September 4, 2014

In this video, real estate investor Beau Eckstein tells us what a gap loan, or gap funding, is. They’re also called Shared Appreciation Mortgages (SAMs). A gap fund is a second lien against a piece of property, or real estate, that covers any additional funds a borrower needs in order to secure a property. Private

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August 31, 2014

[leadplayer_vid id=”5402B5EAAE3AD”] In order to put together a construction loan request, you need to have the following items: Page 1 a brief outline property address purchase amount construction loan amount how much money do you have in the deal? how much out of pocket capital are you going to put in? length of loan exit

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August 31, 2014

If you want a hard money construction loan for a real estate investment in the San Francisco Bay Area, you need to stay local and do business with a private money fund right here in the Bay Area. In this video, real estate investor and hard money lender Beau Eckstein talks about getting construction loans

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August 30, 2014

Our very own Beau Eckstein has been honored in Diablo Magazine’s “40 Under 40” issue. In this issue, author Sara Hare picked the East Bay’ s most prominent entrepreneurs and business people under 40 years of age. Beau was among 39 other top professionals making names for themselves. Here’s what she had to say about

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August 30, 2014

[leadplayer_vid id=”54015497C0257″] I’m back again with private money lender and real estate investor Beau Eckstein. This time out, I asked him about construction loan “draws”. Beau gave us the lowdown on how hard money construction loan draws work with private money lenders. Construction lenders need a line item budget. From that, your private money lender

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August 30, 2014

[leadplayer_vid id=”54015214E4AD7″] Deal structuring is the name of the game in real estate investing today. What real estate investor, hard money lender, and expert house flipper Beau Eckstein sees in the construction world is a contractor who needs funding. Typically, you have a contractor, a money partner, and a hard money construction lender in the

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