How did COVID affect our assets? There was a two month pause from March to May, 2020 where everything, everywhere was at a standstill....

Last week, I wrote a blog post about how our non performing note funds did in 2021. This week, I’ll talk about how we expect our Funds to...

What an amazing year! In January, we were still experiencing the pandemic in close to full force. Some states had re-opened. Others had...

On December 7, 2021, I made a presentation of 5 Exit Strategies for Non Performing Notes by Zoom in front of the Orange County FIBI...

The biggest news for residential real estate recently has been the incredible run up in housing prices. In a lot of markets, houses get...

This blog post has been a long time in coming. It always hurts when you take a loss but I’m ready to share this story and what we learned...

Here are the details for the individual Funds: Fund III Update: Of the 3 remaining assets: • 1 REO is undergoing additional repairs to...

At the beginning of the pandemic, I remember seeing a lot of posts from people on the BiggerPockets forums regarding an upcoming...

Late Stage Foreclosure During the pandemic, there were a lot of foreclosure moratoria that affected different parts of the foreclosure...

Are you thinking about investing in a note fund? There are several very good reasonswhy you want to add note investments to your portfolio.

During the due diligence phase for a non performing note backed by a duplex in New Jersey, I saw that the borrower had filed multiple...

When buying non performing notes for investment, you are looking to liquidate at a higher price than what you purchased them for. Non...

In 2021 Q3, almost all of our non-performing notes in our note funds progressed toward liquidations. The last of the foreclosure and...

Last month, I was asked to be guest on the Good Deeds Note Investing podcast with Chris Seveney and Jamie Batement. We had a wide ranging...

Here’s another story of a win-win short sale transaction. (Read the story of our previous win-win short sale.) Negotiations Immediately...

While raising capital for our last investment fund, potential investors asked us a lot of questions in getting to know us better and to...

Condominiums can be tricky things and require a knowledge of what makes them different from detached single-family homes. The condo...

Over the last few years, I’ve seen more and more Chapter 13 Bankruptcy filings by borrowers on the eve of foreclosure sales. As a lender,...

I like having small note funds. By small, we currently have about $4 million in assets under management, or about 18 non performing and...

Coordinate Interim Servicing In a perfect world, you wouldn’t have to do anything: the seller’s note servicer and your note servicer...

Due Diligence The seller will send a link via Dropbox or another file sharing app with the digital images of the scanned collateral file....

I’ve gotten used to the shenanigans that borrowers will resort to stay in their homes without paying a thing or at least the smallest...

I love it when I can share a story where we didn’t have to foreclose. (I told a previous story in which we accepted a deed in lieu of...

When you read or hear about real estate note investing, you usually get the 30,000 foot overview of the process. It’s necessary to see...