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Bridge Loans Explained: How They Work, When They’re Used, and What Investors Earn
When a developer spots a distressed multifamily property selling at auction, they have 72 hours to commit. Their bank needs 90 days just to order an appraisal. That gap — between a time-sensitive opportunity and a slow institutional approval process — is where bridge loans live. For the borrower, a bridge loan is how a […]
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How to Read a Private Debt Fund’s Quarterly Report
You’ve committed $250,000 to a private debt fund. Ninety days later, a quarterly report lands in your inbox. Twelve pages. You scan the headline numbers — portfolio balance, distribution paid — and file it away. That’s a mistake. The quarterly report is the primary mechanism by which you can verify that your capital is being […]
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Why Banks Are Pulling Back from Commercial Real Estate – and Who’s Filling the Gap
For most of the post-2008 era, regional and community banks were the primary engine of commercial real estate financing below the institutional threshold. A borrower seeking $3 million to refinance a multifamily building, or $8 million for a mixed-use acquisition, turned first to a regional bank – one that knew the local market, understood the […]
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Private Credit in 2026: What the Risk Actually Is — and Where It Isn’t
The private credit headlines in early 2026 ranged from cautious to alarming. Potential meltdown. Zero-loss fantasies ending. Wall Street’s hottest trade turning cold. For accredited investors who have allocated to private credit — or are considering it — the relevant question isn’t whether the concerns are real. Some of them are. The question is whether […]
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Loan-to-Value Ratio Explained: The Number That Actually Tells You How Safe a Real Estate Loan Is
In real estate finance, most metrics are context-dependent. Cap rates mean different things in different markets. Debt service coverage ratios depend on how income is calculated. Interest rates reflect risk only when you know what’s behind them. LTV is different. The loan-to-value ratio is the one number that cuts through most of the noise — […]
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