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Hard to Fund, Hard to Trust – My Simple Lending Filter

Unfortunately, this week I didn’t have much time to sit down and plan out a full-on podcast episode. Things have been a little hectic with travel, a couple of business conferences, seminars, and everything in between. Still, I wanted to make sure we had something to put out this week so I thought I’d share […]

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Gasoline for Your Deal Flow – Shane Powers on Turbo-Charging Hard-Money Leads

 Bryce Today we are greeted by the presence of Mr. Shane Powers. How are you doing, Shane? Shane Good. Great to be here. Hard or Private Lender? Manage all your loans with ease. Lendr allows you to manage your entire lending business from one place. Get started Learn more → Bryce Thanks for being […]

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My 20-Minute Instagram Routine That’s Raised Over $2M

We’re going to talk about how to get investors to come to you—one post at a time. Specifically, how to raise capital using social media. Hard or Private Lender? Manage all your loans with ease. Lendr allows you to manage your entire lending business from one place. Get started Learn more → This was the […]

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Why We’ve Been Quiet (and What We Built for You)

1. Automation, Credit, and Team Roles We’ve been cooking over at Lendr. Absolutely cooking. For the past two months, we’ve had our heads down, rolling out new updates nonstop—new features, powerful enhancements, and just a lot of really cool tools that are going to transform the way you run your lending business. Hard or Private […]

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Make More. Work Less. Why I’m Raising Rates in a Tough Economy

Section 1: Life Updates & Lendr Growth Before I advise you to raise your prices as a private lender, I want to take a minute to give you some personal context because we’ve been busy—really busy—and that’s a great thing. On the personal front, we had a big shift: we officially moved from Idaho, where […]

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How I Messed Up My SEC Filing (So You Don’t Have To)

We are building off off last week’s conversation, where we addressed some listener questions about setting up a fund. I thought it would be helpful to dive deeper into some of the errors I made when I was setting up my own fund and filing the Form D with the SEC. I want to take […]

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PPMs, Subscription Agreements & Fund Docs Explained (Listener Q&A)

 This week, I received an email from a listener named Abel. Abel—if you’re listening—thank you for reaching out. He is in the lending space and is considering starting a fund and had a ton of smart questions, which I think will benefit a lot of other podcast listeners. We ended up hopping on a […]

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How Private Lenders Handle Taxes – 1098s, 1099s & More

Managing Taxes in Private and Hard Money Lending Right now, it is mid-March 2025. I really hope that you’ve already filed your taxes for the 2024 tax year. However, I briefly wanted to discuss how we handle all of the different taxes and documents associated with a private and hard money lending company. There are […]

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