Thinking of buying real estate notes in your retirement account? These tips will get you started! The past decade has seen an explosion of private investors moving from buying property to buying notes. Tired of the headaches of being a landlord, they would rather be the bank. After all, nobody calls the bank at 2 am for a lockout or a stopped-up toilet. For … [Read more...] about 10 Tips For Buying Notes In Self Directed IRAs
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2017 Seller Financing Statistics and Insights
Seller financing statistics reveal dollar volume jumped 2% while the number of new seller-carried notes fell by 7.5% in 2017. Overall there were 89,779 first position owner financed notes, totaling $17.3 billion. This was an increase of 2% from last year's total of $16.97 billion. Down payments have increased continually the past 4 years. On commercial properties they … [Read more...] about 2017 Seller Financing Statistics and Insights
50 Ways To Leave Your…SFH Note
A mistake many investors and brokers make is to focus solely on notes secured by single family houses (SFHs). Unfortunately, that is a last-century approach. The lowest interest rates in recorded history have meant that our Springer Spaniel could qualify to buy a house. So most homeowners have had no reason to offer seller financing. The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 also negatively … [Read more...] about 50 Ways To Leave Your…SFH Note
2016 Seller Financing Statistics and Insights
Seller financing statistics reveal new note creation fell by 8.3% in 2016. Overall there were 97,089 seller financed notes created in 2016 compared to 105,871 in 2015. The number of commercial and land secured notes dropped only slightly by 3% off 2015. The biggest change was seen in the single family residential (SFR or SFH) category of notes which fell 16% in 2016 from … [Read more...] about 2016 Seller Financing Statistics and Insights
Note Investing Info: What Was Hot In 2016
Is 2016 really almost over? Let us be one of the first to wish you a Happy New Year! May 2017 be a prosperous year for your note investing business. As the year closes we like to both reflect back and plan ahead with a look at the info you wanted to read most. With over 350 pages of free online content, there are lots of choices! In 2016 alone those pages were viewed over … [Read more...] about Note Investing Info: What Was Hot In 2016
