Safeguard Capital

Safeguard Capital Partners is a private lending firm that arranges short-term real estate loans for investors. Investors act as the lender on loans secured by a deed of trust or mortgage on single-family rental properties, rather than buying and managing a rental themselves. The firm works with local turn-key real estate partners across the U.S. and says it was formed in 2007 to facilitate loans to vendor partners rehabbing housing.

Safeguard does not handle the funds. Investors wire money from their own bank account to an escrow or trust account for each transaction, and loans are closed through a title and escrow company or closing attorney. Investments can be made through an IRA, a 401(k) or a personal account. The firm states that its trust deed and mortgage note investments are not valid in Oregon and may not be available in other states where restricted by law. The office is on North College Street in Martinsburg, West Virginia.