EP NNA 122 – Scott Carson’s Upfront Due Diligence Checklist

NNA 122 | Upfront Due Diligence

  Scott Carson has a special treat for you in this episode. The meat and potatoes of today’s discussion is his note due diligence checklist. In this episode of Note Night in America, Scott breaks down his upfront due diligence to help him identify which assets to bid on. He also discusses what to remove and keep when looking at occupied and vacant assets. Take from Scott’s insights and implement them on your spreadsheet. If … Read More

How To Get The Most Out Of Owner-Financed Notes With Will Henning & Rachel Sims

NC 45 | Owner-Financed Notes

  Will Henning and Rachel Sims from First National Bank of America discuss the best ways to create, buy, and sell owner-financed notes and what FNBA is looking for when it prices notes. They present some of the ways they find notes and what they are seeing regarding pricing. They also talk about the opportunity for note investors to broker notes to them. You can submit your offers at http://FNACBrokers.com. Want to talk to Scott? Book … Read More

EP 699 – Real Estate Investment Options: Get Your Due Diligence In One BAG With Dickie Baldwin

NCS 699 | Real Estate Due Diligence

  As anyone in the real estate industry will tell you, due diligence is critical when making investments. In this episode, Scott Carson talks with Dickie Baldwin from Baldwin Advisory Group (BAG) about the different services that they offer real estate investors when it comes to performing due diligence on their real estate investments. Dickie shares the different vendors, products, pricing, and timelines for ordering services and products from BAG. This episode is taken from … Read More

EP NNA 111 – Note Due Diligence And Its Five Phases

NNA 111 | Note Due Diligence

    How do you perform due diligence? In this episode of Note Night in America, Scott Carson discusses the due diligence process of being a note investor. Scott shares his pre-bid and post-bid acceptance strategy for completing his five phases of due diligence on the property, borrower, and note. He explains how this strategy ensures that you have a note that you can either get back on track to paying, foreclose on legally, or … Read More

EP 636 – The Due Diligence Wizard On Saving Time And Money With JD Bates From NoteProz.com

NCS 636 | Due Diligence

  Let’s be honest. Due diligence takes time. Yet, it is something that we must all do. How do you make the process efficient? Scott Carson talks with the founder of NoteProz.com, JD Bates, about his amazing product and how it helps all real estate investors with their up-front due diligence. They discuss what and how it pulls data in seconds in what used to take hours, the asset management and reporting options, along with … Read More

EP 631 – Calling Banks To Find Note Deals: Top Takeaways 2020

NCS 631 | Calling Banks

  If you didn’t know yet, Scott Carson does a live stream of himself once a month at CallingBanks.com, where he spends four to five hours calling bank asset managers. On this episode of the Note Closers Show, Scott discusses some of the lessons learned from the different sessions that he has held over the past couple of months. He also shares some of the a-ha moments that students have shared with him when it … Read More

EP NNA 70 – Meet The Banker: Market Updates And Buying Criteria With Richard Mason

  The savviest players in today’s mortgage and note market see this crisis as a great time to buy if you’re smart enough to know how to do it right. It’s time to meet the banker and learn about his buying criteria to stay in sync with the market’s pulse. Joining Scott Carson in this episode is Richard Mason, the founder of Northern Star Mortgage Fund. Listen in and learn a thing or two as … Read More

EP 522 – The Three Do’s Of Due Diligence

NCS 522 | Due Diligence

  How can you protect your investment and your investors? In this episode, Scott Carson breaks down the three most important aspects of due diligence and protecting your investment by knowing your values, checking taxes, and pulling title. These are the most basic things that you need to look at when you are in any real estate deal. Scott believes that by internalizing these three aspects, you can protect everyone involved in your deal. — … Read More

EP 512 – Baldwin Advisory Group With Dickie Baldwin

NCS 512 | Baldwin Advisory Group

  Being in the real estate business, you need BPOs, title searches, help with finding assets, and a variety of other services. Don’t you just wish there is a one-stop-shop that can do all of this? In today’s episode, Scott Carson talks with Dickie Baldwin about the services offered by Baldwin Advisory Group (BAG). Dickie has over 35 years of Real Estate experience as a realtor, loan originator, mortgage wholesaler, and mortgage correspondent. He goes … Read More

EP 487 – Overcoming Analysis Paralysis Today

NCS 487 | Analysis Paralysis

  Squeezing every scenario into a spreadsheet before knowing the value is not a healthy thing to do in the notes business because this gives birth to analysis paralysis. Host Scott Carson teaches us some tips on how to not overanalyze everything with notes and lose money. Reminding us to take only what we can, he tackles the importance of narrowing your list and quitting the habit of trying to make every asset a deal. … Read More

EP NNA 43 – Deals And Due Diligence with Joel Markovitz

NNA 43 | Deals And Due Diligence

  When it comes to deals and due diligence, thinking about the paperwork and documentation can be quite daunting because every deal can be different. Joel Markovitz talks about the collateral aspect of due diligence and stresses the importance of knowing what you need and what you do not need in documenting files. He shares his routine or process for handling notes, including looking at liens and judgments and what it means to him. He also … Read More

EP 447 – Creating And Working Your Business Plan

NCS 447 | Business Plan

  Setting up a note business means that you have to create and work on an effective business plan. It can be a long and analytical process, but once it is properly executed, success can be endless. Scott talks about how to make a business plan that works. He says keeping your eye towards the goal and talking to the right people is necessary to ensure that you are in the right path, and identifying … Read More