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title: Commercial Loans and Fun Blog
description: George Blackburne, owner, offers insight into the commercial loans and mortgage industry in this Commercial Real Estate Loan Tips blog.
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# Commercial Loans and Fun Blog

## [Those Creepy Guy Fawkes Masks - What's the Story?](https://info.c-loans.com/those-creepy-guy-fawkes-masks-whats-the-story)

## [The Navy Is Getting Ready to Build a Battleship](https://info.c-loans.com/the-navy-is-getting-ready-to-build-a-battleship)

## [If You Get Bitten By a Tick](https://info.c-loans.com/if-you-get-bitten-by-a-tick)

## [Amazing Study on How To Raise Our Kids](https://info.c-loans.com/amazing-study-on-how-to-raise-our-kids)

## [Why I'm Wildly Bullish on Small Commercial Properties](https://info.c-loans.com/why-im-wildly-bullish-on-small-commercial-properties)

## [Pre-Economic Depression Planning](https://info.c-loans.com/pre-economic-depression-planning)

## [They Guillotined 16 Nuns](https://info.c-loans.com/they-guillotined-16-nuns)

## [World War III Has Been Canceled](https://info.c-loans.com/world-war-iii-has-been-canceled)

## [Trump's Proposed Mar-a-Lago Accord](https://info.c-loans.com/trumps-proposed-mar-a-lago-accord)

## [Huge News From China - Some Awful, Some Encouraging](https://info.c-loans.com/huge-news-from-china-some-awful-some-encouraging)

## [Why is the Ten-Year Treasury So Important?](https://info.c-loans.com/why-is-the-ten-year-treasury-so-important)

## [Why the US Abandoned the Gold Standard](https://info.c-loans.com/why-the-us-abandoned-the-gold-standard)

## [Net Worth For Stupid People Like Me](https://info.c-loans.com/net-worth-for-stupid-people-like-me)

## [Finding Commercial Loans Using Social Media](https://info.c-loans.com/finding-commercial-loans-using-social-media)

## [Why I Bore You With News About China](https://info.c-loans.com/why-i-bore-you-with-news-about-china)

## [Nobody Wants to Borrow in China - Yikes](https://info.c-loans.com/nobody-wants-to-borrow-in-china-yikes)

## [Funny Memes and Tidbits](https://info.c-loans.com/funny-memes-and-tidbits-1)

## [The Universe 25 Experiment](https://info.c-loans.com/the-universe-25-experiment)

## [Why the Chinese Stopping Selling Us Rare Earths - Getting Painful](https://info.c-loans.com/why-the-chinese-stopping-selling-us-rare-earths-getting-painful)

## [China Won't Allow Depressions - It Will Be Their Doom](https://info.c-loans.com/china-wont-allow-depressions-it-will-be-their-doom)

## [Putin Could Actually Lose the War, Commercial Loans, Funny Pics](https://info.c-loans.com/putin-could-actually-lose-the-war-commercial-loans-funny-pics)

## [Why Aren't Tariffs Adding to Inflation? Commercial Loans, Funny Pics](https://info.c-loans.com/why-arent-tariffs-adding-to-inflation-commercial-loans-funny-pics)

## [Great Memes, Funniest Joke Ever, Lots of Weird Stuff Going On](https://info.c-loans.com/great-memes-funniest-joke-ever-lots-of-weird-stuff-going-on)

## [1984 and the Tale of Two Cows, As Told By Ann Landers](https://info.c-loans.com/1984-and-the-tale-of-two-cows-as-told-by-ann-landers)

## [Overrun With Hilarious Memes](https://info.c-loans.com/overrun-with-hilarious-memes)

## [Farmland Near Our Bases - Here's Why China May Have Bought It](https://info.c-loans.com/farmland-near-our-bases-heres-why-china-may-have-bought-it)

## [Russia's Side of the Story - Quite Interesting](https://info.c-loans.com/russias-side-of-the-story-quite-interesting)

