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Know the lender before you sign.

Guides and ranking categories for private hard money lenders and private money brokers, by state and loan type. Structured ratings, written reviews, and claimed profiles are on the way.

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Lender reviews directory
Built and run in
Seattle, WA

Know the lender before you sign.

A private lender reputation lives in closed groups and referrals, so the borrower signing the note is working from a star average and a phone call.

Private Lender Reviews publishes the guides and the rankings by state and loan type today. Structured ratings, written and transaction reviews, and claimed profiles are on the way.

How It Operates

4 System Phases

Read the guides

How private lending works and what to check before you sign.

Browse the rankings

Categories by state and loan type.

Prepare before you sign

Know the lender, not just the star average.

Coming next

Structured ratings, written and transaction reviews, comparisons, and claimed profiles.

Core Capabilities

Guides to how private lending works

What the terms mean and what to check before signing.

Rankings by state and loan type

Categories a borrower can actually navigate.

Transaction reviews

Reviews tied to a deal that happened, on the way.

Claimed lender profiles

A public track record a lender or broker can stand behind, on the way.

Know the lender before you sign.

Who It Is Built For

Borrowers and investors researching a lender, and lenders and brokers building a public track record.

Exclusions

Who It Is Not For

  • —Star averages.
  • —Reputation that lives in closed groups and referrals.

Extended Documentation

Private Lender Reviews is a research and ratings site for private hard money lenders and private money brokers. Today you read the guides and ranking categories and prepare before you sign. Structured ratings, written reviews, transaction reviews, comparisons, and claimed profiles are on the way.

It is for borrowers and investors researching a lender, and for lenders and brokers building a public track record, instead of star averages and reputation that lived in closed groups and referrals.

Designed, built, and run in-house.

Borrowers and investors researching a lender, and lenders and brokers building a public track record.

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