A partial purchase mortgage note offer can deliver serious benefits. You get instant access to cash by selling a portion of your note to a buyer, while still retaining regular interest payments and enjoying some serious tax benefits to boot. But accepting a partial purchase mortgage note offer isn’t the right move for every ... Read More

  If you’re ready to have a property taken off your hands, there’s always a way to do it – even if you still have an outstanding mortgage balance on the house. In fact, as surprising as it may be, selling a home with a mortgage is actually pretty common. Whether you’re a homeowner looking ... Read More

  Last month, we took a look at the Equifax hack. 143 million Americans had their information stolen because of an egregious lack of judgement on the part of Equifax and its CEO. The company itself looks as though it will somehow weather this particular storm, though whether they deserve to do so or not ... Read More

  We’ve talked about this before, but the real estate market across the country is on fire. Inventory is going fast, and there are far more buyers than sellers. This is a boon especially in luxury markets like South Florida. Or, it was. This hurricane season has already seen three major storms, with more possibly ... Read More

If you’ve been watching the news lately, chances are your head is spinning, because there is a LOT going on. But in all the tumult, you probably heard the words “Equifax” and “hack” for roughly .2 seconds before the press was forced to move on to something else. We’re going to talk a bit about ... Read More

  Everyone in real estate and mortgage investment, from run-of-the-mill home buyers to sophisticated people helping someone’s sell mortgage note idea become a reality note buyers online to real estate moguls, is looking for that once-in-a-lifetime deal. And those deals that do come around in the higher priced markets – they are like realty unicorns. Often ... Read More

  Tenants may be familiar with the fear of their home being sold out from under them. But what if, instead of your home, it was your whole street? Residents of San Francisco’s high end Presidio Terrace neighborhood were shocked to discover that their entire street, including sidewalks, common spaces, and parking spots had been ... Read More

The note buyer industry got some clarity this year with a Supreme Court ruling made in February. Henson et al. v. Santander Consumer USA Inc. declared once and for all that loan originators such as a note buyers are NOT considered debt collectors and therefore are not bound by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. So ... Read More

In June, the House of Representatives voted on a measure that would scale back the restrictions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. GOP leaders in the House have put forth their own bill, called the “Financial CHOICE Act”, which guts large parts of the Dodd-Frank regulations. The bill heads to ... Read More

When it comes time to sell a mortgage note, you may find yourself overwhelmed wondering whether your note is even worth taking to market. After all, how can you know anyone would even want to buy? Firstly, if you want to sell a mortgage note, it is worthwhile simply to request a quote from a ... Read More