## [George, I Can't Believe You Posted That Meme...](https://info.c-loans.com/george-i-cant-believe-you-posted-that-meme)

## [Hilarious Memes and Juicy Gossip Out of China](https://info.c-loans.com/hilarious-memes-and-juicy-gossip-out-of-china)

## [Funny Memes and Why War is Interested in You](https://info.c-loans.com/funny-memes-and-why-war-is-interested-in-you)

## [Monday Meme Madness and Some Commercial Stuff](https://info.c-loans.com/monday-meme-madness-and-some-commercial-stuff)

## [Friday Funnies and Tidbits](https://info.c-loans.com/friday-funnies-and-tidbits)

## [Friday's Funnies (Lots of Them) and Commercial Loan Stuff](https://info.c-loans.com/fridays-funnies-lots-of-them-and-commercial-loan-stuff)

## [Funny Memes and Tidbits](https://info.c-loans.com/funny-memes-and-tidbits)

## [Memes and Some Jokes Today Too](https://info.c-loans.com/memes-and-some-jokes-today-too)

## [Why Mutual Funds Are Dangerous As Heck](https://info.c-loans.com/why-mutual-funds-are-dangerous-as-heck)

## [Some of My Favorite Memes](https://info.c-loans.com/some-of-my-favorite-memes)

## [Just Some Funny Memes Today](https://info.c-loans.com/just-some-funny-memes-today)

## [Commercial Loans and the Health Ratio](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loans-and-the-health-ratio)

## [What is a Revolver in Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF)?](https://info.c-loans.com/what-is-a-revolver-in-commercial-real-estate-finance-cref)

## [Ready to be Totally Creeped Out?](https://info.c-loans.com/ready-to-be-totally-creeped-out)

## [Just Fun Stuff Today](https://info.c-loans.com/just-fun-stuff-today-1)

## [Bitcoin Guarantees Another Great Recession](https://info.c-loans.com/bitcoin-guarantees-another-great-recession)

## [Please, Mr. Trump, Don't Go To France](https://info.c-loans.com/please-mr.-trump-dont-go-to-france)

## [AI Will Be Here in 1,000 Days - Elon Musk Thinks We're Not Ready](https://info.c-loans.com/ai-will-be-here-in-1000-days-elon-musk-thinks-were-not-ready)

## [What the Heck is a High Volatility Commercial Real Estate Loan?](https://info.c-loans.com/what-the-heck-is-a-high-volatility-commercial-real-estate-loan)

## [Shocker:  Real Estate Appreciation Continues During Crashes](https://info.c-loans.com/shocker-real-estate-appreciation-continues-during-crashes)

## [Is the Entire Hard Money Industry Poised to Crash and Burn?](https://info.c-loans.com/is-the-entire-hard-money-industry-poised-to-crash-and-burn)

## [Where George Soros is Investing Today - He's Bottom Fishing](https://info.c-loans.com/where-george-soros-is-investing-today-hes-bottom-fishing)

## [Why Apartment Rents May Increase Sharply](https://info.c-loans.com/why-apartment-rents-may-increase-sharply)

## [The Hot New Term is Trading a Property](https://info.c-loans.com/the-hot-new-term-is-trading-a-property)

## [Iran Got Walloped.  Let's Celebrate!](https://info.c-loans.com/iran-got-walloped.-lets-celebrate)

## [The Interest Rate Was Too Low - You Should Have Known](https://info.c-loans.com/the-interest-rate-was-too-low)

## [Advance Fee Scammer Pummeled Into a Bloody Mess](https://info.c-loans.com/advance-fee-scammer-pummeled-into-a-bloody-mess)

## [When Einstein Spoke of God, He Mentioned Spinoza.  Who?](https://info.c-loans.com/when-einstein-spoke-of-god-he-mentioned-spinoza.-who)

## [Did Einstein Believe in God?](https://info.c-loans.com/did-einstein-believe-in-god)

## [What Happened to New York Community Bank?](https://info.c-loans.com/what-happened-to-new-york-community-bank)

## [The Very Scary Bear Case For Multifamily and Apartment Loans](https://info.c-loans.com/the-very-scary-bear-case-for-multifamily-and-apartment-loans)

