Allied Capital (NYSE:ALD) and GE Commercial Finance announced today that they have partnered to form a $3.6 billion senior secured unitranche loan fund. A unitranche loan blends senior and junior debt pricing and terms into a single first lien debt facility. Unitranche Fund LLC is designed to deliver a reliable loan product to borrowers with [...]

St. Augustine, FL—Buying pre-foreclosure can be a profitable real estate investing venture. Historically, banks don’t want foreclosed properties on their hands. This can mean a huge real estate investment opportunity. A pre-closure is a property on which the bank has begun foreclosure because the owner has mixed several mortgage payments. An investor has plenty of [...]

FastNoteOffers recently launched its new website dedicated to the purchase of a variety of notes and cashflows, including privately held mortgages, structured court settlements, lottery winnings, annuities and seller-financed business notes. The site www.FastNoteOffers.com, which debuted December 7, 2007, offers detail on the process of selling a note. The interactive site also allows users to [...]

Apron Strings by Samantha Gianulis. offers recipes, cooking and life tips Samantha recently released my her family food memoir, Little Grapes on the Vine…Mommy’s Musings on Food & Family (Wyatt Mackenzie, April 2007). She has written for San Diego Family Magazine, Hybrid Mom Magazine, UCSD Alumni Magazine as well as many other print and online [...]

Loanbright, a leading provider of internet lead generation to mortgage brokers and loan officers and Ellie Mae, an award-winning provider of innovative software and services for the mortgage industry, have entered into a marketing and technology partnership. The partnership is designed to give Encompass users a simple, affordable and easy way to purchase locally targeted [...]

Rapid growth, enhanced services and increased revenues were the key factors in Damon, Topham & Company’s decision to take over a neighboring office condo and essentially double their office space to approximately 3,400 sq. ft.
The firm’s growth has been spurred by the addition of several new client services: money management, financing, business valuation and [...]

U.S. loudspeaker manufacturer, THIEL Audio, announces a new line of subwoofer products designed as the ultimate solution for bass management and reproduction in home theater and music sound systems. This family of ultra-high performance SmartSubs –the SS1, SS2, SS3, and SS4 subwoofers, SmartSub Integrator, and PX02 and PX05 Passive Crossovers–redefine the category to offer the [...]

GE Commercial Finance and Allied Capital (NYSE: ALD) announced today that they have partnered to form a $3.6 billion senior secured unitranche loan fund. A unitranche loan blends senior and junior debt pricing and terms into a single first lien debt facility. Unitranche Fund LLC is designed to deliver a reliable loan product to borrowers [...]

LookSmart, Ltd. (NASDAQ:LOOK), an online advertising and technology solutions company, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a modified Dutch Auction self-tender offer for up to $20 million of its common stock. The Company expects that the self-tender offer will commence in early January, and will remain open for at least 20 business [...]

Since 1999 InsuranceSpecialists.com has compiled comprehensive information for consumers struggling with understanding and sorting the multiple choices available to them in the areas of medical, auto, homeowner’s and life insurance. Now in its newly designed form the San Jose, California-based site offers its trademark, in-depth data in a slimmed down design emphasizing functionality and [...]