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10/22/2026

10/21/2026

FREE LIVE WEBINAR: Capital, Risk & Ex*****on 🏡

In today's market, finding the right deal is only half the job. The other half is how you fund it, protect it, and see it through.

Join Kristin Young of Anchor Loans, who has more than 30 years in residential lending, as she breaks down how experienced investors and brokers:

✅ Evaluate opportunities with a clear eye
✅ Structure financing that fits the deal
✅ Handle common project challenges before they derail you
✅ Scale into larger, more complex deals without taking on unnecessary risk

She'll also walk through real-world scenarios that show these strategies in action.

📅 Wednesday, November 4
🕐 1:00 PM EST
🔗 Watch live: https://streamyard.com/watch/GyM3THJFGJ7i

Save the link and bring your questions.

In today’s market, successful real estate investment requires more than finding the right opportunity. It requires a thoughtful approach to capital, risk, and ex*****on. Drawing on more than 30 years of residential lending experience, Kristin Young will discuss how experienced investors and broker...

10/14/2026

Private lending fund documents are getting stricter — and that's a good thing for investors.

Our own Scott Ward: Speaker, Educator, Author sat down with KeyCrew Journal to break down what's changing for debt fund managers and borrowers right now:

🔹 Offering memorandums now spell out tight concentration limits, two-party underwriting verification, and conservative asset allocation pledges
🔹 Fund rating companies are emerging — and they reward discipline over aggressive strategies
🔹 Lenders underwrite the exit first, then experience, then reserves. Undercapitalization plus an unclear exit is the combination that sinks deals
🔹 Construction draws create a timing gap borrowers must be capitalized to bridge
🔹 Scott's "five for five" framework for spotting durable markets vs. boom towns
🔹 Institutional capital is quietly buying Sun Belt property management companies — positioning for distressed inventory

On raising capital, Scott didn't sugarcoat it: "It's the hardest thing you'll ever do."

With 28 years in private lending and $1.5B+ funded, Scott consults with debt fund managers nationwide and serves on the AAPL Education Committee. This one is worth the 6-minute read.

👉 Full article: https://keycrew.co/journal/private-lending-fund-documents-are-getting-stricter/

A year ago, newer private lending fund managers were writing offering memorandums with relatively loose language. Today, those same documents read differently

10/09/2026

📘 THINK Magazine, Q3 October 2026: Seeing Potential, featuring Linda Hyde, President of the American Association of Private Lenders

In our cover feature, Linda opens up about:
💡 The unexpected turns that shaped her life, including the road nobody expected her to take
💡 A layoff after 13 years that led her into private lending, and eventually to leading AAPL
💡 Taking a chance on the employee everyone else had written off, and the coffee mug she’ll never forget
💡 Why being direct and caring deeply aren’t opposites
💡 Why the greatest return on investment she’s ever seen wasn’t in a business. It was in a person who was simply given a chance.
It’s a must-read for every lender, broker, investor and business owner heading into AAPL’s 17th Annual, and for anyone who has ever been underestimated or had the chance to believe in someone first.

Also in this issue:
🔹 Scott Ward: Certification gets you in the door. Systems keep you in the business.
🔹 Robert Napolitano: Your next rental loan just got smaller.
🔹 Joel Hansen: Why your DSCR deal got declined, and what nobody tells you about exceptions.
🔹 Plus Jacy Bloom, Wendy Craib, Steven Green, Wyatt Wallace of TNREIA, Heidi Vilchez-Teller, and a special message from Genstone Companies.

📖 Read the full issue from the link in comments.

🗓️ See you at AAPL’s 17th Annual, November 9–10.

📣 Want your brand in front of 170,000+ real estate investors?

We’re booking 2027 campaigns now: E-Zine ads, sponsored articles, email blasts, newsletter banners, podcast sponsorships and webinars. Call 972-351-6949.

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10/01/2026

For 13 years, THINK REALTY has educated real estate investors and the professionals who serve them. We know who they are, what they’re buying, and who they trust.

Now we’re opening that audience to you. Lenders, title and insurance pros, property managers, contractors, and service providers can put their brand in front of hundreds of thousands of active investors.

Limited partner spots are available for Q4 and 2027.
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09/29/2026

Your next client is already reading Think Realty. 📈

Real Estate Investors, Lending Houses, Brokers, Agents, lenders, contractors, property managers: let us handle your digital marketing while you close deals. We’ll put your brand in front of 170,000+ real estate investors through our E-Zine, email blasts, newsletter, podcast and webinars.

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09/11/2026

To all the brave men and women who helped us, sacrificed, and survived this tragedy: we honor you and the legacy you left. #911

09/10/2026

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