## [Mad Cow Disease in Humans](https://info.c-loans.com/mad-cow-disease-in-humans)

## [What is the SOFR?](https://info.c-loans.com/what-is-the-sofr)

## [What is a NAV Loan?](https://info.c-loans.com/what-is-a-nav-loan)

## [Deflation in China Could Crush Your Stocks](https://info.c-loans.com/deflation-in-china-could-crush-your-stocks)

## [43rd Annual Christmas Letter - Another Great Migration Period is Coming](https://info.c-loans.com/43rd-annual-christmas-letter-the-third-great-migration-period)

## [Frightened Investors No Longer Fleeing to Treasuries, Loan Constants](https://info.c-loans.com/frightened-investors-no-longer-fleeing-to-treasuries-loan-constants)

## [Commercial Real Estate Brokers - Don't Get Commission-dectomied](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-real-estate-brokers-dont-get-commission-dectomied)

## [Vanilla Shell, Cash-Out, Contracts of Sale, and Commercial Loans](https://info.c-loans.com/vanilla-shell-cash-out-contracts-of-sale-and-commercial-loans)

## [Fun Stuff Plus a Commercial Loan Lesson](https://info.c-loans.com/fun-stuff-plus-a-commercial-loan-lesson)

## [Fun and Interesting Bullet Points](https://info.c-loans.com/fun-and-interesting-bullet-points)

## [Give Me an Accredited Investor - I'll Train You In Commercial Finance](https://info.c-loans.com/give-me-an-accredited-investor-ill-train-you-in-commercial-finance)

## [I Just Tried Using AI.  It Was Awesome... and Terrifying](https://info.c-loans.com/i-just-tried-using-ai.-it-was-awesome...-and-terrifying)

## [Please Mr. Putin, Don't Go](https://info.c-loans.com/please-mr.-putin-dont-go)

## [Will the Last Bank Making Commercial Loans Please Turn Out the Lights?](https://info.c-loans.com/will-the-last-bank-making-commercial-loans-please-turn-out-the-light)

## [George is Retarded Zoom Beer Party This Wednesday Night at 7:00 ET](https://info.c-loans.com/george-is-retarded-zoom-beer-party-this-wednesday-night-at-700-et)

## [George's "I Am Retarded" Zoom Party is Coming Soon - Hooray!](https://info.c-loans.com/georges-i-am-retarded-zoom-party-is-coming-soon-hooray)

## [This Banking Crisis is a Bigger Deal Than I Thought](https://info.c-loans.com/this-banking-crisis-is-a-bigger-deal-than-i-thought)

## [Well, Poop, This is Not What We Wanted](https://info.c-loans.com/well-poop-this-is-not-what-we-wanted)

## [Time to Call BS on Emperor Putin](https://info.c-loans.com/time-to-call-bs-on-emperor-putin)

## [Sideways Stock Market II - You Don't Need the First Half](https://info.c-loans.com/sideways-stock-market-ii-you-dont-need-the-first-half)

## [The Miracle of Fractional Banking](https://info.c-loans.com/the-miracle-of-fractional-banking)

## [2023 Will Be a Banner Year - 4% Growth](https://info.c-loans.com/2023-will-be-a-banner-year-4-growth)

## [Just Fun Stuff Today](https://info.c-loans.com/just-fun-stuff-today)

## [Can China Invade Taiwan This April If Everyone is Sick?](https://info.c-loans.com/can-china-invade-taiwan-this-april-if-everyone-is-sick)

## [Commercial Loans, Fun Stuff, and Where on Earth is Ephesis?](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loans-fun-stuff-and-where-on-earth-is-ephesis)

## [The Appeasement of Adolph Hitler and China's Xi Jinping](https://info.c-loans.com/the-appeasement-of-adolph-hitler-and-chinas-xi-jinping)

