How do you convince note owners to take a discount?
How do you convince note owners to take a discount?
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Texas Continues De Minimis Exemption Under SAFE Act
The Texas Department of Savings & Mortgage Lending made the following announcement today (8/12/10) regarding the impact of the SAFE Act on the Texas statutory de minimis exemption from licensing for seller finance. The de minimis exemption allows a seller to carry back notes on up to five property sales per 12 months without having …
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How would you broker this note?
Here’s an example: Someone owns a house free and clear — no mortgage. They sell their house for $200,000, receive a $40,000 down payment from the buyer and take back the $160,000 balance as a note, an IOU, from the buyer, where he promises to pay the $160,000 plus interest in installments. The note is …
What is a seller carryback note?
What is a seller carryback note? The kinds of notes that are the easiest to find and work with are privately created when someone sells a property or business and “carries back,” “holds” or “takes back” some or all of the financing. All those terms mean the same thing. This type of note is known …
How can you make money with notes?
Innumerable ways. You can buy them for investment at yields above bank CDs and money market funds. Or you can buy them at one price and sell them for a higher price (since the value of a note is not fixed like a stock, it is totally negotiable). You can even contract to buy them, …
Why are notes discounted?
Because of THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY: dollars in the future are worth less than dollars today. A financial calculator is used to determine the value of a note, based on the investor´s desired yield.’
What is a cash flow note?
Investors in cash flows find them to be high-yielding investments. Notes, also called cash flows, income streams, debt instruments or paper, are thought by many to be limited to discounted seller carryback mortgages. Today, however, the terms mean much more. Not only are smart money managers investing in and brokering discounted seller carryback mortgages, trust …
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Three months before the elections, rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions of Americans who owe more than what their homes are worth. An estimated 15 million U.S. …
