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+serious Questions Answered On Real Estate Investing
By Alan Cowgill
Who regulates securities?
Each state regulates investments offered to its citizens. The federal government, through the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), regulates offerings across state lines. This means that you'll have to look at the laws and regulations in your state when you're only working with private lenders in your state. If you're working with folks across state lines, you'll need to comply with the laws in each state you're working in and comply with the SEC's rules too.
What about advertising?
It's important to understand that each state sets its rules for advertising investment opportunities, which includes private lending. Every state has opportunities for you to advertise to bring in private lenders. There are strict regulations on this and you need to comply with the states rules.
What about advertising across state lines?
You would use a state exemption that allows you to advertise and only advertise to accredited investors. Accredited investors are defined elsewhere in this package of information. As a reminder, the Securities Act of 1933 has several definitions of accredited investors. The most important for your business are likely to be these two:
1.A natural person who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person's spouse, that exceeds $1 million at the time of the purchase;
2.A natural person with income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year.
So what sort of disclosure should I give my private lenders?
When you are reaching out to private lenders, whether it's just one or a large group, it's very important that you disclose the risks and benefits of the private lending opportunity you're offering them. There are several reasons you should do this. Some are for the benefit of your private lenders, who will want to know
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what your business is and how they can make money lending to you. Securities laws work to protect private lenders, so you must disclose to them what the potential downsides are. These might include how long it will take to sell a property; mortgage rate changes, housing market pricing fluctuations, or the cost of rehabbing a property. There are others you'll want to mention. Disclosure documents will also help you protect yourself and business against possible claims that you didn't describe the business properly. A strong disclosure document will help you protect your reputation and protect you against frivolous litigation. It will also help you comply with securities laws and regulations and, should you get a question from a regulator, help you demonstrate to them you are working to be in compliance. Commissions- Can I pay them? The bottom line on paying commissions is: don't. Unless you are using a proper registration or exemption and using a licensed or registered broker/dealer, almost every state prohibits paying commissions for the sale of securities. Now, in Ohio, it is possible to pay someone to help you get potential private lenders to a luncheon, but only if you pay him or her whether or not these folks end up lending you money. That means that you can't pay them based on their success rate or anything that connects their compensation to getting private lenders. Other states won't even let you do that unless the people you're compensating are registered or licensed broker/dealers. Public Offerings- What does that mean? It's easiest to explain what it means by explaining what a public offering isn't. Generally, any offering that is not exempt under the private offering exemption of the securities act of 1933 (Regulation D) is a public offering. This means that if you aren't using an exempt offering, as we talk about in the course materials, then you are getting involved in a public offering. Each and every state has its own definition of exempt offerings and these aren't considered to be public offerings. Exempt offerings are what open the door for you to run your real estate investing business successfully and in compliance. In Summary, remember securities laws and regulations offer you many opportunities to do your real estate investing business and stay in compliance. Yes, there's going to be some paperwork that goes with these laws and regulations. It's just part of doing business, and that's what Alan's course is all about, helping you get into business and do it the right way and successfully. Alan Cowgill is a national speaker, author, and real estate entrepreneur. Alan had bought or sold over 200 investment properties. His step-by-step system "Private Lending Made Easy" teaches Real Estate investors and mortgage brokers how to find private lenders. Contact Alan at 937-390-0816 or 866-831-3540. For a FREE audio CD go to www.PrivateLendingMadeEasy.com
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The arrest of Riduan bin Isomuddin alias Hamadi in Thailand can only be good news for business in South East Asia. Hamadi was responsible for severe damage to the economies of much of South East Asia, by instilling fear in foreign and local investors, increasing country risk and insecurity, driving away tourism dollars, and slowing down the participation of many South East Asian countries in the global economy.Thailand visa fees to increase substantially
Thailand visa fees for tourism, business and residency purposes will rise by around 100 to 400 percent in late August 2003. While such fees may not represent a significant increase in business travel or tourism costs overall, it makes Thai visa fees in many cases (depending on length of stay) similar or significantly higher than those for neighbouring countries Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand, canceling out a previous competitive advantage for Thailand.Asia Pacific to provide highest economic growth of any global region through 2007
The Economist Intelligence Unit predicts 5.9 percent annual economic growth for the Asia Pacific ex Japan through 2007, making the region the fastest-growing globally. However this growth is not evenly spread, with China and India leading the charge, while other Asian economies struggle or show limited growth.Blast rocks J.W. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta Indonesia
Jakarta's J.W. Marriott hotel was the scene of an explosion today, just as Indonesia and the Indonesian economy was recovering from the Bali incident and leaders receiving praise for their fight against terrorism. Strange Sunday in Makati
There’s an eerie parallel with today's military rebellion in the Philippines with the Cory years - a female leader swept into office by People Power swears to clean up corruption, but somehow never quite delivers and things just get more and more crooked. Bottom line - nobody's delivering pizza in Makati, Manila's financial district, tonight...
Competitiveness Rankings sees South East Asia on the rise
Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore are the rising stars of the IMD's World Competitiveness Scorecard for 2003 published in their yearbook last week. At the same time traditional lean and mean Scandinavian economies which have dominated the rankings since their inception, as well as the mature East Asian economies, seem to be losing their competitive advantage.
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