## [I'm a Perma Bear But a Recession in 2023 is NOT Guaranteed](https://info.c-loans.com/im-a-perma-bear-but-a-recession-in-2023-is-not-guaranteed)

## [How to Qualify For a Commercial Line of Credit - We Don't Offer Them](https://info.c-loans.com/how-to-qualify-for-a-commercial-line-of-credit-we-dont-offer-them)

## [Just Fun and Interesting Stuff Today](https://info.c-loans.com/just-fun-and-interesting-stuff-today)

## [When Money Becomes Worthless and Commercial Loans](https://info.c-loans.com/when-money-becomes-worthless)

## [Commercial Lines of Credit and America Needs People II](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-lines-of-credit-and-america-needs-people-ii)

## [America Needs People](https://info.c-loans.com/america-needs-people)

## [The Great Inflation is the Recession](https://info.c-loans.com/the-great-inflation-is-the-recession)

## [How the Romans Lost Their Republic](https://info.c-loans.com/how-the-romans-lost-their-republic)

## [A Chinese Jet Accidentally Downs Pelosi's Jet.  Who Wins the War?](https://info.c-loans.com/a-chinese-jet-accidentally-downs-pelosis-jet.-who-wins-the-war)

## [Get an SBA Loan to Buy a Business Without Real Estate](https://info.c-loans.com/get-an-sba-loan-to-buy-a-business-without-real-estate)

## [Interesting and Fun Tidbits](https://info.c-loans.com/interesting-and-fun-tidbits)

## [Reports That World War III Has Been Canceled Were Greatly Exaggerated](https://info.c-loans.com/reports-that-world-war-iii-has-been-canceled-were-greatly-exaggerated)

## [Debt Service Coverage Ratio Conventions](https://info.c-loans.com/debt-service-coverage-ratio-conventions)

## [Soft Landings and Other Fantasies](https://info.c-loans.com/soft-landings-and-other-fantasies)

## [Putin's Invasion May Prevent World War III](https://info.c-loans.com/putins-invasion-may-prevent-world-war-iii)

## [World Trade is Breaking Down.  I'm Terrified.](https://info.c-loans.com/world-trade-is-breaking-down.-im-terrified)

## [Ten Short Commercial Loan Training Points](https://info.c-loans.com/ten-short-commercial-loan-training-points)

## [Super Bowl Fun and Some Commercial Loan Stuff](https://info.c-loans.com/super-bowl-fun-and-some-commercial-loan-stuff)

## [Banks Can Be Fickle When Making Commercial Loans - a Workaround.](https://info.c-loans.com/banks-can-be-fickle-when-making-commercial-loans-a-workaround)

## [This Marketing Tip is For EVERYONE](https://info.c-loans.com/this-marketing-tip-is-for-everyone-contacts-and-legitimacy)

## [Just Miscellaneous Fun Stuff Today](https://info.c-loans.com/just-miscellaneous-fun-stuff-today)

## [Do All Commercial Lenders Charge Application Fees?](https://info.c-loans.com/do-all-commercial-lenders-charge-application-fees)

## [Economics:  A Tidal Wave of Economic Poop May Be Coming From China](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-a-tidal-wave-of-economic-poop-may-be-coming-from-china)

## [How Much Do Commercial Appraisals Cost?](https://info.c-loans.com/how-much-do-commercial-appraisals-cost)

## [How Much of a Downpayment Do I Need to Buy a Commercial Property?](https://info.c-loans.com/how-much-of-a-downpayment-do-i-need-to-buy-a-commercial-property)

## [Coming War With China:  The Exact Moment When China Will Invade Taiwan](https://info.c-loans.com/coming-war-with-china-the-eact-moment-when-china-will-invade-taiwan)

## [Economics:  China Is Starting to Forbid Selling Your Apartment](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-china-is-starting-to-forbid-selling-your-apartment)

## [Economics:  The Non-Peeing Section of the Pool](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-the-non-peeing-section-of-the-pool)

