Transitioning from your full time 9 to 5 job to a full-time note investing gig is not as easy as it seems. In this episode, Scott Carson talks to Note Mastermind member and note investor, Logan Hassinger, about his early success as a note investor and how he is working towards his path to financial freedom. Logan shares his flow of activities that lead him to make deals, which includes honing in on finding … Read More
EP 495 – What’s Your Best Fit with Gail Villanueva
Being a first-timer in the world of real estate can be daunting, most especially when you’re being confronted by its many different niches. Guiding you into finding your own place, Note Mastermind member Gail Villanueva lends us great tips from her new book, Real Estate – What’s Your Best Fit? She outlines the five different categories through a quiz that will help you identify what is your best fit in this industry. While sharing … Read More
EP 494 – The Private Partner Formula with Dave Dubeau
The old saying “Find a good deal and the money will find you” proves to be the opposite for real estate entrepreneur Dave Dubeau. After losing a great deal due to a lack of investors and capital, Dave discovered a clever way to get investors to chase him instead of the other way around. Counter to what we have learned over and over again about raising capital, Dave breaks down the formula to attract … Read More
EP 493 – Are You An Askhole?
Have you ever encountered someone who eagerly asks for your advice but never acts on them? Someone who gets into every consultation and training for free but never follows through? If this person sounds familiar, then Scott Carson has a name for them – askholes. It could be other people, or it could be you. In this episode, Scott breaks down the ten ways that you could be an askhole and some things that you … Read More
EP 492 – Five Minute Success with Karen Briscoe
Many realtors get excited about the note business because it is a great way to find leads, future REOs, and short sales. However, that is only touching the surface because, in order to succeed at it, there is a lot that goes into that most notably with the actions you repeatedly take, tiny or not. Scott Carson talks with real estate investor and record-setting realtor Karen Briscoe of the Huckaby Briscoe Conroy Group about … Read More
EP 491 – The Eight Biggest Funding Myths with Merrill Chandler
With so many information being shared out there, it has become harder not to get lost. Dispelling myths in the world of funding is the funding-hacking Merrill Chandler from Credit Sense. Merrill is back to talk about the eight biggest myths when it comes to getting business lines of credit. Scott Carson sat with him again to lead you to become F’able – fundable – that any lender would look at you. Along with … Read More
EP 490 – Cracking The REI Vault with Gary Boomershine
Cracking the REI vault in real estate can be fun and challenging because you can meet new people and learn from them at the same time. Scott Carson talks with Gary Boomershine from REIvault about what is working and not working with successful real estate investors across the country. Gathering from his own experiences along his entrepreneurial journey, Gary shares a tremendous amount of tools and books for all real estate and note investors … Read More
EP 489 – Property And Casualty Insurance Pitfalls with Jason Byrd
Insurance is very useful in life, but for some people, it can be daunting in certain unfortunate circumstances. Scott Carson talks with his longest known friend and attorney, Jason Byrd, from the Byrd Law Firm about some insurance pitfalls that investors need to look at, along with discussing his entrepreneurial journey. It is a fact that insurance companies are your friends before you got a plan from them, but once there are claims, they … Read More
EP 488 – Current Note Market Opportunities with Tom Boren
There are many note market opportunities out there that you can take advantage of. All you have to do is learn how to invest well from the right people. Scott Carson talks with Tom Boren from Aspen Funds about the current note market opportunities that they are focused on in the second and first-lien performing note spaces. Tom discusses the hurdles that second lien investors see today and the common mistakes they are making. … Read More
EP 487 – Overcoming Analysis Paralysis Today
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 486 – Mistakes New Entrepreneurs & Business Owners Make with Aaron Young
Note investing is attracting new investors every day with it becoming a more established niche in the real estate industry. In this episode, Scott Carson talks with Aaron Young from Laughlin Associates about some of the biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs when launching their business and how to overcome those mistakes. Some new investors get interested in the note space and consider leaving their high-paying job, but they treat it as a hobby, not a … Read More
EP 485 – The 7 Biggest Mistakes Fix & Flippers Make As Note Investors
Fixing and flipping properties may be very different from note investing, but you can always do both without making major mistakes. In this episode, Scott Carson breaks down the seven biggest mistakes that fix and flippers make when jumping into the defaulted note game as they transition from fix and flipping properties. Fixing and flipping should not be your primary strategies in the note space because time is too valuable to waste greatly on … Read More