Commercial Loan Blog

By Terry Painter, Mortgage Banker, Author of “The Encyclopedia of Commercial Real Estate Advice" – Wiley Publishers.  Member of the Forbes Business Council

Why You Should Make the Leap Up to Commercial Real Estate Investing

If you are just getting started investing in income producing real... Read More

Raising Money for Multifamily Properties for Beginners

By Terry Painter/Mortgage Banker, Author of “The Encyclopedia of Commercial Real Estate Advice”, Wiley Publishers. Member of The Forbes Business Council

I am a commercial mortgage banker. Every so often someone applies for an apartment building loan with me that is almost flat broke and has no multifamily ownership experience.   So I tell them, “Oh, so you want me to lend you over a million dollars and you don’t have any experience -  and you want me to take 100% of the risk?”

“Don’t worry about that, they say.  I... Read More

By Terry Painter/Mortgage Banker, Author of “The Encyclopedia of Commercial Real Estate Advice” – Published by Wiley, Member of The Forbes Real Estate Council

Try one or all 4 of these ways to value an apartment building in 15 minutes:

Why You need to Know an Apartment Building’s Value Quickly

So you wake up early one morning thinking about finding the perfect apartment building to invest in. And... Read More

June 7, 2019

By Terry Painter, Mortgage Banker

Member of the Forbes Real Estate Council

Author: The Encyclopedia of Commercial Real Estate Advice – a WILEY book – OUT NOW!

Micro Apartments are very small, high rent per square foot units most... Read More