The Handbook of Real Estate Lending covers the unique needs of real estate and mortgage lending, highlighting the opportunities and the potential problems typically faced in the field. An excellent overview of the real estate side of the loan portfolio, this start-to-finish guide covers everything from basic background to hands-on strategies and procedures. This comprehensive review of real estate lending includes a thorough look at problem loans, from early warning signs to the aftermath of defaults. The guide contains key strategies for prevention and avoidance of potentially bad loans and the means to ensure protection from loss. Topics covered include: The real estate lending environment; Forecast and assessment of loan quality; Legal and business problems with loan modification and workouts; Construction loan quality and performance; Standard credit analysis for specific projects.
Kathleen Sindell, Ph.D. has over 20 years of success providing financial analysis and personal financial advice to businesses and individuals to assist them with their investment activities and financial decision-making. She is a registered investment advisor, and certified to teach Business and Industrial Management, Banking and Finance by the California Board of Governors. For over four years she managed the Financial Management and Real Estate programs and faculty at the University of Maryland, UMUC Graduate School of Management & Technology.. For 14 years Kathleen Sindell has been an adjunct faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, where she teaches corporate finance, personal investing and personal wealth management. Sindell is the author of numerous academic, popular, and professional articles, Web sites and books, including the bestselling book, "Investing Online for Dummies, Eds. 1-5" (listed for two consecutive years on the Wall Street Journal's Bestselling Business Book List). Sindell is regularly tapped as an expert on ABC World News, CNNfn, The Nightly Business Report, and at popular online and print outlets. Kathleen Sindell holds a Ph.D. in management & administration and an MBA in Finance. At the request of Irwin Professional Publishing, she converted her dissertation, titled "A Risk Management Approach for Financial Institutions Holding Construction Loans" to a 520 page book titled, "The Handbook of Real Estate Lending".
