Niche markets in real estate can have widely differing rates of returns depending on the state or county you are investing in. For real estate investor, international speaker, trainer and philanthropist, Mike Wolf, Harris County, Texas is the best place to do tax lien investing, owing to a beautiful combination of high property taxes and a unique auction process that favors bold investors who are willing to do more due diligence. Mike has been … Read More
EP NNA 63 – The New Note Investor Checklist: 11 Must-Do Things When Starting Your Note Business
Just with any other business, proper preparation for your new real estate investing venture will give you numerous advantages and preempt some of the problems that may arise in the future. What are the things you need to do when starting out as a new note investor? Today, Scott Carson takes his expertise in note investing to share eleven critical items that new note investors (and real estate investors, in general) need to put … Read More
EP 601 – Unemployment, Business Defaults And Mortgage Defaults By The Numbers: What They Mean For Our Future With Merrill Chandler
The numbers we have out there right now can be scary, and it is tempting for many people to have knee-jerk reactions which can ultimately hurt them in the long term. In this episode, Scott Carson sits down with the Credit Messiah, Merrill Chandler, to make sense of the numbers in unemployment, business defaults, and mortgage defaults and what these mean for the future. Merrill is a high-performance personal and business fundability coach at Get Fundable.com and … Read More
EP 600 – Ask!: The Most Profound Tool That Can Take You From Your Dreams To Your Destiny With Mark Victor Hansen And Crystal Dwyer Hansen
Many of us have dreams that are left unshared, that we tend to hide away, and that we only keep to ourselves. Unfortunately, these are the very dreams that don’t get realized. If you want to fulfill what it is that you truly wish, then perhaps letting it out and asking about it could be the answer for you. Taking us further down into the reasons sharing your dreams matter, Scott Carson talks with … Read More
EP 599 – Exposing Trends And Opportunities In The San Antonio Real Estate Market With Josh Boggs
With the real estate market, there is definitely no one-size-fits-all. The strategies that could work in one may not work in another. That is why you need to be apt about what goes on in the market that you choose to be in; otherwise, you’ll find yourself treading in troubled waters. In this episode, we zone in on the San Antonio real estate market in Texas. Scott Carson talks with San Antonio, Texas real … Read More
EP NNA 62 – Best Practices In Hiring And Training A Virtual Assistant With Bob Lachance
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