by Keith Quinney | Mar 17, 2026
Recently Funded Ground-Up Construction Loan In Houston, Texas Loan Scenario: This ground-up construction loan a new single-family home in Houston, Texas. In detail, the first-time builder bought the lot for $365,000 and plans a full new build with a budget of...
by Eric Krattenstein | Mar 2, 2026
The tools you should know about, the conversations you should have with your CPA, and how DSCR financing fits the picture. Disclaimer: We’re a mortgage lender, not a tax advisor. This article is educational, not tax advice. Every investor’s situation is...
by Keith Quinney | Feb 24, 2026
Recently Funded Ground-Up Construction Loan In The Colony, Texas Loan Scenario: This ground-up construction loan covers a new modern single-family home in The Colony, Texas. Specifically, the borrower is a first-time builder who acquired the lot for $180,000 with a...
by Eric Krattenstein | Feb 23, 2026
The elephant in the room that’s crushing cash flows—and what you can actually do about it. We need to talk about insurance. Not because it’s exciting—it might be the least exciting topic in real estate investing. But because it’s become one of the...
by Eric Krattenstein | Feb 16, 2026
Where building new makes more sense than buying existing—and how to make the numbers work in a $428K average construction cost environment. Here’s a question that’s become increasingly relevant: at what point does it make more sense to build than to buy?...
