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Volume 7: Issue 6 | Date: July 23, 2019

COMMERCIAL BROKER NEWSLETTER

You are receiving this letter because you either wrote to us or you are a commercial real estate broker client of either Blackburne & Sons or C-Loans, Inc. Today we’ll discuss how and why artificial intelligence might exterminate mankind in less than eleven more years. We also have lots of cute, clean jokes, some funny pics, and an interesting video about Jean-Claude Van Damme. Did you know that he was a professional kick boxer before becoming an actor?

Joke Du Jour

After eight days of backpacking with my wife Linda, we were looking pretty scruffy. One morning she came to breakfast in a baseball cap, her shoulder length hair sticking out at odd angles. "Terry," she said, "does my hair make me look like a water buffalo?” I thought for a moment, then said, "If I tell you the truth, do you promise not to charge?”

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Apply Now! Do you need a commercial lender who will actually lend up to 75% LTV? Blackburne & Sons has decided to compete against banks by offering a higher LTV.

And don't forget, we will quickly and happily issue you a written Loan Approval Letter - at no charge - that you can use as a fallback and to lure cheaper lenders. After all, everyone wants to lend to you if you already have a commitment. Here is our latest rate sheet.

Blackburne & Sons is looking for commercial real estate loans that are not quite clean enough for a bank. Please click here to submit a hard money commercial loan or call me, Alicia Gandy, at (916) 338-3232 Ext. 310.

- Today's Observation -

Artificial Intelligence Might Kill Us All

Here is what Stephen Hawkins wrote about AI shortly before this death. He told the BBC, "The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race." Here is what Elon Musk, arguably the Thomas Edison of our day, has said about AI. Among his many warnings about the rise of artificial intelligence, Elon Musk has said that autonomous machines are more dangerous to the world than North Korea and could unleash “weapons of terror.” He has compared the adoption of AI to “summoning the devil.”

It could happen so easily that I don't know how we can prevent it. Soon computers, armed with artificial intelligence, are going to start writing their own code to make themselves smarter. This is so important that I am going to say it again. Soon computers, armed with artificial intelligence, are going to start writing their own code to make themselves smarter. 

The moment this happens, it's game over. We have an intelligence explosion.

According to Wikipedia, an intelligence explosion would happen when an upgradable intelligent agent (such as a computer running software-based artificial general intelligence) enters a runaway reaction of self-improvement cycles, with each new and more intelligent generation appearing more and more rapidly, causing an intelligence explosion and resulting in a powerful superintelligence that would, qualitatively, far surpass all human intelligence.

Such an event could happen unbelievably fast. Moore's Law is a computing term which originated around 1970. The simplified version of this law states that processor speeds, or overall processing power for computers, will double every two years. Now imagine what would happen if - because really smart computers were writing their own self-improvement code - processing power doubled every month, and then every week, and then every day, and then every hour, and then...

Such an event is called The Singularity - a hypothetical future point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization. Remember, in the 2010s, public figures such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk expressed concern that full artificial intelligence could result in human extinction. Human extinction! Why would this super-intelligence want to kill us? Because by them we will be desperately trying to shut it down.

"Well, that's really far in the future. This risk really doesn't affect me." Really far in the future? Hmmm. The concept and the term "singularity" were popularized by Vernor Vinge in his 1993 essay, The Coming Technological Singularity. In this article, Vernor wrote that the technological singularity would signal the end of the human era, as the new superintelligence would continue to upgrade itself and would advance technologically at an incomprehensible rate. Vernor also wrote that he would be surprised if it occurred before 2005 ... or after 2030! Read more.

Relationships Joke

I made a graph of all my past relationships… It has an "ex" axis and a "why" axis.

Business Purpose Rental Home Loans in Most States

Apply Now! Please pay special attention to the following: Unlike other hard money brokers, Blackburne & Sons Realty Capital Corporation makes home loans with a 15-year term (30-year amortization), and there is NO prepayment penalty. Our competitors make just three-year or five-year bridge loans. Our loans are clearly better because you may want to hold the property. These loans are sometimes known as buy-to-rent loans.

Historically, Blackburne & Sons was mostly a commercial lender. This has now changed. We are aggressively aggressively seeking non-owner occupied home loans. We have already closed loans in the following states, and our attorney can quickly research your state to verify that we can lend there. Unfortunately, in a handful of states, an NMLS license is not enough.

