The Note Closers Show Podcast Vol. 1

Scott talks with Michael Silvers about entrepreneurship, viral marketing, building a tribe, and podcasting along with his Viral Marketing Bootcamp. Michael is a lead trainer and director of coaching for an international personal development company. He shares his great insights about being out there and sharing your message. Almost everyone in the world connects to a number of things, and you shou...

As much as we would like to live in a world of amazingness that comes with buying distressed debt and notes, it helps to remind ourselves to look to the other side and consider the opposite as well. Scott discusses what would happen if the market suddenly dried up and what he would do to invest if the note market came to an end and the world of distress debts are no more.  Love the show? Subscribe...

It is great when you figure out how to build something that can work and make money for you while you’re not there so you can go out and have a great time. It is also important that your main flagship has got to be good and you can be proud of putting your name on it. Aaron Young, the Chairman/CEO of Laughlin Associates, a 44-year-old company that has helped over 100,000 entrepreneurs start, grow...

Wrapping up the nation’s largest online and digital marketing convention, the Traffic and Conversion Summit 2019, Scott shares the wisdom he took and learned. Proving the value of surrounding yourself with people who can help you grow, he highlights how your network is your net worth. As the world continues to change, you have to be able to reach out in order to adapt. Going out there and attendin...

Merrill Chandler, Founder and Chief Strategist of CreditSense, shows us how to be smarter in the industry as he goes about the scenarios that could give you the fundamentals to tackle the note business. Learn whether you are fundable or not as he talks about the 40 different point factors that banks look at to measure your credit profile. Merrill also talks about how you can make yourself recessio...

Coming into the note business may not as easy as it sounds. Far from what people think, it takes a lot of marketing and time. Keeping your realistic expectations in check, Scott talks about the reality of the note business. At the heart of it, what the industry requires is patience paired with consistency. Scott gives some great wisdom to think about when coming into the real estate space and impa...

Starting a fund is not as simple to do as you may think. It is not something that you should do immediately if you have only done a couple of deals or no deals. Before jumping in head first, there are a couple of very important things that you have to consider – from looking for an attorney to getting in touch with what you really intend to do with it. Scott shares some of the important points you...

When you’re in the note business, there are some effective activities you can do during the weekend, especially when you’re bored. This episode is tailored more towards those who have a full-time job and they’re not 100% in the note business. Scott outlines some of the things you can do to make your weekend worthwhile, starting with pre-writing your email and pre-writing your asset manager blast t...

Being entrepreneurs, we tend to get lost in between the business of day to day that we forget to touch on other aspects that make doing what we do more fulfilling. That is why when downtimes happen, it is easy to let it get to us. Joseph Warren, host of the Broken Catholic and FIRST $100K podcasts, speaks about an important part that not most of us touch upon – entrepreneurial faith. It is believi...

A micro influencer is someone who has an audience in social media networks, usually comprised of a focused passion, topic, or niche market. They are the people who have the authority and provide content that sparks interest to audiences. Rockstar marketer Elijah Whites from Serving Social joins us to dive deeper into the subject of micro influencers. Elijah explains that collaboration with fellow...

Many entrepreneurs have so many things on their plate that they forget to set that distinction between themselves and their companies. Brent Buscay, the VP of Operations for Laughlin Associates, says whether you’re one person or many, you need to show that separation because that separation between you and the business is what provides you with that protection. Brent has been with Laughlin Associa...

Most of us here are in the industry because we have come to love real estate or note investing in one way or another. As we continue with this deep relation, it helps to remind ourselves of where the market is at to make sure we don’t fall out of love of it really fast. Just as notes can be jaded, something sudden could happen that might stab us in the back. Keeping these realities in check, Scott...

In this Money Mondays, Nate Hare of Quest Trust Company shares what they are up to this month, revealing some great deals for the love month while giving the rundown of some of their other events this year – be that online or offline events. He covers the March Madness, Masters of Tax Avoidance online boot camp, the Dallas Expo, and more. Nate also shares some housekeeping when it comes to retirem...

Fresh from the Super Bowl, Scott tackles one of the popular questions that keep coming up among note investors out there. How do you cancel a bid? For those who do not want to burn a bridge or get blacklisted from the fund, cancelling your bids right could save you from them. Scott shares the proper ways to do that, showing how it does not have to be necessarily stressful. All you have to do is pi...

One of the most awaited sports events in the country is the Super Bowl. Everybody gets excited and cannot wait to have a really good time. If you take a look at it from a different view, many of us have our own kinds of Super Bowl events. It could be a wedding, a long-awaited trip, or even a child’s graduation. What is your super bowl? What are the events that excite you and get you rocking and ro...

In this business, it helps to have your assets secure and protected. Scott Smith, attorney and owner of Royal Legal Solutions, is your all-in-one legal solution as he helps investors of all types and sizes with asset protection and more. Scott takes us into what he and his firm do, what they offer, and how it benefits you. He discusses some of the biggest mistakes that real estate entrepreneurs an...

Scott brings the wisdom he got from attending Mark Yuzuik’s Total Transformation event about breaking bad beliefs. As entrepreneurs and note investors, we often limit ourselves with our own capabilities. We are not fans of ourselves. However, the only way we can truly reach our goals is by transforming. This total transformation not only takes place mentally. We have to go outside of our own heads...

If you have been on social media recently, you may have encountered the ten-year challenges that people have been posting as they look back on the changes and differences that happened between the past and the present. We take a spin into that as we look at the ten-year marketing challenge. Scott looks back at his journey and sees the value with the changes he has now. He asks you to do the same a...

In Napoleon Hill’s book, Outwitting the Devil, he talks about how a devil distracts us as entrepreneurs and people. In the note business, we can see this in how there are days where we get frustrated with the lack of activity and success with our deals. What ends up happening is that the market becomes too noisy with our own worries and what’s going on around that it distracts us from our goals an...

Our uniqueness, as well as the different adversaries we face, have their own significance in this world. We can use them to inspire and make a difference and impact. Diving deep into that is Aaron Young of Laughlin Associates. He talks about making an impact and what it means to help others leave their own legacies. We all want great significance in our lives, that is why we sometimes feel the wei...

For many years, CreditSense has been helping individuals, real estate investors, and savvy borrowers to optimize their fundability, which is your ability to get funding, whether it’s a mortgage you’re after or your business lines of credit, commercial loans, or whatever it is. On this episode, Scott talks with Merrill Chandler from CreditSense about their online classes to help investors boost the...

Scott interviews Scott Bower from the #INVESTTHIS Podcast and discusses his transition and growth as an investor and some of the obstacles that he has overcome along the way. Scott is closing over $20 million in transactions and does an amazing job not only as an investor of investors but also as a show host for his podcast.  Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the...

We all get overwhelmed. Whether we’re working on paperwork, the tax season, the holidays, or getting a deal closed, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and have the fear factors start to kick in. Fear is nothing but false evidence appearing real. That’s what it stands for. There are a lot of learning curves in the note industry. It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be fearful, but instead of sitting there and...

Self-directed IRAs differ from other IRAs in that it permits the owner to have more control and flexibility to choose from a broad spectrum of investments. If you do your homework and buy at the right value at a good time, these investments can potentially have compelling returns over time. There are very few limits on what a self-directed IRA can invest in. Scott Carson is joined by Ingrid Chavez...

For the 400th episode of The Note Closers Show, Scott breaks down some of the lessons learned along the way to 400 episodes. He recounts how they got started doing Facebook Lives and their most watched episodes as far as downloads. He also breaks down their four biggest wins and four biggest losses over the last twelve years, as well as the four biggest things over the last decade that have helped...