AlphaFlow, a money-management startup that purchases real estate loans from lenders, has sold $95 million in bonds based on fix-and-flip loans. So reports Bloomberg.

Online bank SoFi, in the headlines recently for its plan to go public, has also quietly begun making its mortgage loans available to investors. So reports The Motley Fool.

Depending on property and tenant data from the broker or seller without verifying it independently is No. 1 on the list of the top 20 blunders to avoid when acquiring commercial real estate assets. So reports GlobeSt.com.