Nine Exit Strategies When Dealing With Defaulted Notes
After you buy a defaulted note, you could always contact the borrower and act like a traditional bank, but if you do, expect the conversation to go adversarial rather quickly.…
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Tips for Buying Mortgage Notes: My Favorite Note Deal
Buying mortgage notes can be a funny business. Like most sales jobs (I consider note buying to require even more sales skills than real estate or finance knowledge), there are…
Note Buying Due Diligence: Assessing Risk
Whenever you purchase something, especially something that costs you a lot of money, it’s always best to research, do your due diligence, and know exactly what you’re buying. We all…
Finding and Buying Performing and Non-Performing Notes
One of the most frequently asked questions I get from investors is, “Where do you and your fund find notes to buy?” The problem with this question is that most…
Five Advantages of Note Investing
Practically everyone, investor or not, is in the note business. Most people though are just on the wrong side of it. Nearly everyone owns a mortgage, or has a car…
Cash Flow Notes: Step by Step How to Invest in Performing Notes
Are you tired of real estate ownership? I know I was getting tired of owning real estate earlier this week. I am what you may call a “Night Owl.” I like working…
Triple Net Lease Investing (NNN): The “No Toilet” Method to Real Estate Investing
Have you heard Brandon Turner’s toilet story? No? Then read the following excerpt, taken from the article “Top 100 Ways to Make Money in Real Estate,” especially if you are looking…
Mortgage Notes and How to Structure Them
As noted in my article last month, collecting payments on a mortgage note is not the same as collecting monthly interest on a savings account. Whether you’re a mortgage buyer…
Investment Property Valuation: Residential vs Commercial
A man and his realtor walk down the street and the man says “Realtor, I want to buy that house,” pointing to a beautiful 3 bedroom 2 bath home, “What…
Do Schools Really Affect Property Values?
In 2009 as I worked to complete my masters degree from Georgia Tech, I undertook a large research project to study the effects of the recession on housing values in…
Tipping the Scales of Performing and Non-Performing Notes
Not all things are created equal — a great concept to remember when beginning to evaluate the value of a note. Knowing that, let me get right into it this…
3 Tips for Building New Construction Homes
As an investor, you may have been approached by a builder or general contractor over the years, who is interested in starting up a small building company and who needs…
Top Resources for Commercial Real Estate Investors
The key to success in any business venture is specialized knowledge and a good network of contacts and associates that can help you accomplish your business goals. Investing in commercial…
