often come with different terms (e.g., interest rates and down payment requirements) that are usually influenced by the projected returns ...
How does a company navigate rapid expansion, market shifts, and industry challenges to become a major player in private lending? Eddie sat down with Kyle Concannon, VP of Product at Constructive Capital, to uncover the story behind their explosive growth, strategic pivots, and what’s next for the lending space. What ...
Think Realty Magazine March-April 2025
+WHAT'S INSIDE Operations | Stop Trying to Anticipate the Market • Time Your Strategy to Market Cycles • The IRS Rule That May Cost You 15% • Maximize Profits, Minimize Uncertainty Investment Strategy | Your Shortcut to Energy Asset Ownership • Build Wealth After Service • Market-Proof Your Strategy Market & Trends |Stable ...
Why “Authorized Users” Are Rarely Worth the Risk
This credit tool is best saved for a few case-specific scenarios. Most people don’t realize how harmful it can be to add someone as an authorized user to your account. Likewise, becoming an authorized user on someone else’s account might not help your credit score or future loan approvals. In ...
Economic Trends Shape Investment Property Loan Rates
Inflation, interest rates, and monetary policies shape the cost of borrowing—here’s how to stay ahead in a competitive market. Investment property loan rates are influenced by myriad economic factors. Understanding these factors can help investors make informed decisions and maximize their returns. This article will delve into the key economic ...
Kiavi Kicks off 2025 by Closing a $300 Million Rated Securitization of Residential Transition Loans
Kiavi, a leading tech-enabled lender to residential real estate investors, today announced it closed a $300 million rated securitization of residential transition loans (“RTLs”). This is Kiavi’s 21st transaction under its LHOME shelf, bringing its total to $5.8 billion in offered notes since it began its securitization program in 2019 ...
Think Realty Podcast #341 – The DSCR Loan Revolution and What’s Next for Investors!
What if we told you there’s $340 billion in institutional capital waiting to transform the real estate industry? In this special lending edition, Eddie sat down during the American Association of Private Lenders Annual Conference with Alex Offutt from Business Purpose Capital, who shares his journey from fixing and flipping ...
Tech-enabled lender now provides fast, easy, reliable, and transparent financing to real estate investors in 45 states Kiavi, a leading provider of capital to residential real estate investors, announced today it is expanding into 13 additional states: Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South ...
Think Realty Podcast #340 – Master DSCR: Learn DSCR Secrets With Benn Jackson
Is your real estate portfolio working as hard as you are? Eddie sat down with Benn Jackson from Constructive Capital to break down the strategies and tools every real estate investor needs to succeed in today’s market. They dive into: What exactly is DSCR and how does it open doors ...
Want to know the strategies top investors are using to dominate the market right now? Eddie sat down with Mark Burch of Temple View Capital to uncover the secrets behind today’s biggest opportunities. Eddie and Mark chat about how leveraging your properties can lead to exponential growth, why private lenders ...
