Patrick Rigney

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7 Reasons Profitable Development Projects Never Reach the Finish Line

The path of real estate development is filled with unexpected financial obstacles that can derail even the most profitable projects. Many developers assume that a well-designed pro forma guarantees successful project completion, only to face unexpected operational bottlenecks later. A project that appears highly lucrative on paper can easily collapse due to poor execution, bureaucratic […]

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How Top Investors Use DSCR Loans to Scale Without Triggering Financing Bottlenecks

Every growing investor eventually hits the same wall. The deals are there, the strategy works, but the financing cannot keep up. Top investors avoid this by leaning on DSCR loans, often paired with hard money lenders in Myrtle Beach, SC, and flexible hard money loans for real estate, to keep acquiring without grinding to a halt.

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7 Ways Investors Use DSCR Loans to Scale Faster Than Traditional Financing Allows

Scaling a rental portfolio with traditional financing eventually hits a wall. Banks cap how many mortgages you can hold and scrutinize your personal income at every turn. That is why so many investors pivot to DSCR loans, often alongside hard money lenders in Columbia, SC, and flexible hard money loans for real estate, to keep growing

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Why Waiting 90 Days for Traditional Bank Underwriting Is an Expensive Hobby

In real estate investing, timing often determines profitability. A strong opportunity can emerge unexpectedly and disappear just as quickly. While traditional banks remain a common source of financing, their lengthy underwriting processes can create significant challenges for investors who need to act fast. For many investors, waiting 60 to 90 days—or even longer—for a loan

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Don’t Overpay for Decades: How Short-Term Multifamily Financing Keeps Your Portfolio Agile

Multifamily investing is often associated with long-term ownership, but not every financing structure needs to stretch across decades. In fact, locking into long-term debt too early can limit flexibility, reduce returns, and make it harder to respond to changing market conditions. Short-term multifamily financing offers an alternative approach. It allows investors to acquire, reposition, and

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How to Fast-Track Your Multifamily Value-Add Project with Private Capital

Multifamily value-add investing depends on speed and execution. The strategy is straightforward: acquire underperforming properties, improve them through renovations or operational changes, and increase income and asset value. The challenge is rarely the strategy itself. It is the timing. Traditional financing can significantly slow down this process. Investors often lose deals not because the numbers

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Why Some Investors Are Deliberately Passing on 20%+ ROI Fix-and-Flips

A twenty percent return looks irresistible on paper. When an investor runs the numbers on a fix-and-flip and sees a projected return north of twenty percent, the instinct is to jump in before someone else does. Yet some of the most experienced investors we work with do something that puzzles newcomers: they study that same

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8 Financing Blunders First-Time Investors Are Still Making in 2026

Real estate investing continues to attract new investors in 2026. Rising property demand, expanding rental markets, and growing opportunities in residential redevelopment have encouraged many people to enter the industry. However, while finding the right property is important, securing the right financing is often what determines success or failure. Many first-time investors focus heavily on locating

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The 70% Rule Is Dead: How Experienced Investors Are Underwriting Deals in 2026

For years, real estate investors relied on a simple formula known as the 70% rule. The idea was straightforward: purchase a property for no more than 70% of its after-repair value, minus renovation costs. While the rule provided a quick screening method, today’s market conditions require a more detailed approach. Investors using fix-and-flip financing are finding

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Ed Stock

Managing Partner/Founder

With 30 years of real estate finance and investing experience, I have come across most of what the real estate and mortgage arena has to offer. As a full time real estate investor, I am always looking for new projects in the Fix and Flip market as well as the holding of long term rentals. At Insula Capital Group, I have successfully placed many new investors on the course to aquiring and managing their own real estate portfolios.