I got a call today from my business partner with good news. She had a business lunch with someone who owns about 6 ALFs. For those of you not familiar with medical jargon, that’s an Assisted Living Facility. What she ended up discovering was he was also a CPA and had the opportunity to talk about [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘News’
March 13, 2008
Listening out for phone crickets
The most important question here: What is a phone cricket?
All will soon be revealed…
Or you could skip ahead and go here.
March 8, 2008
Enjoying the seminar thus far
Its always interesting to meet people who share the same field, even if your field is large, but usually a joy when networking with roughly 17-18 other serious note brokers who you probably wouldn’t meet at any other time. There’s emphasis on serious for a reason: most who try to break into the note business [...]
March 7, 2008
This makes me jealous, I admit.
Bayview First funding is hosting their 3rd Annual Broker Retreat this year May 1-4 at the Cove Atlantis in the Bahamas. It is for their Gold & Platinum status brokers, all expense paid for 2!
Now I met with two reps of BF a couple years ago at Kent Anderson’s seminar in TX. That was back [...]
March 6, 2008
We’re on flickr!
Flickr, the image sharing website, would be the last place a note company would be. After all, we rarely see our clients.
But I decided to make one anyways. The first photos will be the ones from this weekend’s seminar hosted by Joel Cassway. I’ve been to a seminar before and will carry the memories of [...]
March 6, 2008
They come through again!
I tried ordering some business cards on the 27th so that I would have them in time for a seminar I’m going to this weekend. Well Monday rolled around and I hadn’t heard anything back from the company. So I called them only to find out the lady on the telephone had no clue about my [...]
February 28, 2008
News is free people!
I like reading articles about the note industry. Its part of the reason why I started a blog about it. Its not like the industry has a national magazine I can pick up with my milk and eggs.
So when I come across an article that claims to have information about how to better your note [...]
February 2, 2008
Ehh, whats up doc?
Wow, it might just be me but this year is off to a sprint. It February people! So whats new?
Ducks in a row
I am finally(!) printing off all of the postcards I designed this month so that I can implement my turnkey system (not really, but it sounds nice). Its a little difficult to measure your [...]
January 20, 2008
Surprise, Surprise.
Although this article in Forbes magazine is placing their case for seller financing in a second-lien position (not favorable amongst investors and brokers alike) they do provide some useful information about taking necessary precaution in creating a note.
Amongst their tips: verify income, ask for personal financial information, credit check, verify taxes and insurance on property.
Not [...]
