Let me tell you something I’ve seen play out more times than I’d like to count. A private lender builds a solid book. Good borrowers, good collateral, solid returns. The pipeline gets bigger than the balance sheet, so the lender starts calling investors. “Hey, I’ve got a great deal, want to take a piece?” The investor says yes, money moves, everybody’s happy....
The NMLS Explains Always Takes Longer Than You Think
Everyone Thinks They're Ready to Submit
One of the most common conversations we have with private lenders starts the same way: "We're ready to get going. Can you submit tomorrow?”
And while I appreciate the urgency and excitement behind that statement, the reality is that NMLS licensing almost never moves as quickly as lenders initially expect.
The CCP 726 Trap: How Multi-State Lenders Quietly Forfeit Their California Lien
by Keanne Soto, II, ESQ.
A private lender we recently advised faced exactly the scenario this article addresses. The client had funded a $5.8 million cross-collateralized loan secured by one California property and two Pennsylvania properties.
The borrower signed through a single LLC, and the individual principal joined as a co-borrower for additional recourse. Months in, payments stopped. The lender called us with the obvious question: how do we get our money back?
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