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04/06/2026

“Get Leverage With Brenda.” You need money? Giving no-hassle, fast funding to real estate investors w/o any financial documentation. Let’s chat.

"Own land you're tired of paying taxes and upkeep on? Is it just sitting there doing nothing?" I just created a FREE gu...
03/12/2026

"Own land you're tired of paying taxes and upkeep on? Is it just sitting there doing nothing?" I just created a FREE guide:
“10 Ways to Make Your Land Work for YOU.”
Inside, I share ideas like: • Passive income opportunities
• Leasing options, and more... Get yours!

02/23/2026

You want document-heavy or very min documents, and speed? When you need funding for your investment properties, "time is money." Let's get you funded." Reach out for 1 on 1 virtual meet-up....

Several of my Veteran clients will be building this year. In need of builders t/o NC with multifamily (2-7 units) experi...
01/21/2026

Several of my Veteran clients will be building this year. In need of builders t/o NC with multifamily (2-7 units) experience. VA no longer requires builders to be pre-vetted/approved to build with VA loans, but they do require prior experience. If interested, provide: Contact information, Counties you service, and Up to # of doors you have experience (Ex. 2 units, 4 units, etc). Thanks in advance..

Up to 80% cash-out. Rates start in the 6's. Close fast. "Lets get you liquid."
01/12/2026

Up to 80% cash-out. Rates start in the 6's. Close fast. "Lets get you liquid."

This would ROCK the investment industry…. DSCR calculations would suffer greatly!
12/19/2025

This would ROCK the investment industry…. DSCR calculations would suffer greatly!

12/19/2025

When you are buying it 50% of the ARV, you get the margins to ride the dips... "Let's get you funded"

She slept in a sleeping bag at her radio station for 18 months.Lost her house. Lost her car. Single mother. Still runn...
12/04/2025

She slept in a sleeping bag at her radio station for 18 months.

Lost her house. Lost her car. Single mother. Still running her business.

That came AFTER 32 banks rejected her.

And AFTER the 33rd bank finally said yes.

Here's the story nobody tells about Cathy Hughes.

Cathy Hughes wanted to buy her first radio station.

But she couldn't find a single loan officer who believed a Black-owned media company was a viable investment.

First rejection. Okay, find another bank.

Fifth rejection. This is harder than I thought.

Tenth rejection. Maybe they're right.

Twentieth rejection. I should probably quit.

Thirty-second rejection.

Most people would have stopped at five. Almost nobody makes it to 32.

But Cathy Hughes walked into that thirty-third bank.

And they said yes.

But here's where the story gets real.

Right after buying the station, she and her husband divorced.

She became a single mother.

She bought him out.

Before she could get the station profitable, she lost her house. Then her car.

For eighteen months, she slept in a sleeping bag at the radio station.

Showered at a friend's house. Raised her son. Ran her business.

Most entrepreneurs quit after one bad quarter.

Cathy Hughes lived in her business for a year and a half.

It took seven years to get that first station profitable.

Seven. Years.

But she didn't stop there.

Since then, Cathy Hughes has:
→ Acquired 50+ radio stations
→ Took her company public
→ Became the first Black woman to lead a NASDAQ company
→ Started TV One cable network

From sleeping on the floor to NASDAQ.

I know this story because Cathy Hughes has spoken at our events and is our FIRST ever Visionary in Residence for our Collaborative clients.

Here's what hit me:

The 32 rejections weren't about her business plan. They were about who she was.

Black woman. Media industry. 1980s.

The banks didn't say "your numbers don't work." They said "we don't believe in this."

That's systemic.

But here's the difference between Cathy Hughes and most entrepreneurs:'

She didn't let the system stop her. She just found the 33rd door.

That's not hustle culture. That's belief.

I've seen entrepreneurs face their own version of 32 rejections:
→ Banks that won't give them loans even with perfect credit
→ Vendors who ghost them but respond to their white competitors
→ Investors who "just don't see the market"

The system makes it harder. Not impossible. Harder.

Cathy Hughes proved that.

She didn't wait for the system to change. She didn't wait for permission. She didn't wait for it to be easy.

Now she's worth hundreds of millions.

First Black woman to lead a NASDAQ company. 50+ radio stations. A cable network.

All because she didn't stop at rejection 32.

How many times have you been told "no" and taken it as the final answer?

What would change if you believed the 33rd try might be the yes you need?

"What do you say?" Are 'they' right?
11/26/2025

"What do you say?" Are 'they' right?

11/08/2025

"My investor cash-out loans do not require proof of income." Simple,Hassle-free,
Nationwide….

08/25/2025

, No income, No employment, No minimum credit score, and No seasoning required. Can own the property for one day... If you have a move-in-ready condition or a tenant-occupied property, I can offer 50% of your home's value or equity as a Cash-out.. You can even be one day out of a foreclosure or bankruptcy. All 50 States. Let's get you 'LIQUID'! 910-617-8414

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