They say it takes a village — and in the Note Industry, that couldn’t be more true!

From note creators to brokers to buyers and beyond, every success story is powered by a network of amazing people and companies: Note Buyers, Funders, Servicing Teams, Software Innovators, Due Diligence Pros, and Education Leaders.

We’re thrilled to be celebrating our fifth year of the Best of Notes! Over the years, we’ve discovered some incredible standouts — including the 2025 Best of Notes Winners. Check out the full list of this year’s nominees and top companies below.

Best National Note Buyer (for Note Brokering)

Winner: FNAC (First National Acceptance Co.)

Nominees:

• AmeriFunds
• Colonial Funding Group
• FNAC (First National Acceptance Co.)
• Grand Bank
• Notable Mortgage Buyers
• Reliant Financial

Ready to learn more about note brokering? Check out our Note Broker Training!

Best Note Listing Exchange Platform

Winner: PaperStac.com

Nominees:

• MobileMailboxMoney.com
• NotesTrader.com
• NoteTraderExchange.com
• NoteTradeX.com
• PaperStac.com
• SNSC.com/SNTrading
• WatermarkExchange.com

Best Local REIA Note Investing & Buying Sub Group

Winner: COREE Nothing But Notes Focus Group (Ohio & National)

Nominees:

• Atlanta REIA Note Buyer Group (GA)
• COREE Nothing But Notes Focus Group (Ohio & National)
• Dallas REIA Note Group (TX)
• LA South REIA Note Group (CA, Lisa Hoegler)
• LAREAI Note Investing (CA, Bill Tan)
• Mid America REIA Note Group (Kansas City)
• MN REIA Note Group (Minnesota)
• North Carolina REIA Notes & Seller Financing Group (NC)
• Tampa REIA Note Investors Meetup Group (FL)
• Upstate Carolina REIA Note Group (SC)

Best Note Servicing Company

Winner: Madison Servicing

Nominees:

• Allied Servicing
• August REI
• Covey Financial
• Evergreen Note Servicing
• FCI Lender Services
• Home Key Servicing
• Lake City Servicing
• Land Home Financial Services
• Madison Servicing
• Main Street Capital Servicing
• Moat Note Servicing
• Note Servicing Center, Inc.
• Provident Loan Servicing
• Real Estate Property Services – REPS (Formerly NAA)
• Servicing Pros
• SN Servicing

Learn more about selecting the right servicing company at https://noteinvestor.com/buy-notes/select-servicing-company/.

Best Self Directed IRA Company

Winner: Equity Trust

Nominees:

• CamaPlan
• Directed IRA Trust Company
• Entrust Administration
• Equity Trust Company
• Forge Trust (formerly IRA Services Trust)
• Inspira Financial (formerly Quest Trust Company, NuView Trust and Millennium Trust)
• IRA Club
• Kingdom Trust
• Mainstar Trust
• MidAtlantic IRA
• New Direction Trust Company
• uDirect IRA Services LLC

Best Seller Finance MLO (Mortgage Loan Originator)

Winner: Call The Underwriter

Nominees:

• Call The Underwriter
• Good Steward Lending Services
• Investor Mortgage Compliance Services
• Madison Management Services
• Safe Mortgage Services, Inc.
• Texas Pride Lending
• Vintage Home Loan

Using an MLO to create notes helps you make sure your note is setup correctly. Check out our 10 Steps to Creating Notes with Seller Financing for more information!

Best Note Servicing & Tracking Software

Winner: The Mortgage Office

Nominees:

• Moneylender Professional
• Mortgage Automator
• The Mortgage Office
• NoteDashboard
• NoteSmith
• Terra Notes (formerly Your Land Loans)
• ZimpleMoney

Best Distressed Debt Buyer

Winner: Colonial Funding Group

Nominees:

• Aspen Funds
• Colonial Funding Group
• Faller Financial
• Keyhole Financial
• Kirkland Group
• Labrador Lending
• NNG Capital Fund
• PPR Note Co.
• Revolve Capital Group
• 7e Investments

Best Business Note Buyer

Winner: Security Financial Services

Nominees:

• Reliant Financial
• Security Financial Services

Learn more about brokering business notes at https://noteinvestor.com/notes-101/how-to-create-business-notes-for-resale/.

Best Financial Calculator

Winner: HB10bii

Nominees:

• Excel
• HP10bii
• HP12C Financial Calculator
• Texas Instrument
• TValue Software

Everyone has a favorite financial calculator! For some, it’s TValue Software.

