Financing your next investment
Practical guides for double closings, rental properties, renovations, and your next exit.
Find answers about transactional, EMD and gator fundingHow rehab loan draws work: typical draw stages, what each request needs, inspections, and how to avoid cash gaps. Includes a draw checklist.
How to get a proof of funds letter the same day: what to include, why a lender issues one only for a real deal, and how it differs from a bank statement.
How money moves on a same-day double close: who wires what, in what order, and how the transactional lender is repaid from the end buyer's funds.
The documents and eligibility items SBA lenders typically ask for, organized into a checklist so your SBA application moves without delays.
SBA loan or private business loan? Compare speed, terms, down payment and paperwork, then use a decision framework to pick the right capital.
Write a scope of work your contractor can price and your lender can review: room-by-room template, spec details, exclusions, and a pre-signing checklist.
How seasonal businesses use working capital loans to buy inventory, staff up and market before peak season, with a 12-month cash planning table.
A seller carry second is a note the seller holds behind a first-lien loan. How it works, why the first lender cares, and what it does to your cash flow.
How investors fund the down payment on a seller-financed purchase, where gap funding fits, how it is usually repaid, and what to settle with the seller.
Sell your flip sooner with a pre-listing checklist for punch list, staging, photos, pricing and offer review, plus a days-on-market cost table.
Subject-to vs seller financing for investors: who holds the loan, what the seller risks, what cash you need at closing, and when to combine the two.
Doing your first wholesale deal as a double close? What a transactional lender needs, what it skips, and the beginner mistakes that stall closings.
REO contracts often ban assignment, so investors double close with transactional funding. Short sales add resale restrictions. What to check first.
When wholesalers should double close with transactional funding instead of assigning: non-assignable contracts, REO and MLS deals, and big spreads.
A double close needs two proofs of funds: one showing you can buy, one showing your end buyer can pay. What each should include and who asks for it.
Transactional funding is repaid from your end buyer's money, usually within hours. Hard money stays out for months. How to pick the loan for your exit.
How a value-add multifamily bridge loan funds an apartment purchase and renovation before permanent debt, with a unit-by-unit business plan template.
A bridge loan in real estate is short-term, property-secured financing that carries an investor from purchase to a sale or refinance. How it works.
How fix and flip loans work: purchase and rehab funding, LTC and ARV caps, draws, short terms, and the exit. A plain guide from a private lender.
A partner buyout loan funds the purchase of a co-owner's or investor's stake so you gain full control. How buyout financing works, step by step.
A working capital loan is short-term financing for payroll, rent, inventory and marketing. How it works, what it costs to plan for, and who qualifies.
An EMD loan covers the earnest money deposit on an investment purchase so your cash stays free. How it works, what it costs and when it makes sense.
Gap funding covers the shortfall between what a deal needs at closing and what your main lender or your cash provides. How it works and how it gets repaid.
Transactional funding is a short-term loan for the A-B purchase in a double close, repaid from your end buyer's funds. How it works and what it costs.
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