## [Economics:  This Evergrande Default Is Much Scarier Than Reports Say](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-this-evergrande-default-is-much-scarier-than-reports-say)

## [Economics:  Is Weimar-Germany-Style Hyperinflation Coming?](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-is-weimar-germany-style-hyperinflation-coming)

## [Coming War With China:  Why China Will Soon Attack Us](https://info.c-loans.com/coming-war-with-china-why-china-will-soon-attack-us)

## [Commercial Loans, Golf Courses, and Cap Rates](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loans-golf-courses-and-cap-rates)

## [Valuing Commercial Properties Using a Cap Cate - Vet Clinic Example](https://info.c-loans.com/valuing-commercial-properties-using-a-cap-cate-vet-clinic-example)

## [Commercial Loans, Cap Rates, and the "Quality" of Income](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loans-cap-rates-and-the-quality-of-income)

## [Commercial Loans and the S&L Crisis](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loans-and-the-sl-crisis)

## [History:  Why Caesar Crossed the Rubicon and Why You Should Care](https://info.c-loans.com/history-why-caesar-crossed-the-rubicon-and-why-you-should-care)

## [Video Lesson:  Commercial Loan Securitization and Tranches](https://info.c-loans.com/video-lesson-commercial-loan-securitization-and-tranches)

## [Video Lesson:  Conduit Loans and Capital Improvements](https://info.c-loans.com/video-lesson-conduit-loans-and-capital-improvements)

## [Video Training Lesson: The Net-Worth-to-Loan-Size Ratio](https://info.c-loans.com/video-training-lesson-the-net-worth-to-loan-size-ratio)

## [Economics:  Bitcoins and the Next Real Estate Crash](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-bitcoins-and-the-next-real-estate-crash)

## [Interior Corridors, Deadly Feasts, and Prions](https://info.c-loans.com/interior-corridors-deadly-feasts-and-prions)

## [Economics:  Bad Idea to Buy French Bonds in 1939 or US Bonds Today](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-bad-idea-to-buy-french-bonds-in-1939-or-us-bonds-today)

## [You Can Skip This One - Just Fun Stuff](https://info.c-loans.com/you-can-skip-this-one-just-fun-stuff)

## [War With China:  Anxious to Play With Their Missiles, Jets, and Tanks?](https://info.c-loans.com/war-with-china-anxious-to-play-with-their-missiles-jets-and-tanks)

## [Coming War With China - Is President Xi of China as Crazy as Hitler?](https://info.c-loans.com/coming-war-with-china-is-president-xi-of-china-as-crazy-as-hitler)

## [Cosmic Pillow Theory of Commercial Loans](https://info.c-loans.com/cosmic-pillow-theory-of-commercial-loans)

## [Securing a Commercial Loan on a Liquor License](https://info.c-loans.com/securing-a-commercial-loan-on-a-liquor-license)

## [Commercial Loan Tidbits](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loan-tidbits)

## [Commercial Loans From Banks Rather Than Savings Banks](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loans-from-banks-rather-than-savings-banks)

## [Economics - A Bullet Fired Into the Sky Eventually Floats](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-a-bullet-fired-into-the-sky-eventually-floats)

## [Commercial Loans, Marketing, and Legitimacy](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loans-marketing-and-legitimacy)

## [How To Broker Commercial Loans](https://info.c-loans.com/how-to-broker-commercial-loans)

## [Coming War With China:  We're Spreading Our Fighters and Bombers Out](https://info.c-loans.com/coming-war-with-china-were-spreading-our-fighters-and-bombers-out)

## [What Does a Cash-on-Cash Return Mean?](https://info.c-loans.com/what-does-a-cash-on-cash-return-mean)

## [Debt Yields on CMBS Apartment Loans](https://info.c-loans.com/debt-yields-on-cmbs-apartment-loans)

## [Commercial Loan Rates Being Quoted By Banks Today](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loan-rates-being-quoted-by-banks-today)

