REI INK

Company Spotlight

Creating Opportunities

Mino Lending Solutions Prioritizes What Investors Need Most By Carole VanSickle Ellis When you think of private lending, the word “scrappy” is not usually the first word that comes to mind. However, when you think of Mino Lending Solutions, the Detroit-based, full-service, nationwide mortgage originator specializing in financing for real estate investors and actively engaged in making loans that other lenders simply cannot tackle, “scrappy” seems to fit the bill.

Read More

Frame it and Forget About It

  • by
  • Comment Off
  • 434 views

JELD-WEN Windows and Doors When you are investing in properties to rent or to sell, you want to frame it and forget about it. Investors know that replacements and repairs can dramatically influence the potential ROI of an asset. Enter JELD-WEN® doors and windows to help get it right. Beautiful and durable. That is the simplest way to describe JELD-WEN’s doors and windows. An extensive range of interior and exterior

Read More

An “Extreme” Solution to Pressing Housing Questions

  • by
  • Comment Off
  • 887 views

Toni Moss & AmeriCatalyst Present the 2024 Climate & Housing Conference Toni Moss, CEO of AmeriCatalyst LLC, never intended to produce conferences. An expert on global mortgage markets, Moss spent much of the 1990s in Europe working as the Director of Corporate Development for Bouwfonds, a division of the Dutch government that was created to rebuild Holland after World War II. Moss’s background in corporate intelligence, scenario planning and due

Read More

REI INK Celebrates its 50th Issue

  • by
  • Comment Off
  • 340 views

A Remarkable Journey During Remarkable Times By Robert Rakowski Welcome to the 50th issue of REI INK. These last four and a half years have been quite the journey; a journey through the struggles of being the “new kid in town”, the COVID pandemic, inflation, an out-of-control and uncertain economy, but mostly a terrific journey of forming professional and personal relationships with absolutely wonderful people and companies. It took an

Read More

NPLA Announces 2023 Strategic Initiatives

New Partnerships, Mentoring Programs & Events in 2023 and Beyond By Carole VanSickle Ellis The National Private Lenders Association (NPLA) hosted its seventh official membership meeting in Key Biscayne, Florida. The event, which was the best-attended in the association’s history, was also the site of a major change for the private-lending industry. NPLA founding member, executive director, and general counsel Jon Hornik announced during the association’s member meeting that Monday,

Read More

National Private Lenders Conference Makes Waves

The Rebranded Conference Made a Splash in Key Biscayne, Florida By Carole VanSickle Ellis Last month, a private-lending industry tradition went through an exciting evolution, making waves at one of the biggest conferences for private lenders in the country. On March 27, 2023, the first Pitbull Conference of 2023 started out with the announcement that new ownership would be renaming and repurposing the 21-year-old event. The Pitbull conference will move

Read More