The Note Closers Show Podcast
The Note Closers Show Podcast covers everything you don’t know about real estate investing today. Scott Carson, CEO of We Close Notes, interviews experts in the note investing field, including vendors he works with, and students he has trained. Prepare to be educated and entertained on the secrets of how you can control millions of dollars worth of property for pennies on the dollar, through investing in distressed real estate notes. Scott and his students have each closed thousands of deals, all over the United States. Listen each week to stay on top of the latest developments in note investing, how to get to the right people, avoid the wrong people, get the inside track on buying from the banks, find the notes you are looking for, negotiate the best price, and make the high returns you deserve. You don’t even need to use your own money!
Episode Blogs
Everybody’s heard about the California gold rush. Cody Cox likens his journey as a note investor to it as he discusses how he pans for gold from distressed mortgage. Cody Cox has over 34 years of mortgage and real estate investing experience. He says the lure of getting away from the rigors of the day job is not all about money. It’s really about the freedom of being able to do what you want on
Dawn Rickabaugh, broker/owner of Note Queen Capital Funding, buys seller-financed notes across the country and helps others get started investing in notes. As a real estate broker specializing in alternative closing strategies, she arms her clients with the tools they need to make more money and close more transactions. She is dedicated to liberating and empowering buyers, sellers, and real estate professionals in today’s market. Learn more as Dawn discusses how she uses notes and
Do you have a burning desire to take your real estate business to the next level and maybe quit that job and make a lot of money? If you’re a beginner, your biggest hurdle to get over is how to fund your deals. Or maybe if you’re doing deals with your own money, but there is actually a better way to do this. Alan Cowgill, the owner of Colby Properties, LLC and president of Integrity
In real estate investing, if you’re an agent, you don’t sell houses, you educate people about whether they should buy or sell, or what they should sell for. And if you’re an investor, you’re educating people why your deal is better than the other deals that they’re going to get. Bob Zachmeier, an innovative real estate investor and broker, specializes in creative financing and out of the box solutions to create profitable real estate deals
Most real estate investors are in the note business not just for money but for other fundamental reasons. They do it because they don’t want to be stuck in a nine to five job or they want to create a legacy for their children, their family, and their loved ones. Merrill Chandler with Credit Sense discusses how to weaponize your credit, that is, how to prepare and clean your credit profile to make you more
Let’s face it: no matter how it’s phrased, nonprime is still subprime. With the recent appearance of nonprime mortgage lending, it is important to examine what it means to the real estate market and note markets. The subprime mortgage lending industry suddenly vanished after the Great Recession, but is now getting reinvented – get this, with a really original new name for it: nonprime. Right now, a couple of big firms are offering mortgages with
When you’re an entrepreneur, whether you’re in the real estate space or any other type of business, managing everything on a daily basis can be overwhelming. Adam Adams with AJA Realty Investments talks about how he builds systems and automation to help him in his note business. Adam says it’s all about being efficient and staying on top of what you’re doing. He designs his note business around his life so that he is doing
When was the last time that you took a step back and relaxed? Almost every successful entrepreneur is guilty of burning both ends of the candle, but as Scott just realized while sipping mai tais in Maui – setting some time off of work in order to recharge is necessary. Especially for those of you out there who are working a full-time job AND working to invest in your spare time. Sometimes it’s hard to
Start with the end in mind. As note investors, ask yourself what are you working towards? What’s the finish line? Everybody’s finish line is different. Note investing is a race; you’re running against yourself and what you’re trying to achieve. Starting with the end in mind is actually going to help you push yourself to do more things. To close numerous deals a year, you’ve got to put some plans in place. Learn how you
California policeman by day and note investor by night Eric Hyde from AW Notes discusses his journey and biggest nuggets in his first twelve months as a note investor. Eric joined the police force because he wanted to do something in his career where he could help people, which he also found with note investing. He’s done some performing notes, joint ventures, and a few wholesale deals initially to get his feet wet. Eric discusses
When you are just getting started in real estate investing, you get all excited once you’ve bought a note. But what do you do now that you’ve bought a note? Joel Markovtiz discusses what you should do after buying a note and the exit and workout strategies. Joel is the Client Relations Manager from the Singer Law Firm and has an extensive background in loan servicing and special servicing where he focuses on distressed assets.
Anybody in business knows you’ve got to invest in tools. In this day and age, mobile phones are the best form of communication on the planet. Mobile marketing has become even more important in getting the message out to your tribe because they provide a much more efficient way of communicating. Jim Koch with Mobit Mobile Messaging discusses how to effectively use text and SMS marketing in your real estate marketing. He shares you want