15 Surprising Things Productive People Do Differently

Author Kevin Kruse recently interviewed over 200 ultra-productive people including seven billionaires, 13 Olympians, 20 straight-A students and over 200 successful entrepreneurs. He asked a simple, open-ended question, “What is your number one secret to productivity?” After analyzing all of their responses, he coded their answers into 15 unique ideas.               …

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Private Lenders Remodel the Mortgage Market

Many traditional mortgage lenders have retreated from the business since new rules and higher standards were imposed after the financial crisis. Even with real-estate prices rebounding in California and other high-demand U.S. markets, cautious banks lean toward wealthier, lower-risk borrowers. Private lenders and other upstarts are filling the vacuum. That means a small but growing …

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New Hope That The CFPB Will Die Soon

“The CFPB is truly something new in Washington: a powerful independent regulatory agency run by a single federal official who cannot be removed from office at the will of the President. In its short, unhappy life, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has compiled a record of abuse rivaling that of Washington’s most entrenched bureaucracies.  But …

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The Dirty Little Secret Of Non-Performing Notes

by Don Konipol, MBA For investors considering investing in non-performing notes (NPNs), a.k.a. non-performing loans (NPLs), that are residential and owner-occupied, here is how a typical situation plays out. A bank, bank holding company or asset management and disposition company puts together a package of, say, 1,000 NPNs and asks for bids. The qualified bidders are the major hedge funds, private investment partnerships and private equity …

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Essential Estoppels

by Lorelei Stevens, President, Wall Street Brokers  www.wallstreetbrokers.com To “estop” means simply to stop, or to prevent. In the case of notes, an estoppel is a signed statement by the payor certifying for the benefit of the note buyer that the payor’s statement of facts is correct as of the date of the statement, regarding …

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Intoxicating Assets: How to Be the Bank, Invest in Real Estate without Tenants, and Why Seconds Come First

by Sandor Lau Imagine an investment in a single-family home where you put down only a fraction of the property’s value. The home has been occupied without vacancy for the last 10 years. The occupants are internally motivated to mow the lawn, fix the roof, and unclog the sink on their own dime. You can …

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Don’t forget the free Paper Source teleseminar TOMORROW, THURSDAY Feb. 18. with Martin Granoff. We’ll talk about how to buy or broker “under the radar,” non-real estate cash flows such as notes on businesses, contest and casino winnings, lawsuit settlements, disability income payments and other types of outside the box future cash flows. We’ll take …

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