Note Night in America

If you haven't raised a dime of investor capital before, you better grab something and take notes of what's about to come on today's episode! Because Scott Carson has real estate investor and professional private capital raiser Dave Dubeau to share his strategies for easily raising private capital. One of Dave's big tips is that when you're putting together an investor presentation, don't try to h...

Are you struggling with where to start and what to look for on bidding notes? This episode of Note Night in America is going to help you! Detailing all the things you need to know, Scott Carson breaks down what to consider when making a note offering. What percentages are selling in today's market? What items and costs do you watch out for when calculating your note bids? Scott answers these while...

The first few conversations are crucial when it comes to selling. You have to get them to your side and convince them to give you the time to show the value you could offer. In this episode of Note Night in America, Scott Carson discusses what you need to focus on when having initial phone call conversations with potential future investors you are looking to fund your deal with. Scott discusses wh...

The more you can focus on controlling your schedule, the more you can get things. In this episode of Note Night in America, Scott Carson shares the value in why you want to control your schedule in order to find success faster. He shares the 30x30 matrix for daily, weekly, and monthly marketing activities. Are you struggling with controlling your schedule? Then tune in! Love the show? Subscribe, r...

If you want to leave your job, replace your spouse's income, or retire, having a game plan is critical. So what does your financial independence number need to be? Today, Scott Carson breaks down the 25X theory for retirement and how you can reverse engineer the monthly income needed for retirement by focusing on buying one note a month for 24-33 months to achieve $150K a year on autopilot. Love t...

Are you looking for investors to fund your deals? How do you get people interested in becoming passive investors with you to fund your deals? In this episode of Note Night in America, Scott Carson breaks down the best ways to find, connect, and close investors to fund your future deals. He shares how he uses LinkedIn, meetup groups, and the County Appraisal and Recorder's website to identify inves...

How do you perform due diligence? In this episode of Note Night in America, Scott Carson discusses the due diligence process of being a note investor. Scott shares his pre-bid and post-bid acceptance strategy for completing his five phases of due diligence on the property, borrower, and note. He explains how this strategy ensures that you have a note that you can either get back on track to paying...

Have you dealt with loan servicing companies that do not provide a good quality service or do not value service at all? In this episode, Scott Carson and the founder of Covey Financial, Eric Covey, talk about how Covey Financial services loans for note and tax lien investors. Eric discusses how they put much value on the service that their clients deserve. He also explains how they differ from oth...

On this episode of Note Night in America, Scott shares how to find note sellers and note deals in today's market by targeting foreclosure lists, previous sellers, and doing some research on the county clerk's websites to track AOM transfers. He also shares why it's not worth attending note conferences when the speakers are the same and they aren't sharing how they are finding deals. He does share...

Fundraising is definitely one of the biggest things any aspiring note investor has yo think about. Scott Carson talks with Joel Block from Bullseye Capital about raising funds like Wall Street does. They discuss when and why you want to create a fund to maximize opportunities. Joel shares the difference between syndications and funds and why you need someone who has operated funds to help you crea...

Property insurance widely refers to multitude of policies or rules that can offer either protection of one’s property or liability coverage. On the other hand, force-placed property is a lender placed type kind of collateral protection insurance policy placed a lender which could be a bank or loans provider when a home owner’s property insurance is ever cancelled or even insufficient. In this epis...

On this episode of Note Night in America, Scott talks with Chris Prefontaine from Wicked Smart Real Estate about how Chris and his team create three different paydays for their and their student's businesses by utilizing subject to deals and buying on terms. Chris and his team has been offering courses and programs to help students and people in their investments. Some have even spent quite a larg...

Which investments can beat the inflation we’re experiencing right now? On this episode of Note Night in America, Scott breaks down some of the numbers behind the high inflation rate of the United States. He shares the inflation rates for some of our most popular items, homes, construction, and how expensive water and coffee have gotten compared to each other. He also discusses the nine most recomm...

