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Carrie Cook
Nov 8, 20212 min read
Real Estate Crowdfunding Platforms Have Yet to Face Their True Test - Will They Endure
Part 2 - Crowdfunding Company Pitfalls Unfortunately, due to the more recent availability of these types of investments on the market,...
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Carrie Cook
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Real Estate Crowdfunding Platforms Have Yet to Face Their True Test - Will They Endure
Part 1 There is no doubt that the rise of online crowdfunding platforms altered the face of the real estate lending industry. Real estate...
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Carrie Cook
May 10, 20211 min read
The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Pitfall 3
Are you really diversified? PITFALL #3 - Lack of Diversification When investing in the stock market, do you put everything in your entire...
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Carrie Cook
May 3, 20212 min read
The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Solution to Pitfall 2
Take a closer look at loan Underwriting, not just LTV. SOLUTION # 2 – Loan-to-Own Underwriting What is the solution to loan-to-own...
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Carrie Cook
Apr 26, 20214 min read
The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Pitfall 2
Take a closer look at loan Underwriting. PITFALL #2 - Loan-to-Own Underwriting Loan-to-own underwriting is pitfall number two. In this...
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Carrie Cook
Apr 19, 20215 min read
The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Solution to Pitfall 1
Align the Broker and the Investor SOLUTION #1 – An Invested Mortgage Broker The solution to this pitfall is not complicated. You need to...
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Carrie Cook
Apr 12, 20215 min read
The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Pitfall 1
Who is your broker really working for? The comments are all too familiar. "It’s too good to be true...” “You’re going to lose all my...
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Carrie Cook
Mar 29, 20214 min read
Investment Advice for 30 somethings...
Are you making a financial faux pas. As I was writing my “Investment Advice for 20 Somethings”, I felt like it would be very...
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Carrie Cook
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Defaults - The Lessons
Lessons learned over 10 years At Ignite Funding, as a Trust Deed investment commercial broker, loan servicer, and asset manager (as...
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Carrie Cook
Nov 12, 20202 min read
Defaults - The Stories
Take Risks by the Horns Investors and employees alike put me on a pedestal with the expectations that a default should never happen....
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Carrie Cook
Oct 29, 20206 min read
When your World Turns Upside-Down.
Have you ever gone to work and found out your work life is going to be turned upside down? How you deal with that type of situation says...
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Carrie Cook
Jul 20, 20203 min read
Recruiting the Right People - Underwriting
You can't do it all, so find those that compliment your talents. My second management decision was in the underwriting department and yet...
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