Let's take a hard look at Earned Wage Access (EWA). Cash-advance apps marketed as a financial lifeline alternative to big banks, but more often trapping borrowers in high-cost debt.

In this exclusive Coffee with Bill conversation, we flip the script as my friend and colleague Eric Brody asks me the pointed questions on what has carried me through decades of investing in distressed debt across any market cycle.

Dominic McFadin shares how seller financing has transformed from a fringe strategy with stigma into a powerful tool for smart investors to find opportunity in today's distressed debt market.

Salvatore Buscemi brings his sharp insights into how family offices shape investment strategies, and why the recent surge of "dumb money" has distorted market trends in ways that demand caution and clarity from serious investors.

As a key architect behind Greece's financial resurgence and pivotal figure in stabilizing the economy, Fotis Kourmousis' firsthand account on the reforms, resistance, and resilience that reshaped a nation on the brink of collapse into one on the path of thriving

Join us for a compelling episode with Marina Walsh, Vice President of Industry Analysis in MBA's Research and Economics Department, specializing in industry performance benchmarking for residential lenders and servicers.

Unlock the secrets of today's commercial real estate market with Adam Gower Ph.D, founder of GowerCrowd.com and a 30+ year real estate veteran with over $1.5 billion of CRE investment and finance experience

How does one transition from a civil industrial engineer to managing a real estate portfolio worth $2.1 billion? Join our conversation with Lane Kawaoka, a real estate powerhouse from Hawaii,

Could the #commercialrealestate market be the ticking time bomb that triggers the next #economicrecession? Non-performing loans, steeply discounted commercial assets, and high deficits hiding deeper economic woes - my guest and I tackle these pressing issues head-on.

Ever wondered how to navigate life's chaotic moments and find joy in the everyday? In this episode of the Real Estate Lowdown, we take a momentary step away from the hustle of the housing market

The real estate market you're underwriting today isn't the one that will clear tomorrow, and the shift won't send you a warning.

When the housing market collapsed in 2008, most investors ran for the exits. Bill Bymel ran toward the wreckage and built a distressed debt investing business out of it.

Distressed debt investor Bill Bymel breaks down why banks have been masking real stress in mortgages, how "extend and pretend" has delayed the pain, and why both homeowners and commercial real estate operators may be walking into the next wave blind.

Three months before Lehman, my phone rang and it dropped me into distressed real estate before the word was anywhere near the headlines.

Bill Bymel, CEO of First Lien Capital, shares the phone call that introduced him to the world of NPLs and how he has since developed a successful distressed mortgage platform, focused on resolving sub-performing and non-performing mortgage loans on residential and commercial real estate, that has purchased over 1,000 residential mortgages and REOs in 30+ states.