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Charlotte 2025 Housing Market Analysis & Forecast
Charlotte, North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing housing markets in the U.S. Since 2020, the city’s population has grown by 47,412 to 923,164 (a 5.41% jump), making it the most populous city in the state. Meanwhile, home values have skyrocketed. Since January...
Top Tips for Flipping Houses in Illinois: What Investors Need to Know
Illinois is a prime location for flipping houses. In Q3 2024, the average gross profit on an Illinois flip was $94,500, resulting in an average gross ROI of 60.8%. However, flipping houses takes a lot of work and you need the right partners to ensure success. Your...
What Is a Good DSCR Ratio for Your Investment Property?
To get a rental loan from a private lender like ABL, you must meet a minimum DSCR requirement. Having a high Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) not only protects the lender but ensures you can afford the loan, making it a key metric for gauging potential investments...
A Guide to Building a Residential Construction Draw Schedule Template
Building or flipping a home can be a lucrative investment, but the high upfront cost typically requires partnering with a fast, flexible lender like ABL. To ensure you get the funds you need when you need them most, construction projects follow a draw schedule. Read...
The Pros and Cons of 100 Percent Fix and Flip Loans for Investors
There are many ways to fund a rehab project, including 100 percent fix and flip loans. This is an attractive option because it doesn’t require a down payment. Instead, the lender finances the full cost of the property purchase and renovation, so you can focus solely...
5 Up-and-Coming Neighborhoods for Flipping Houses in Miami
Flipping houses in Miami can be a lucrative enterprise—especially in neighborhoods where home prices are down and properties are selling below asking price. If you “buy the dip” and renovate a property for significantly less than its after-repair value (ARV) with a...
Best DSCR Lenders: Who Offers the Most Competitive Rates?
Who are the best DSCR lenders with the most competitive rates? It’s no secret that how you finance a real estate deal can make or break the investment. That’s why the best rental property investors carefully vet and compare DSCR lenders like ABL before signing on the...
Top 5 Arizona Cities to Invest In For 2025
Known for its rapidly rising home values, Arizona has a hot housing market poised for growth in 2025. Whether you flip or buy and hold properties, the Grand Canyon state has much to offer—especially if you partner with a private lender like ABL. In this article, we...
Residential Transition Loans (RTL Loans)
Investing in real estate is a great way to build long-term wealth. But unless you buy a turnkey property, it usually involves some transitional work, such as renovation or construction. Fortunately, you can finance capital-intensive construction projects with...
The Top 15 Cities for Rental Investments in 2025
Buying rental property is a great way to earn passive income and benefit from long-term appreciation. With a lending partner like ABL, you can unlock long-term rental loans that help you maximize your returns. Take a look at the top 15 cities for rental investments...
Limited Capital? Use The BRRRR Method
You don’t need a lot of money to invest in real estate. With an asset-based lender like ABL and a capital-light investing strategy, you can start your real estate investing journey in no time. In this article, we’ll explain how to accelerate your profits with the...
The 5 Best States to Buy Rental Property in 2025
As a real estate investor, you want to buy rental property where it will generate the most return. However, the most profitable rental markets can change over time. That’s why we’ve ranked the top five states for buying rentals in 2025. What Makes a State Favorable...
10 Best Practices for Flipping Houses in Texas
Flipping houses in Texas can be a lucrative gig. Not only did the Lonestar State have the second-biggest GDP of any U.S. state in 2023, but from 2022 to 2023, it had the largest numeric population growth. This is good news for home flippers. It means demand for...
Private Money vs. Hard Money: When You Need Funds Fast
As a real estate investor, you need reliable funding to seize deal opportunities. But what if you’ve exhausted all your traditional financing options? When considering private money vs hard money loans, both can be valuable resources for securing your next deal. But...
Generate Passive Income With This Single-Family Rental (SFR) Investment Strategy
A single-family rental investment strategy is an excellent source of passive income. Imagine earning a steady stream of income without the daily grind. With single-family rentals, you can! But it takes the right knowledge, funding, and partners. Read on to learn more...
What Are Asset Based Loans? How They Work & How To Get Them
When you have lots of capital tied up in properties, it can be hard to scale your real estate investment portfolio. So why not leverage your equity? Unlike traditional mortgages based on creditworthiness, asset-based loans (aka hard money loans or private money loans)...
Asset Based Lending vs Cash Flow Lending: Which Is Right For You?
With so many financing options available to real estate investors, knowing which lending structure is best for your business can be challenging. If you want an alternative to traditional bank lending, consider asset based lending vs cash flow lending. Both offer speed...
The Top 10 Questions to Ask A Hard Money Lender
Hard money lending is increasingly popular, especially for real estate investors, as traditional banking institutions clamp down on financing and become more stringent due to regulatory winds shifting and higher interest rates. Don’t fall for the first hard money...
5 Tips For Building The Ultimate Draw Schedule
For any value-add fix-and-flip or new build construction project, you’ll live and die by your draw schedule. Managing and monitoring cash flow is as important as the actual construction, and a well-managed and maintained (and realistic) draw schedule goes a long way...
The BRRRR Strategy for Beginners in Real Estate Investing
Though plenty of "get rich quick" real estate courses and schemes abound these days, few new real estate investment strategies beat the classics – and perhaps none is as classic as the BRRRR Method. The BRRRR Method (short for buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat) is a...
DSCR Loans Explained
One of real estate investing’s first hurdles to individual entrepreneurs is funding – as the saying goes, “It takes money to make money.” But, for many would-be real estate investors, finding initial financing to kickstart or extend a real estate portfolio is...
The Top 5 Cities to Invest In Texas
Texas has cemented its status as a prime destination for real estate investors, driven by soaring real estate prices fueled by rapid population growth and a thriving job market. According to recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas experienced the highest...
Andrew Whitmire Featured Deal
North Carolina Featured Deal Andrew Whitmire, ABL’s Territory Manager in the Carolinas, recently finalized a DSCR loan in Southport, North Carolina, with a new borrower. The borrower initially engaged with another lender for a fix and flip loan but sought additional...
Anticipated Dip: Mortgage Rates Expected to Ease Post Soft April 2024 Jobs Report
Mortgage Rates Expected to Ease Post Soft April Jobs Report May 3rd’s report brings significant implications for real estate investors suggesting a growing likelihood of interest rate cuts in 2024, following three months of economic challenges. Over the past quarter,...
Miami FL Fix and Flip Featured Deal
Fix and Flip Deal in Miami, Florida Paul Barash, Asset Based Lending’s Assistant Vice President of Lending in Florida, recently closed a refinance and construction completion loan on a halfway completed build in Miami, Florida. The borrower discovered ABL online and...
- Charlotte 2025 Housing Market Analysis & Forecast
Charlotte, North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing housing markets… Read more: Charlotte 2025 Housing Market Analysis & Forecast - Top Tips for Flipping Houses in Illinois: What Investors Need to KnowIllinois is a prime location for flipping houses. In Q3… Read more: Top Tips for Flipping Houses in Illinois: What Investors Need to Know
- What Is a Good DSCR Ratio for Your Investment Property?To get a rental loan from a private lender like… Read more: What Is a Good DSCR Ratio for Your Investment Property?
- A Guide to Building a Residential Construction Draw Schedule TemplateBuilding or flipping a home can be a lucrative investment,… Read more: A Guide to Building a Residential Construction Draw Schedule Template
- The Pros and Cons of 100 Percent Fix and Flip Loans for InvestorsThere are many ways to fund a rehab project, including… Read more: The Pros and Cons of 100 Percent Fix and Flip Loans for Investors
