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Variations in Engineering an Owner Financed Transaction – the effect on the value of the note

Besides a great wrap-up from the Cash Flow Profits event (with amazing direct marketing tips from Jeff Armstrong) this month’s Transaction Review & Calculator Practice takes an in-depth look at the various ways we can structure an owner-financed transaction to get the outcome we’re looking for.  What’s most important?  The total amount that will be [...]

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Marketing for Notes – with Jeff Armstrong “There are a ton of notes out there”

Some people mistakenly approach ‘the note business’ as if it’s not really a REAL business, but instead a nice little get-rich-quick idea… a magical boon for those desperately wanting or needing to be rescued from the economic devastation caused by globalization, etc. There is incredible opportunity when you understand notes and learn to empower yourselves [...]

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How You Can Make 140% Returns Buying Notes with Only $2,100 Out of Your Own Pocket

In this month’s session of Transaction Review & Calculator Practice, we go over the numbers of exactly how I am putting a Land Contract deal together, including how it works with my co-investor.  Coincidentally, another member is also buying a Land Contract in the same state, so it’s pretty interesting to compare notes!  [(not notes [...]

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Virtual Coffee Q&A – Investing in Land & Mobile Home Notes

Wow, lots of great info on this call. Community member, Ken Bucho, shared a note deal he just closed, and also where he is finding notes to buy!  Talked with another gal who is considering a mobile home note, and much, much more!  Thanks, everyone! Oh, and at the very end, some questions from a [...]

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Investing in Notes: Non-Performing Junior Liens – Gordon Moss

Besides regaling us with what he thinks the implications of California’s new Home Owner’s Bill of Rights are, Gordon took us through an eye-opening journey into the private life of a NPN buyer. Even if half of his notes never re-perform as hoped, his returns are still through the roof.  His perspective is a real [...]

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Investor Wants to Buy out Their Partner in a Condo – Falls Apart when she Needs her Name off the Primary Mortgage

When you’re in ‘the note business’, you get lots of calls from people who need all kinds of financial help.  For this month’s Transaction Review & Calculator Practice, I reveal a recent conversation.  Ultimately, all of my ideas were futile, because the partner who wanted out was NOT willing to have the existing bank financing [...]

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OFC Member Wonders if He Should Buy This Land Note

One of the great things about this community is the chance to work with several of you on some of your first ever note purchases… it’s a lot of fun.  Ken Bucho was gracious enough to allow me to record our private 1-on-1 for the month, which he used to get feedback on a note [...]

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New Thoughts for Using Land Trusts for Real Estate and Note Investments

If I would have talked to Randy about my deal a month ago, he would have been able to help me keep my last Sale Lease Back with Option deal inside of a land trust, which was my preference.  The attorney (whose client was lending me 100% of the purchase price) was uncomfortable with the [...]

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Crunching the Numbers: Owner Carry With Note Sale vs. Sale Lease Back with Option

For this month’s Transaction Review & Calculator Practice, I am going over a deal that one of our community members brought to me.  He was interested in buying a home with owner financing, and thought that perhaps if I could simultaneously buy the note, the seller might be able to walk away with the cash [...]

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Financial Calculator Series

This series of videos will gradually introduce you to the financial calculator, so that you’re not only NOT intimidated by it, you’ll actually LOVE it!    

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