Free educational guide
A Guide to Earning Interest Income Through Real Estate-Secured Private Lending
A plain-English introduction to private lending, written for investors who want to understand how it works, and what can go wrong, before they talk to anyone.
What's inside
About 16 pages. Free, with no obligation.
- How private real estate lending works, from promissory note to recorded lien
- Direct loans vs. whole-note and partial-note purchases, side by side
- Interest-only and amortizing payments, with a worked example
- Valuations, loan-to-value ratios, lien position, title and insurance
- What happens, step by step, if a borrower defaults
- Using a self-directed IRA: custodians, prohibited transactions, fees and RMDs
- The key risks, a due-diligence checklist, and a glossary