Real Estate Notes 101
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Are you confused about what real estate notes are and if they should be something that’s in your portfolio? Simply put, a real estate note is a promise to pay back a loan. Real estate notes are the loan documents that are created when you finance the sale of your house or other type of property. It could be in the form of a mortgage note, land contract, trust deed or a contract for deed. What it boils down to is that someone is making payments on that loan to another party.
Often an individual or business secures a loan from a bank to pay for a piece of real estate. The bank or mortgage lender can, at any time, sell this note to another lender. Handling this sales transaction is a real estate broker.
There are many reasons that real estate notes are bought and sold. The owner of the note may decide that instead of getting a set amount of money each month they would really rather have one lump sum.
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The note holder may need the money for a new investment venture, a family situation or just be tired of waiting for monthly payments.
If you have a note to sell the value is determined according to several factors. These include: Down payment, interest rate, payment amount, the term or length of the note, the buyers credit rating and payment history. In addition, the type of the property and the condition of the property will factor into determining the value of the note.
Across the country there are thousands of individuals who invest in notes. But the main buyers and sellers of notes are banks and pension funds. However, don’t let this detour you if you are interested in investing in real estate notes.
Real Estate has always been a good investment and will no doubt continue to be a good financial instrument. For individuals with money to invest, but that do not want the hassles of actually
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TODAY'S NEWS:
BY THE NUMBERS 65 percent: The percentage of existing home sales in Washoe County in the first quarter that involved a distressed property. At least 933 of the 1,436 existing homes sold during the first three months of this year were either a short sale or bank-owned property.
CHICAGO, LONDON and SINGAPORE, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While economic uncertainty still affects the main commercial real estate centres around the world, global real estate markets are showing steady ...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- In a difficult housing market, buyers and sellers rely upon good, solid real estate counsel to close deals. Many properties in the Virginia real estate market have lost value over ...
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owning a piece of property, real estate notes may just be the answer. With privately held real estate notes you can earn anywhere from 7% to 15% interest on your money.
About the Author:
Ken Volkman is co-owner of V&S Investments Group which has been associated with financial and real estate businesses for many years. All dealings with us are strictly confidential. For more information about real estate notes go to one of our websites: http://www.vsinvestments.com or http://www.realestatenotebuyernetwork.com
Source: www.isnare.com
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