There comes a point in growing your business operations when you won’t be able to keep doing what you’re doing alone. Many successful entrepreneurs are now hiring their very own virtual assistant so that their business can keep going even when they’re not around, and they’re focusing on much more important tasks. Scott Carson is joined by Bob Lachance, the founder and CEO of REVA Global LLC, the premiere virtual assistant staffing company. Scott … Read More
EP NNA 61 – Domino Investing: The Chain Of Events In The Note Market And Where Opportunities Lie
A lot of changes are taking place across the country. Sparked by the fall of one domino, the COVID-19 pandemic, we see the moving parts in our society slowly toppling one over the other. Where are we now in the chain of events? Where is it going? What will it look like ahead? In this episode, Scott Carson answers these questions, particularly in the note investing space. He discusses where the dominos are falling … Read More
EP 598 – How I Made $40K From A $100 Option Fee
Not all wholesale deals are home runs, especially when you’re dealing with distressed properties. Sometimes, however, an investor can get excellent returns by getting creative. Scott Carson shares the story about one of his first wholesale deals that started as a distressed note where he got creative and made $40,000 from a $100 option fee. Scott’s experience is an eye-opener for all beginner investors to start educating themselves about the different options they can … Read More
EP 597 – The Hoarder House: An Appointment From Hell
While watching some hit TV shows like Hoarders and Hoarding: Buried Alive are enjoyable, very few people would actually consider purchasing a hoarder home. Who would want a property filled with mountains of junk, infestations, and other issues? In this episode of the Note Closers Show, Scott Carson discusses his first ever distressed homeowner appointment that turned out to be a hoarder house. One thing he learned from his friend is that the smell … Read More
EP 596 -Valuable Lessons Learned From My First Rehab
In real estate, there’s always a lot of upheaval going on. We can learn a lot about what’s happening right now by going back years behind us to take a look at what happened in the past. In this episode, Scott Carson breaks down some of the lessons learned from his first rehab deal when he was starting out. He also shares what he would do differently now and why you don’t need a … Read More
EP 595 – Simple Tools And Tactics For Dialing Banks For Note Deals
If you’re a real estate investor in distressed assets or something you’re looking at, there will be many deals. You just got to put the work in to make things happen. That includes dialing for dollars – making phone calls to asset managers over and over again and working through lists of banks and asset managers off a couple of different sources. Today, Scott Carson breaks down some of the simple tools and tactics … Read More
EP NNA 60 – Why You Should Consider A Deferred Sales Trust With Brett Swarts
There are so many ways to go about investing in real estate, so many methods you can incorporate into your practice, and having a stronger foundational knowledge of all these techniques can help you decide what works best for what you’re doing and what you want to do. One of these methods is called the Deferred Sales Trust, which, simply put, is a manufactured installment sale. Scott Carson is joined by Brett Swarts of the … Read More
EP 594 – Separating The Deals And The Duds
Everybody likes a good deal, but often in the excitement of seeing what seems to be a great opportunity on paper, we forget to comb through the finer details. Eventually, when it’s too late, all the red flags suddenly start popping up, and it turns out your note deal was actually a dud. Scott Carson breaks down how to identify a genuine note deal from a dud. He goes through the laundry list of … Read More
EP 593 -The Note Force: How Investing In Notes Beats Other Real Estate Investment Strategies
There is no denying how Star Wars changed the world. Be it in film, business, or other parts of our lives, its lessons continue to penetrate and become that guiding star. In celebration of May fourth, Scott Carson takes Star Wars to note investing, talking about the note force and everything great that comes from this space. He discusses the different ways that investing in notes beats REO and fix and flipping investing while … Read More
EP 592 – Setting Goals And The New Moneyball
Things are going to change a lot once we come out of this chaos, opening up a lot of opportunities for those willing to seize them. Better things are sure to come. We need to be able to set our goals when things get back to some semblance of normality. Using an arsenal of baseball analogies, Scott Carson discusses what we can expect in the second half of 2020, as far as solid and … Read More
EP 591 – Managing Stress And Finding Internal Peace During Chaotic Times With Regena Ozeryansky
Working in real estate is not exactly a walk in the park. Just as with any other career, little stressors can easily set us off and rob us of our internal peace. This is especially true now, as we go through stressful times. How can we find peace in this chaotic world? Joining Scott Carson on the show, Regena Ozeryansky gives us a few tips on how you can achieve this with relative ease. … Read More
EP 590 – Thrive, Survive, And Recover In Chaotic Credit Times With Merrill Chandler
In the face of the overwhelming COVID-19 pandemic that we are all facing now, the best thing we can do is remove ourselves from fear and panic and look into what we can do to come out of it safe. In this very necessary episode, Scott Carson talks with Merrill Chandler from Get Fundable to shed light on the ways we can thrive, survive, and prosper in chaotic credit times. He shares the three fundamental principles you need … Read More