Any investor or note buyer looking to purchase a private mortgage is asking two big questions… 1. What is the likelihood of the payments continuing? and 2. What happens if the payments don’t continue? To answer these questions, note buyers look at a variety of factors. … [Read more...] about Note Buyers Have Two Big Questions On Their Mind
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Charging Late Fees on Notes
Successfully owning or buying cash flow notes requires a solid plan for collecting and servicing the payments. But what happens when the note payments are late? John Moren, a 25+ year veteran of the note business, explains the issues with charging late fees on notes. In speaking with our NoteSmith loan servicing software users, I sense a lot of confusion and … [Read more...] about Charging Late Fees on Notes
What Private Note Buyers Can Learn from MERS
Note Buyers take notice; a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge has now ruled MERS's business practices are unlawful. Heard of robo-signing, burger king kids, and attorneys promising to stop foreclosure? Well that’s all part of the MERS mortgage lending mess and it just got a lot harder than calling for a cleanup on aisle 5. What’s the impact? L. Randall Wray, Professor of … [Read more...] about What Private Note Buyers Can Learn from MERS
The Seller Financing Solution – Note Investor Radio Interview
Why is seller financing on the rise? It provides a main street solution to a wall street problem. If you are wondering how to use real estate notes to achieve your goals in this tough economy then you will want to catch the audio replay of the Note Investor radio interview. Last Tuesday we tuned in with Lisa Moren Bromma of Wise Women Radio to discuss the opportunities … [Read more...] about The Seller Financing Solution – Note Investor Radio Interview
How to Avoid Going Broke Buying Real Estate Notes
The most important thing you need to know how to do as a note buyer or investor is to properly analyze a promissory note investment when it first comes into your office so that you can either pursue the deal or pass quickly. Let me show you an overview of my 6 step analysis that I go through on every note we look at. … [Read more...] about How to Avoid Going Broke Buying Real Estate Notes