


Bradley Laddusaw, CPA
2.3K posts

@oside_debt_guy
We fund loans for real estate investors acquiring 1-4 unit, multifamily, industrial and select office in CA. Let's have some fun talking hard money.









How many losses will it take for leverage to normalize and revert back to the mean? Here's a prime example of why CREDIT carries less weight than SKIN IN THE GAME. Leverage currently being offered with just a 1st position loan is pushing levels where only "GAP Funders" would settle in at back in 2013/2014. What's a Gap Funder? Historically this was the lender that funded the "Gap" between your 1st position loan and purchase price + rehab. Many high leverage value add lenders right now may not have even heard of this term and that says something. We fund 1st position loans to reduce the chances of having a loss of principal in the event a deal does not go as planned. When your 1st pushes certain levels, the chances of loss go up. Here is an REO I saw marketed last week for sale at $2,500,000. - Initial Loan Amount: $2,739,750 - NOS amount Due: $4,114,070.97 - Trustees Deed: Reverted back at probably the opening bid set $3,000,000 Currently listed over $200k below the initial loan amount. I would be curious on how the accrued interest due and principal of $4+ million is being reported to their investors in 1 quarter then boomeranging to a loss of principal the next. Lenders like this tend to say they "only lend to strong credit quality borrowers." I counter and say skin in the game is the driver, not necessarily credit. This represents a small sample size but with the market trading flat, it is not a big call to make that at this leverage, many of the defaults experienced by institutional lenders may result in a loss of principal. In California, everything is publicly available to see what's going on. Now slap this leverage in a state that take 2+ years to foreclose, GOOD NIGHT. Enjoy MOVING DAY AT THE MASTERS!!!












