--- title: New Problems Making Commercial Loans on Cannabis Properties description: Commercial lenders wishing to make commercial loans on pot growing facilities can no longer get title insurance. image: https://info.c-loans.com/hubfs/Pot.jpg --- [![c-loans-logo-2025](https://info.c-loans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/c-loans-logo-2025.png?width=183&height=86&name=c-loans-logo-2025.png)](https://c-loans.com) [Terms of Use](https://www.c-loans.com/terms-of-use) | [Disclaimer](https://www.c-loans.com/disclaimer) | [Blog](https://info.c-loans.com/) # Commercial Loans and Fun Blog ## [New Problems Making Commercial Loans on Cannabis Properties](https://info.c-loans.com/new-problems-making-commercial-loans-on-cannabis-properties) Posted by [George Blackburne](https://info.c-loans.com/author/george-blackburne) on Fri, Oct 20, 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![Pot.jpg](https://info.c-loans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pot.jpg?width=257&name=Pot.jpg)My hard money commercial mortgage company, Blackburne & Sons, was considering a nice hard money commercial loan on a cannabis growing facility in Washington State, where properly licensed facilities are now legally allow to grow it and sell pot for recreational use. But a big problem has arisen.  **Every title company in the state is now refusing to issue title insurance**, for fear of running afoul of Federal law, which prohibits the sale and use of marijuana.  If we can't get title insurance, we can't make the loan.   [![Apply For a Commercial Loan to Blackburne & Sons](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/37671/34e9010d-6f3b-4979-93c2-9e705da5a9fc.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/37671/34e9010d-6f3b-4979-93c2-9e705da5a9fc)   ![Crow.jpg](https://info.c-loans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Crow.jpg?width=320&name=Crow.jpg)   What makes me belly-laugh is that, while I doing research for this short article, I ran across a product now being sold on Amazon.com.  [It's a one-plant, discrete growing vessel for pot](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01731MNJE/ref=asc_df_B01731MNJE5225520/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=395033&creativeASIN=B01731MNJE&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198107334619&hvpos=1o5&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15165829171171896084&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016157&hvtargid=pla-350801405951).  It's a mere $109, and its eligible for free, two-day shipping if you belong to Amazon Prime.  Ha-ha!  In defense of Amazon, one could grow parsley in your closet with this device.   [![Submit Your Loan to 750 Commercial Lenders Using C-Loans.com.  It's Free!](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/37671/9f0b2bed-fb9b-455d-b8be-17d8f7960a2a.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/37671/9f0b2bed-fb9b-455d-b8be-17d8f7960a2a)   ![Pot grower.jpg](https://info.c-loans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pot%20grower.jpg?width=212&name=Pot%20grower.jpg)   If any of you guys have a solution to my problem, please write to me at [george@blackburne.com](mailto:george@blackburne.com).    [![Free List of 3,159 Commercial Lenders Sort By Your Own Criteria](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/37671/edc33fe8-9d87-477b-bf2f-07a33d3d2d24.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/37671/edc33fe8-9d87-477b-bf2f-07a33d3d2d24)   ![Legalized-1.jpg](https://info.c-loans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Legalized-1.jpg?width=320&name=Legalized-1.jpg)   [![Subscribe to the Commercial Loans and Fun Blog](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/37671/a3bd32c3-bff3-4066-9ca8-2ec475fb5bbc.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/37671/a3bd32c3-bff3-4066-9ca8-2ec475fb5bbc)     Topics: [Pot growers can't get title insurance](https://info.c-loans.com/topic/pot-growers-cant-get-title-insurance) ### George Blackburne III Owner of C-Loans, Inc. ![george blackburne photo](https://info.c-loans.com/hs-fs/images/george-blackburne-photo.jpg?width=156&height=217&name=george-blackburne-photo.jpg) ### Subscribe via E-mail ### Connect with C-Loans ## [![Get the Latest Scoop on C-Loans Inc.](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/37671/bacfb58b-143e-40d7-b126-33c182b5b90b.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/37671/bacfb58b-143e-40d7-b126-33c182b5b90b) C-Loans.com® is sponsored by  C-Loans, Inc. — For more information, contact Tom Blackburne 555 University Ave., Suite 150, Sacramento, CA 95825 Telephone: (916) 338-3232 x 317 * Tom Blackburne in Indiana: (574) 210-6686 * Fax: (916) 338-2328 Real Estate Broker -- California Department of Real Estate -- License Number 01330173 Arizona Dept. of Financial Institutions – License Number 0909472 The Florida Mortgage Brokers License Number: 0708758 [Read our many client Success Stories](https://c-loans.com/mortgage-brokers-overview/success-stories/) » © 2025 C-Loans, Inc. 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