DPG Investments and Dividend America Commercial Lending are proud to announce that they have merged their creative and entrepreneurial platforms to assist investor clients and borrowing customers with greater access to funding across the entire capital stack.  The press release, to be officially released Monday, January 8th, will solidify the merging of two business that have been able to take advantage of the current volatile market environment and enter a ...

Multifamily Financing and Apartment Financing are available through HUD/FHA and Fannie Mae DUS but there also non-government alternatives to these programs.  Sometimes the frustration and time delays associated with the long arduous approval process of multifamily financing through HUD, FHA, Fannie Mae and other government programs can be averted by using alternative programs.

Consider that most commercial investors use HUD/FHA and Fannie Mae DUS style multifamily financing because of the low rates more-so than for the high LTV and all of ...

We buy distressed multifamily assets and our appetite is huge.  We look like like a lender but we are really deal makers.  Our expansive lending platform is also a multi-strategy investment platform.  While this confuses some, it’s very simple when you think about it.

As a non-bank lender we deploy capital for wealthy families (aka – Family Offices), high net worth individuals (aka – Private Wealth), hedge funds, REIT’s (Real Estate Investment Trusts) and large investors.  All of these entities consider ...

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Understanding the Cost of Equity and Joint Venture Structures

Equity and Joint Venture structures admittedly come with costs that seem higher than traditional lending sources, however, when you consider the speed at which Equity and Joint Venture funders move and the high leverage (LTV) commercial real estate investors can obtain, all of the sudden the cost of the money becomes secondary.

Why?  ...

Equity and Joint Ventures – Understanding the Cost

Most commercial real estate investors today instinctively know that they need to investigate Equity and Joint Venture structures to get deals done but most don’t really understand the cost in today’s market.  In order to understand the cost of Equity and Joint Venture funding structures commercial real estate investors and commercial real estate agents must first understand that there are unseen ...

Conduit Loans, Insurance Conduits and Life Insurance Conduit Lending offer Low Interest Rate Commercial Real Estate Loans to borrowers with good cash flowing properties.  Also known as Insurance Syndication Lending and Mortgage/Investment Bank Syndication Loans, Conduit Loans are typically offered through non-traditional channels.

Borrowers seeking extremely low interest rates fixed for long period of time and having longer than 15 year amortization periods are encouraged to look into Life Insurance Conduit Lending ...

Multifamily Loans with High LTV’s and Quick Closings are the holy grail of investors seeking to capitalize on the purchase of nonperforming notes for apartment communities, distressed multifamily developments and REO assets.  With constrained capital markets and limited equity available to them, smaller commercial real estate investors and developers have had trouble absorbing all the great deals leaving the majority to larger national or international REIT and Life companies.

Now that problem has been solved.  A new financing option allows commercial ...

Commerical Real Estate Investment Loans are available with up to 100% Commercial Financing. Dividend America Commercial Lending uses it’s expansive lending platform and broad industry knowledge to provide 100% commercial financing for the purcahse of commercial real estate investment property aslo known as CREI.

In recent years capital for the purchase of commercial real estate investment properteis has be restricted and large down payments were required for those that qualified. However, Dividend America now has access to a fund containing $400mm ...

Debtor in Possession Financing, also known as DIP Financing, is available for a variety of needs.  So, what is DIP Financing?  Debtor in Possession Financing is financing that is available for businesses that are in bankruptcy or who have been through a debt restructuring.

When a business goes through bankruptcy and all of its debt is restructured or wiped out, in some cases DIP financing can be used to recapitalize the business.  In some cases ...

Apartment Purchase & Rehab Loans are available for the Purchase of Distressed Multifamily Assets around the United States of America. These loans come in the form of Hard Money Loans, Private Equity Loans and more traditional Bridge Loans for apartment communities and multifamily developments.

Private Equity loans, also referred to as Private Money, are the most flexible with regard to terms for apartment purchase and rehab financing. These loans ...