Toorak Capital Partners Reaches $10 Billion Milestone

Industry-Leading Real Estate Funding Platform Has Funded 26,000+ Mortgage Loans in Since Inception Toorak Capital Partners, Inc. (“Toorak”), a leading capital provider to the residential real estate lending industry, announced that it has funded $10 billion in whole loans since its inception in 2016. To date, the company has funded more than 26,000 small-balance business-purpose loans backed by residential, multifamily, and mixed-use properties across the U.S. and the U.K., enabling

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WORD OF THE DAY: Hypnagogic

[hip-nə-GAH-jik] Part of speech: adjective Origin: French, late 19th century Definition: Relating to the state immediately before falling asleep; Encouraging sleep. Examples of hypnagogic in a sentence “He listened to instrumental music to relax into a hypnagogic state. “ “My mom always told me warm milk was hypnagogic, but I’ve never felt sleepy after drinking it.” About Hypnagogic This word might look familiar to you because of its trancelike cousins. The Greek root “hypn” means sleep,

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CLADE Disaster Alert System identifies affected properties before and after Hurricane Ian.

As Category 4 Hurricane Ian, the ninth named storm of the 2022 hurricane season, continued its path across Florida and the shores of South Carolina and Georgia, clients of Five Brothers already knew which of their properties would be impacted. With up-to-date forecasts and predictions, CLADE Disaster Alert System identified client properties in the proximity of the predicted hurricane path through geo-coding. Available exclusively from Five Brothers, CLADE allows clients

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WORD OF THE DAY: Synopsize

[sə-NAHP-siyz] Part of speech: verb Origin: American English, 19th century Definition: Give a brief summary or general survey of (something). Examples of synopsize in a sentence “Sydney used the commercial breaks of the Dodgers game to synopsize the at-bats for her husband who was grilling dinner outside.” “I find it difficult to synopsize movies when people ask me.” About Synopsize The verb “synopsize” is an American addition to English, formed out of the noun “synopsis.”

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EXIT Realty Releases Whitepaper Defining the REALTOR’S® Role in Affordable Housing

Through service, volunteerism, education and advocacy, realtors can harness their skill set to effect change EXIT Realty Corp. International, a leading real estate franchisor focused on human potential, launched a whitepaper surrounding the topic of affordable housing and how real estate professionals can harness their existing skillset to affect real change. The whitepaper, authored by EXIT Realty Co-Chair Tami Bonnell, combines research with decades of real-world experience from EXIT professionals to highlight the

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WORD OF THE DAY: Zeitgeist

[ZAIT-gaist] Part of speech: noun Origin: German, mid-19th century Definition: The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. Examples of zeitgeist in a sentence “She wanted to embrace the zeitgeist of the 1980s for her birthday party.” “The bestselling book captured the zeitgeist of the college experience.” About Zeitgeist It seems like there’s always a German word to express what we don’t

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