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How to Evaluate a Private Lending Fund’s Underwriting Team Before You Invest
The numbers in a fund’s pitch deck can be engineered to look attractive. The team behind those numbers cannot be. When evaluating a private lending fund, the quality of the underwriting team is the most important — and hardest to assess — variable in the entire due diligence process. Returns are what the team claims […]
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Real Estate Debt vs. Equity: Which Investment Strategy Fits Your Goals in 2026?
Every real estate investment sits somewhere on the capital stack — the hierarchy of claims on a property’s income and value. Understanding where you sit in that stack is one of the most consequential decisions in real estate investing, and the choice between debt and equity positions shapes everything from the income you receive to […]
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How Private Lenders Price Interest Rates: The Factors Behind Your Yield
A private real estate lending fund advertises 8–10% annual returns. Where does that number actually come from? It’s not pulled from the air, and it’s not simply “what the market charges.” Every yield in private lending is built from a specific set of variables that directly reflect the risk profile of each loan. Understanding those […]
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Comparing Private Lending Funds: What Accredited Investors Should Evaluate Beyond Yield
Two private lending funds both advertise 10% returns. Both invest in US real estate. Both serve accredited investors. They are not the same investment. The yield number is the beginning of the analysis, not the end. The most common mistake first-time private credit investors make is treating headline yield as the primary differentiator — when […]
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Treasury Bills vs. Private Real Estate Debt: A Yield Comparison for 2026
From 2022 through mid-2024, the investment decision for many accredited investors was unusually easy: T-bills paid 5%+ with essentially no risk, no volatility, and no lock-up. That window has closed, and it’s closed further than many investors have priced in. As the Federal Reserve has cut rates through 2025 and into 2026, the question changes. […]
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