June 10, 2015

Photo Credit: Downtowngal on Wikimedia Commons Spec construction Loans aren’t just for new construction. If you’re building a new spec house on an empty lot, you’ll need a spec construction loan. However, in California, even major renovations may require a construction loan which funds the loan through a draw schedule. Construction Loan terms and requirements

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June 9, 2015

Bank loans are designed to be low-risk for lenders. They reduce risk with a long process, lots of red tape, and strict requirements about what you build and where you build it. If you’re putting together a large project, a bank loan could hold you back. Private lenders often have more experience in the local

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June 6, 2015

Real Estate Investing is a great way to secure your financial future.  And investing today is easier that you may think.  For those with less than perfect credit or just breaking into the real estate market, you don’t have to lose out on a real deal do to credit issues.  Hard money lenders, like SFR

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November 25, 2014

This is an interview with the Marketing Manager of LHJS Investments, hard money lender Beau Eckstein. In the interview above, house flipping expert Beau Eckstein talks about the hard money lending that LHJS Investments does. There are various programs that the company offers. If there is a property that you want to purchase and flip,

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November 12, 2014

In this interview, Beau Eckstein answers two important questions. The first question has to do with the biggest mistake Beau sees with house flippers. Beau sees some parallels with the market turn of 2008 and 2009, but there is one big difference: Lack of inventory. What IS happening with house flippers that WILL hurt them,

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November 6, 2014

In the interview, real estate investor and private money lender Beau Eckstein, of HGTV’s Flip It to Win It, talked about the last real estate house flip he and his company funded. Two borrowers came to Beau with a property in contract that they got from a wholesaler. The borrowers, two house flippers, needed to

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