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A bridge loan is any loan with a duration of 36 months or less utilizing interest-only payments for the duration of the term and containing a balloon payment at the end of the loan. Bridge loans are commonly referred to as residential transition loans (RTL), fix-and-flip, non-owner occupied, hard money, or in other terms that describe a short-term loan generally secured by a residential property for investment purposes.

A bridge loan is any loan with a duration of 36 months or less utilizing interest-only payments for the duration of the term and containing a balloon payment at the end of the loan. Bridge loans are commonly referred to as residential transition loans (RTL), fix-and-flip, non-owner occupied, hard money, or in other terms that describe a short-term loan generally secured by a residential property for investment purposes.

Lightning Docs, the official loan documents of the American Association of Private Lenders, announces a record month for the platform in July. With 5,451 loans in the month, Lightning Docs passed its previous record high of 5,270 loans in May of this year. This marks the fifth time in 2025 Lightning Docs has reached a record month, as the platform continues to cement itself as the official standard in private lending.

Lightning Docs, the premier document automation platform developed by Fortra Law, and LendingWise, a leading loan origination system (LOS) proudly announce their successful API integration. The new API integration allows LendingWise users to generate accurate, compliant loan documents directly through Lightning Docs without re-entering any data. This enables faster closings, fewer errors, and more time to focus on growth.

It feels like just yesterday I was recapping trends from 2024 and now here we are already halfway through 2025. As I noted in our

If you’re getting tired of hearing me talk about DSCR loans, I’ve got some bad news. This month’s data makes it impossible to ignore what’s

Irvine, CA – 6/4/2025 – Liquid Logics, a leading loan origination software (LOS) provider for private lenders, proudly announces its latest integration with Lightning Docs™,

April certainly wasn’t a typical month. Looming tariffs raised questions about how the broader economy would respond, and early in the month, when the reciprocal

Q1 2025 Executive Summary Lightning Docs is a B2B SaaS platform founded by the partners at Fortra Law, the nation’s largest private lending law firm.

Irvine, California, April 15, 2025—Lightning Docs™, the premier provider of business-purpose loan documents for private lenders, has officially surpassed 100,000 loans closed on its platform—representing