How Falling Home Prices Hurt When Selling Mortgages

Try to sell a mortgage note lately?

Chances are the pricing was hit by property value in one of three ways. Read more

How Much Will You Pay For My Note?

If you buy or broker notes, you know pricing is the first thing sellers ask when looking to cash-out their payments from a seller carry back. Discover what sellers are really asking and the best way to answer the “What’s Your Discount” question.

It’s natural for sellers to want to know the amount of money they will receive to sell future payments on a contract or mortgage. After all, it is the need for cash that made them make the call in the first place.

But if you listen closely, you will realize they are asking something beyond just the bottom line number. Sellers want to know:

Will you pay me a competitive price?

Are you trying to take advantage of me?

Will you treat me fairly?

This means the answer needs to accomplish several things: Read more

Looking For Notes In All The Wrong Places

You know that song right – the country singer looking for love in all the wrong places?

Well in the cash flow business we are often singing the blues about looking for deals in all the wrong places.

It is a simple fact that to make money in the note business we must first find deals. But time and money are at a premium, so what methods really work? Here’s how to avoid heartache and start finding deals…in all the right places. Read more