How can you make 100K a year with bank notes? In this episode of Note Night in America, Scott Carson breaks down the numbers behind making $100,000 a year in income as a note investor. He discusses how many deals you need to do to first cover your monthly expenses and why performing notes can be a great way to automate your investing process. He also breaks down why investors would fund your deals...

Are you looking for distressed commercial real estate properties like apartments, self-storage facilities, hotels, and RV parks? What if there was a way to tap into the $3 trillion+ distressed commercial space in just seconds! On this episode of Note Night in America, Scott talks with Mike Haas and the team from Cred iQ who have developed an amazing tool that helps you identify distressed commerci...

Millions of Americans are getting robbed and losing money daily, and they don’t even know it. In this episode of Note Night in America, Scott breaks down the real cancer in the American financial system and why you, as an investor, hold the cure for 32 million Americans. You, as an investor, can offer new investors 8-12 times what a bank offers for savings rates. There are a lot of opportunities t...

Fundability is an important part of investing, and how we deal with credit can impact that. Scott Carson talks with Merrill Chandler from GetFundable.com about the different credit myths that are destroying your ability to get business and personal lines of credit. There are over 300 credit myths and Merrill helps you cut through their knots to help make yourself fundable. If you are currently str...

It’s the start of the new year, and we better get cracking! With 2022 in full swing, it’s time to find the best note deals. Kicking off 2022, Scott Carson shares how he is capitalizing on past note buyers to find current product, how to connect with investors and referral sources at your local REIA, Meetup, or BNI.com group, and why it's important to focus a little bit each day on achieving your l...

What's the first step you need to do to ensure you are closer to the things you want? A simple yet effective way of planning for your goals is a must, and that is by making sure that they are SMART. In this episode, Scott Carson helps you plan your year right! SMART is an acronym of simple guidelines that helps you prepare for your future. How can you incorporate these into what you are doing and...

You're not begging for money when you're looking for capital. To talk to investors about OPM (Other People's Money), you need to understand that you're offering them an opportunity. Listen to this episode as Scott Carson breaks down what mentality you need to have to successfully raise capital in real estate. He shares some tools for getting investors to reach out to you and how to locate them. He...

A lot of people would agree that 2021 was not as bad as 2020 and they have to be grateful for those little wins. People often don't celebrate victories anymore. With Christmas just on the horizon, there’s no better time of year to show gratitude. So come join your host Scott Carson as he reminisces on the top 10 things he's grateful for in 2021. Before you prep and set goals for 2022, take a look...

What are the 3 F's of buying notes? Find, fund, and flip banknotes. On this episode of Note Night in America, Scott Carson breaks down the 3 F's of buying notes. He shares how to Find, Fund, and Flip notes and other features and items that he teaches during his quarterly Virtual Note Buying Workshop. If you want to learn how to find, fund, and flip banknotes, you wouldn't want to miss this episode...

Do you want to succeed in note investing? Here’s a step-by-step success plan for you. The first step is to time block your schedule. In this episode of Note Night in America, Scott Carson breaks down to his students the simple ways to outline what time you have available in your schedule and what activities to schedule. He also shares his best time-blocking tools, the need for Calendly.com, Octopu...

A lawsuit can be a crippling event that can stop your business dead in its tracks. Business owners need asset protection in the off chance of a lawsuit being filed against them. In this episode, Scott Carson talks with asset protection expert and attorney, Kevin Day, JD, MBA about some of the best ways for people to structure their entities and companies to avoid losing them in a lawsuit. Kevin sh...

Do you want to scale and grow? Start and take action today. In this episode, Scott Carson breaks down the different ways to find banks that have bad debt or nonperforming loans on their books. He discusses using the FDIC.gov, DistressedPro.com, Scotsman Guide, foreclosure lists, and the notice of default lists to identify them. There are even better ways to get this information, but it will requir...