## [Facebook, Please Don't Become Evil.  You Folks Need to Re-Read 1984.](https://info.c-loans.com/facebook-please-dont-become-evil.-you-folks-need-to-re-read-1984)

## [History:  Joseph Goebbels and the Nazi Propaganda Machine](https://info.c-loans.com/history-joseph-goebbels-and-the-nazi-propaganda-machine)

## [Economics - The Race to Print Money is About to Start](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-the-race-to-print-money-is-about-to-start)

## [Economics:  The Dollar Just Keeps Falling](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-the-dollar-just-keeps-falling)

## [Commercial Loans and Balance Sheet Lenders](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loans-and-balance-sheet-lenders)

## [Commercial Loans on Partially-Vacant Buildings](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loans-on-partially-vacant-buildings-1)

## [Blackburne Family Christmas Letter - The U.S . Has Just Three Christmases Left](https://info.c-loans.com/blackburne-family-christmas-letter-the-u.s-.-has-just-three-christmases-left)

## [The Tenant Health Ratio in Commercial Real Estate Lending](https://info.c-loans.com/the-tenant-health-ratio-in-commercial-real-estate-lending)

## [Commercial Loans and the Lease Hangout](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loans-and-the-lease-hang-out)

## [Open Letter to Elon Musk - Help Us Survive the Chinese Surprise Attack](https://info.c-loans.com/open-letter-to-elon-musk-help-us-survive-the-chinese-surprise-attack)

## [When Lenders Re-Trade a Commercial Loan](https://info.c-loans.com/when-lenders-re-trade-a-commercial-loan)

## [Economics - Disinflation is Dead.  Long Live Inflation!](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-disinflation-is-dead.-long-live-inflation)

## [SOFR - The New Commercial Loan Index That is Replacing LIBOR](https://info.c-loans.com/sofr-the-new-commercial-loan-index-that-is-replacing-libor)

## [Gold Could Soar From $1,870 Per Oz. to $50,000 Per Oz. in Just 6 Days](https://info.c-loans.com/gold-could-soar-from-1870-per-oz.-to-50000-per-oz.-in-just-6-days)

## [Why LIBOR is Being Replaced as an Index](https://info.c-loans.com/why-libor-is-being-replaced-as-an-index)

## [Is Trump Going to Use the U.S. Army to Stay in Power?](https://info.c-loans.com/is-trump-going-to-use-the-u.s.-army-to-stay-in-office)

## [Coming War With China:  Time to Start Building a Bomb Shelter?](https://info.c-loans.com/coming-war-with-china-time-to-starting-building-a-bomb-shelter)

## [Facebook Pages For Commercial Loan Companies Are Stupid, Aren't They?](https://info.c-loans.com/facebook-pages-for-commercial-loan-companies-are-stupid-arent-they)

## [Commercial Loan Training:  What is a Takeout Loan?](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loan-training-what-is-a-takeout-loan)

## [Commercial Loan Training:  What is a Mini-Perm?](https://info.c-loans.com/commercial-loan-training-what-is-a-mini-perm)

## [Just Fun Today - Cute Golf Joke](https://info.c-loans.com/just-fun-today-cute-golf-joke)

## [Hotels Are Really Getting Slapped Around](https://info.c-loans.com/hotels-are-really-getting-slapped-around)

## [Coming War With China:  An Economically-Battered China is Dangerous](https://info.c-loans.com/coming-war-with-china-an-economically-battered-china-is-a-dangerous)

## [How To Use Our Free Commercial Loan Software](https://info.c-loans.com/how-to-use-our-free-commercial-loan-software)

## [Economics:  Goofy Stock Market Values](https://info.c-loans.com/economics-goofy-stock-market-values)

## [Coming War With China:  Could It Start This Month?](https://info.c-loans.com/coming-war-with-china-could-it-start-this-month)

## [Coming War With China:  Our $13 Billion Aircraft Carriers Have a Reach Problem](https://info.c-loans.com/coming-war-with-china-our-13-billion-aircraft-carriers-have-a-reach-problem)

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