The Top Five Reasons Seller-Financed Real Estate Notes are Discounted
Thursday, May 11
Often — very often — we are asked how much a performing seller-financed real estate note (loan) is discounted when the holder of the note (usually the homeowner or a “rehabber” who sold the property) wants to “cash out” by selling the note. Although one might think the answer to this question sh...
Performing Real Estate Notes v. The Stock Market
Thursday, November 03
Performing real estate notes or the stock market: Which investment offers lower risk? Which investment is likely to produce greater reward? We answer these questions — and more — right here, right now!When it comes to investing, the first issue an investor should consider is risk.Funds which ar...
Why Is it So Hard to Earn Respectable Investment Returns?
Sunday, May 29
There is an old saying that goes something like: “If one continues doing what one has always done, one should expect to continue getting what one has always gotten.” The passive investor’s corollary to this saying would go something like: “If one does what the majority of investors are doing, on...
How to Invest in Real Estate with Only $20,000
Sunday, May 08
Many current and potential real estate investors that contact us express the same two — albeit related — concerns: First, although these persons are either Accredited Investors, or “Sophisticated Investors,” that is, they have enough knowledge and experience in business and real estate matters to...
How to Reduce the Risk of Real Estate Investing
Thursday, April 28
As professional Note Investors, we routinely meet the acquaintance of real estate investors, those who would like to become real estate investors, Realtors, and other real estate professionals. Often, when we introduce ourselves to a new acquaintance as Note Investors, we get a blank stare. The...
How to Find More (and Better) Real Estate Investment Opportunities
Sunday, April 17
The most frequent complaint we hear from our fellow real estate investors these days is that there isn’t enough suitable investment inventory. Investors drive neighborhoods, scour foreclosure lists, mail thousands of postcards, risk being fined for planting “bandit signs” on freeway exits, and s...