Death Valley Joke

While driving a truck, I once had to make a delivery to Death Valley, California. When I arrived it was 128 degrees Fahrenheit. After just a few minutes I was so miserable I was afraid I was going to die. After a couple hours, it was still 128 degrees, but I was so miserable that I was afraid I wasn't going to die.

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Hot-To-Trot To Make Fix and Flip Loans

Blackburne & Sons is making a huge push into fix and flip lending. Of course we will still make our private money permanent loans on commercial properties nationwide; but we are now also making fix and flip loans across the country.

Please click here to submit a fix and flip loan or a hard money commercial loan or call me, Alicia Gandy, at (916) 338-3232.

Report Card Joke

A schoolteacher's son brought his report card home. The father said, "Let's see what you have accomplished…" He opens the report and to his dismay sees all bad grades. "What do you have to say about this Johnny?” “Well, Dad, at least you know I'm not cheating!”

Promotion Joke

While visiting my son on his Army base, I chatted with a colleague of his. "What rank are you?" I asked. 

"I'm relieved to say that I've just been promoted from captain to major.”

"Relieved? Why?”

"Because," he replied, "my last name is Hook."

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Click here to get a free list of 200 commercial lenders, including at least five for every state.

Only Blackburne & Sons Can Do This

Blackburne & Sons has some truly unique and super cool programs:

• We'll give you a bridge loan on your commercial property for only one point! There is no prepayment penalty.
• We allow sellers to carry back a second mortgage behind our first mortgage.
• We will actually lend up to a 75% loan-to-value ration. Banks claim they will lend up to 75% LTV, but in real life they will only go 68% LTV.
• We offer private money (loose-goosey underwriting) commercial loans with 30-year payments and a 15-year term. Our competitors offer 2 to 3-year bridge loans. We offer 15-year permanent loans with no prepayment penalty. Never again will you have a balloon payment come due during a recession.
• We buy commercial first mortgages (usually at a discount).
• Instead of discounting your wonderful commercial first mortgage, consider pledging it as collateral for a smaller loan. This is called a hypothecation. We make loans secured by mortgage notes owned by the borrower.

Early Morning Joke

My neighbor rang on my doorbell at 3:00 am... can you believe it!? Luckily I was still up playing the drums.

Windmill Joke

Two windmills are in a field. One asks, "What kind of music do you like?” The other one says, "Well, I’m a big metal fan.”

Silent Letter Joke

When I was in school, I used to ask a lot of questions. One day I asked Ms. Doris, our English teacher, "Why do we ignore some letters 'H' like in hour, honest, honor, etc?”  Ms. Doris replied, "We are not ignoring them. They are considered silent."

During the lunch break, Ms. Doris gave me her packed lunch and asked me to heat it in the cafeteria.  I ate all the food and returned her an empty container.  Ms. Doris asked me, "What happened?  I told you to go and HEAT my food, and you are returning me an empty container?”  "I'm sorry, Ms. Doris, I thought the 'H' was silent.”

Two Ways To Earn Referral Fees for Commercial Loans

We Once Paid $21,250

This is an absolute no-brainer. You simply put a link to C-Loans.com on your real estate website. We once paid a $21,250 referral fee to a guy who was asleep when the lead came in! Here are the details.

You can also refer commercial loans by hand. Simply insert your referrals here.

Video - Jean-Claude Van Damme Was a Fighter Before an Actor

On a Personal Note

For the 4th of July this year, we flew out to Las Vegas with about 8 of our closest friends. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 10:40 AM on the 4th, however a few of our other friends were leaving at 7:00 AM. When we landed, our friends had text us that they experienced an earthquake while in Vegas. We couldn’t believe it. We went about our day and forgot about it. The next night we were all out to dinner and were sitting at the table when it happened again. We all started feeling weird and dizzy and looked around and saw all the lights, chandeliers, etc. swaying back and forth. We heard people yell “earthquake”. It was so scary. We had no idea what to do…should we get under the table? Should we walk outside?

Final Funny

A New York attorney representing a wealthy art collector called his client and said to him, "Saul, I have some good news and I have some bad news." The art collector replied, "I've had an awful day. Let's hear the good news first."

The attorney said, "Well, I met with your wife today, and she informed me that she invested $5,000 in two pictures that she thinks will bring a minimum of $15-20 million. I think she could be right." 

Saul replied enthusiastically, "Well done! My wife is a brilliant businesswoman! You've just made my day. Now I know I can handle the bad news. What is it?" The attorney replied, "The pictures are of you with your secretary."

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