Best BPO and/or Property Inspection Service

Winner: Baldwin Advisory Group (BAG)

Nominees:

• Accurate Group LLC
• Baldwin Advisory Group (BAG)
• BPOPro by Valuation Vision
• Computershare
• NVMS National Vendor Management Services
• Pro Tech Valuation Services
• Richer Values
• Service Link
• Summit Valuation Solutions

Best Title Report Company

Winner: ProTitle USA

Nominees:

• a360inc Title Solutions
• Accurate Group LLC
• Baldwin Advisory Group (BAG)
• EZ Title & Escrow
• First American Title
• ProTitle USA
• Title Clearing & Escrow, LLC

Best Property Insurance Company

Winner: J.B. Lloyd & Associates

Nominees:

• Financial Partners Agency (FPA)
• IGP Specialty (Business, Flood & Specialty Insurance)
• J. B. Lloyd & Associates
• National Real Estate Insurance Group (NREIG)
• Ross Diversified Insurance Services (RDIS)

Best Legal Services

Winner: Jeff Watson

Nominees:

• Buchalter
• Caballero Lender Services
• Carlisle Law
• Crowdfunding Lawyers
• Davidson Fink
• Erin Quinn
• Geraci Law Firm
• Jeff Watson
• Kelly Kronenberg Attorneys at Law
• KKOS Lawyers (Kyler, Kohler, Ostermiller & Sorensen) 
• Legal Foreclosure Network
• Note Counsel (Paul & Adam Vincent)
• Scheer Law Group
• Schnayder Law Group
• Singer Law Group
• T. Alan Ceshker, Ceshker Group
• Tarokh Law, PLLC (FL & SC)
• Tony Sottile
• Wirbicki Law
• Wood & Lamping LLP

Best Accountants & Tax Advisors

Winner: John Hyre, Tax Attorney

Nominees:

• Anderson Tax Advisors
• John Hyre, Tax Attorney
• Measured Results CPAs
• Spiegel Accountancy
• The Real Estate CPA

Best Marketing Method For Finding Notes

Winner: Networking & Referrals

Nominees:

• Craigslist
• Direct Mail
• Google Ads
• Networking & Referrals
• Social Media
• Website

One of our most common questions is, “Where Do I Find Notes?” So we created a Master Class on just that: Finding and Marketing for Notes.

Best Note Industry Newsletter

Winner: Seller Financing Sunday

Nominees:

• Jeff Armstrong’s Weekly Tips
• Noteworthy USA
• Paper Source
• Seller Financing Sunday
• Weekly What If with Andy Teasley

Best Note Analyzer & Tracking Tool

Winner: Note Unlimited

Nominees:

• Note Unlimited
• NoteRules
• JKP Portal Due Diligence Tool
• IPA by Revival Brothers
• NPL Manager

Best List Provider For Direct Mail

Winner: Advanced Seller Data Services

Nominees:

• Advanced Seller Data Services
• Black Knight Financial Services Data
• Experian Note Holder List
• Meridian Data Group (NoteDocs)
• Propstream

Best CRM For Note Investors

Winner: GoHighLevel

Nominees:

• Bitrix24
• Click Funnels
• Constant Contact
• GoHighLevel
• Hubspot
• InfusionSoft
• Kartra
• MailChimp
• My Leads Builder
• PipeDrive
• Salesforce

Best Social Media Platform for Note Professionals

Winners: It’s a Tie – Facebook and LinkedIn

Nominees:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• TikTok
• X (formerly known as Twitter)
• YouTube

Best Public Networking Group for Note Investors

Winner: Bigger Pockets Forum

Nominees:

• Bigger Pockets Forum
• Buying & Selling Mortgage Notes Facebook Group by PaperStac
• Connected Investors
• Creating Wealth Simplified through Note Investing Facebook Group
• JKP Holdings – East Coast Distressed Note Investing Facebook Group
• Financial Friends Network (Walter Wofford)
• Note Buyers and Sellers Facebook Group
• Real Estate Note Investing Facebook Group
• Seller Financing Homes with Mark Monroe

Best Podcast and Shows for Note Investors

Winner: NoteSchool TV with Eddie Speed

Nominees:

• Be the Bank Podcast with Justin Bogard
• Creating Wealth Simplified with Chris Seveney and Lauren Wells
• NoteTidbits with Jay Redding and Kyle Cassidy
• NoteSchool TV with Eddie Speed
• Owner Financing & Note Investing Podcast with Dawn Rickabaugh
• Paperstac Podcast with Rick Allen and Brett Burky
• Real Estate Notes Show with David Putz and Nathan Turner
• The Note Investor with Dan Deppen

Best Skip Tracing Company (For Locating Phone Numbers and Emails)

Winner: Lexis Nexis

Nominees:

• Been Verified
• IDI Core
• LeadMining
• LeadSherpa
• Lexis Nexis
• People Finder Pro
• TLOxp by TransUnion
• White Pages

Best Note Industry Convention

Winner: NoteExpo

Nominees:

• Cash Flow Expo
• Diversified Mortgage Expo
• IMN Defaulted Notes
• NoteExpo
• NoteWorthy Summit
• Paper Trail Conference

Interested in attending a Note Convention, but not sure which one fits you and your schedule best? Check out our Note Convention Overview.

Thanks for Voting, See You Next Year!

Get the complete contact info for all of these companies (and more) in the Note Buyers Directory here!