Selling a home can be an expensive endeavor – particularly if you use a realtor. Typically, realtors command a 6 percent commission on every sale they handle. On a $300,000 home for sale, that means $18,000 just to the agent alone. And that doesn’t even include closing costs, repairs and other expenses the seller might ... Read More

Selling a promissory note should not be a complicated undertaking. In fact, the overall process can be smooth and hassle-free when you prepare accordingly and use reputable note buyers or experienced note buying companies. As a leader in loan acquisitions and buying promissory notes, we have put together this functional guide to help you understand ... Read More

Mortgage rates have been rising steadily over the past few months, hitting a new high as of this month. How does this play into the narrative if you are planning on selling a mortgage note? If predictions about future Fed rate hikes ring true (and newly appointed chair Jerome Powell and the Federal Open Market ... Read More

  At the end of November, a number of public bank figures stepped out to make statements about the coming months and the direction of the Fed going forward. There was a good deal of back and forth, as there always is with these things. But in between the hemming and hawing, two interesting pieces ... Read More

When Hurricane Harvey slammed into Houston, the devastation it left behind affected every part of life in the Texas city. The flooding and wind speeds from Harvey caused $1.8 Billion in damage. And thanks to out of date flood plane maps, many of the homes damaged didn’t have federal flood insurance. Homeowners are now left ... Read More

During the recession of the early 2000’s, rental rates skyrocketed. Which makes sense. If houses are being foreclosed in record numbers, the former occupants of those homes must go somewhere. Now that the economy is seeing some substantial recovery and the housing market is seeing such a boom, one would expect those numbers to go ... Read More

When you’re looking for a place to invest, it makes sense to start in booming metropolises like New York or San Francisco. Or does it? The truth is, growth is happening, but it’s not happening where you might expect. In fact, retail growth is set to boom in some of the unlikeliest of places. Abby ... Read More

  Already one of the lesser-known investment opportunities, seller financing has earned a poor reputation as the tactic of only the truly desperate. After all, if you are looking for monthly income and already own property, why not just use the property as a rental? In reality, seller financing offers significant benefits over owning a ... Read More

  Some residential properties are subject to contracts that permit a business to use a parcel of the property for a specific purpose. Homebuyers must honor the contract until it expires, or one of the parties abandons the agreement based on a contractual provision. The term “land contract” is also used to refer to a ... Read More

  The 2016 election season has been divisive and fractious for many reasons. Job creation, foreign policy, and economics are weighing heavily on voters’ minds across the political spectrum. With the presidency, supreme court justice nominations, along with 34 Senate and all 435 House seats hanging in the balance, how will this election season shape ... Read More