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Raising Your Own Real Estate Capital – Sure You Want to do That?

by Richard Warren | October 4, 2010

I often see forum postings from real estate investors looking to raise their own investment funds. These are often newcomers that are frustrated by their inability to obtain financing for what they’re sure are smoking hot deals. The banks have told them ‘no,’ hard money lenders laughed in their face, private lenders turned them down, and [...]

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Madoff Scandal Fallout: Do Investors Care?

by Matt Pitcher | January 10, 2009

This was a question posed by an editorial in a prominent financial news media publication recently. I have asked myself the same question. For those of us whose primary objective is raising capital and attracting authentic, unique, and compelling opportunities for that capital, the Madoff scandal could not have come at a worst time. Or [...]

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BiggerPockets Helps “Victims” of Real Estate Scandals

by Joshua Dorkin | October 12, 2006

BiggerPockets is proud that we’ve been able to provide a forum for possible “victims” of what some claim to be a massive real estate fraud. For the past few months tens of thousands of current and possible investors have flocked to BiggerPockets Forums to exchange information and help one another stay abreast of fast moving [...]

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