Need a creative financing solution? Turned down by a conventional lender? Want to buy before you sell?

Private money lending may be the answer.

I have helped my clients through over 2000 transactions, funding more than $1 billion in mortgage loans during thirty years in the mortgage industry. Call me directly, or learn more about how we can work together.

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About Richard

Consumer Bridge Loan

Buy Before you Sell

Private Money Real Estate Lending

When the Bank Says No

Richard is an expert in mortgages and financing. He is extremely knowledgeable about different financing options and is able to provide detailed information about what is available to his clients. He is very responsive by phone or email. He also provides a personal touch to the experience financing for a home.
Richard was instrumental in helping me purchase a house. He also came with me to do the signing at the close of the sale. I cant say enough about how passionate and experienced Richard is in his field.
Lisa Hartmayer
Nurse Practitioner, UCSF Medical Center
Richard is a rare find. His expertise regarding mortgages and real estate financing in general is super, as evidenced by his book and my personal experience. Combine that with his high level of professionalism and his style which includes humor, sensitivity and passion for delivering the best service and the best possible deals, and you have the kind of person that I truly value doing business with. I have consulted with Richard over many years on a wide variety of real estate transactions and his insights have been invaluable, while he is also an absolute pleasure to work with. I trust him absolutely to always have my back and cannot recommend him more highly.
Jon Leland
B2B Marketing
Richard did an incredible job helping me purchase my first home. He was easy to work with – giving a clear list of information required and taking the time to explain things if needed, was quick – both with getting a last minute offer put together and working with a short close on the property I purchased, and was very responsive via email & phone. From start to finish everything went smoothly. I would highly recommend Richard to anyone. Thanks Richard!
Dan Wittmer
Software Engineer

Consumer Bridge Loan

WHY USE A BRIDGE?

  • Buy your new home before you sell your departing residence
  • Qualify based on your current home equity, not income or credit
  • Great for retired borrowers who have home equity but no income  
  • Make a clean offer with no loan/appraisal contingency
  • Fully approved in 1-2 days – before you make your offer!
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Private Money Lending

WHO IS IT FOR?

  • Borrowers who have cash constraints, but equity in another property
  • Borrowers who run out of money in the middle of construction
  • When the borrower is a corporation, irrevocable trust, foreign national, or estate
  • Those who have issues with employment, income, assets, or too many mortgage loans
  • And many more outside the box lending situations
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Richard Redmond

SUCCESS STORIES

The personal side of private money lending.

Downsizers Get Their Dream Home…
This IS ANOTHER PROPERTY PLACEHOLDER
BRIDGE LOAN SUCCESS STORY

Downsizers Get Their Dream Home – And Make a Profit!

Yvonne and David love their new home in Santa Cruz! Without a bridge loan though, it wouldn’t have happened. The bridge allowed them to make a cash-like offer, beating five other bidders, and gave them the time to move into the new home and make improvements on the old one after close, before it was sold.

The Challenge: Downsizing empty-nesters wanted to purchase 257 Sheldon Avenue in Santa Cruz but there wasn’t much time. It was a multiple offer situation and the borrowers had to make an offer in two days with no contingencies and a 17 day close or they wouldn’t be competitive enough to get their dream home near the beach. Liquidating investments to provide enough money for the purchase wasn’t an option and would have presented them with a huge tax bill. To get the value our of their current residence, it would need work, so selling before buying would have meant either living with construction or losing much of the value of their home in the transition.

Solution: Their residence at in Mountain View was worth over $2.5 Million with only a $600,000 mortgage. I had them approved for a consumer bridge loan in 24 hours so they could make a competitive offer in time. We closed on the Santa Cruz purchase right on time. They moved into their new home, did the work needed on the Mountain View home to raise the value, and sold it for $3.1 million.

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I don’t know what we could have done without Richard! We love our new home! –Yvonne