Mortgage Note Sellers #1 Question

Why Must I take a Discount? Why Can't I Sell for Full Face Value?

The burning question every note seller wants to know!!

The answer is simple--RISK

The person wanting to buy your note is actually buying your risk. The same risk you took on when you loaned--by carrying financing you are in essence making a loan--your buyer the money to purchase your property or business. The risk that they could at anytime--especially in today's economic climate--default on their payments.

Therefore when a potential buyer of your mortgage note does their evaluation of the note to determine a purchase price, what do think they are evaluating? That's right--the Risk Factor.

There are many variables that determine the risk factor of a note--payers credit score, payment history, seasoning, loan to value (LTV), just to name a few. The lower the risk factor of each and every variable, the more money your potential buyer might be willing to pay you for your note. Conversely the more risk factors that carry high risk your note has, the bigger the discount you are going to receive.

There was a day when a high quality note could bring you more than a 90% purchase offer, but with today's economy in turmoil that same note is lucky to see offers in the mid 80 percentile. That's just the way it is today and you can expect this to remain the norm until the economy as a whole begins to make a recovery.

As a mortgage note holder--no matter how long you have been one--you surely can understand the risk factor involved, and therefore must also understand the potential buyer of your notes' requirement for a built in security factor--in the form of cash discount. Should the payer of your note ever default on the new buyer they must have the built security of the discount you were given to prevent them from losing their shorts. They are still likely to take a loss but it may not hurt as much.

So rather than asking the broad brush question of why you must take a discount, try refining your question to, why must I take this much of discount? You'll find this question will bring you more clarity as to the valuation of your note and help you understand why such a discount is required.

Of course you can always shop around, but you will likely find all offers to be "very similar" as all note investors use the same basic criteria to evaluate a note.

Call today for a fast, Free Evaluation on today's current market value of Your mortgage note.

Quick note: Al Capone's Vault type of story

I know this is completely unrelated but it's an interesting story that has peaked my interest and if you have any interest in casinos, mobsters, or just a plain ole good mystery then I think you'll enjoy this story too. http://bit.ly/ndglY6
Maybe you'll find yourself following up later to see what they find, as I will.

I hope it's filled with old mortgage notes they call and sell to me!!

Seller Financing Sells More Property

Today's world can be a financial nightmare, especially if you are trying to get financing or your buyer is trying to get financing.

The lending standards have been tightened to the point where over 20% of all financing applicants are rejected. Many of whom are actually Good prospects but for some small reason cannot get approval from the traditional lending institutions. Many of these people have good credit scores, many can have large sums of cash for down payments, most every single one of them are Hungry to Buy--if they could get financed.

What if you could get this extra 20% of buyers to pick up the phone and call you about buying your property? By adding 3 simple words to your advertising you can once again start the phone ringing. "Seller Financing Available" or " Owner Will Carry".

You can have qualified buyers eager to buy coming back for a second look with the addition of theses words.

At PSR Note-Ability we can help you structure a deal and create the note in such manner that you can realize even greater benefits than a traditionally financed sale can provide. visit www.promero.noteoffers.com/fsbo to learn more about how seller financing can help you sell your property faster than any other on the block.

To Sell a Note Later, First You Need to Create a "Good Note" Now

Understanding what a note buyer looks for when making a note purchase can help you create a note that will not leave you feeling violated by a buyers offer.

There was a time when mortgage note buyers would purchase just about anything that came across their desk--Of course that was when my dog could qualify for a loan and buy a house.

In today's economic times this just like all things real estate has changed. If you intend on carrying paper on a property sale and are planning to later sell that note, you had better have at least some understanding of what a buyer will be looking for, and a general idea of how much discount you can expect to take. Otherwise you may end up like Many I've seen in the past few years, with a note you either cannot even sell, or one that is so heavily discounted you cannot achieve the goals you have set. Thus forcing you to hold the note for a period of time much longer than you've anticipated.
While this may not have a huge effect on some, for those counting on that cash whether it be to move onto their next deal or any other need you may have, this can be a killer.
Here at PSR Note-Ability I am more than willing to assist you with everything from deal structure and note creation, right through to the actual sale of your note. That is what a "Full Service" mortgage note company can do for you.

The following are just a few key factors you need to consider that will play a huge role in the sale of any mortgage note:
Interest Rate
Seasoning--How long you hold your note prior to selling
Reverse seasoning--How long you owned the property prior to the sale of it
Terms of the note--Length of payment, Balloons, etc
Your buyers credit score
Size of the down payment

All of these things done right can dramatically increase the value of your note.
Conversely just "One" done wrong could greatly effect the value of your note, possibly even rendering it unsellable.

Bring us your questions and I personally will be happy to assist you in every way I can.
Don't get caught holding a bad note, because you weren't prepared from the start.

Assistance for Professionals

Many professionals from Legal, Financial, and Real Estate, to Bondsmen, Contractors, and Advisers may from time to time create a note in lieu of payment for services. Or the clients who come to them for their professional assistance may have mortgage notes they can use/sell to pay for their services. Other clients may have other issues with which you are assisting them with and have a need to raise quick capital to make a new investment, start a new business, or grow their current one--among many other possibilities.

As a professional in your specific field you may not have answers for your clients when they ask you about selling a mortgage or business note. Or you may not think to offer the possibility of selling one to a client in need of fast capital. Or you may have some of your own you wish to cash out. Either way you should not have to learn all about a completely unrelated field in order to fulfill your clients--or your own--special needs in that area--and you don't have to.

By incorporating the services of an experienced Note Service you can offer your clients all the additional assistance they need with a simple referral. Most note services will reciprocate these referrals both monetarily--if allowed--and with client referrals back to your business, creating a win/win...win--when considering the client as well--for all parties.

Visit our website at www.promero.noteoffers.com for more information on utilizing our note service to help you, help your clients by becoming a more valued resource.

Get to the good stuff

I seem to have gotten a bit off subject with this blog so I've made an executive decision.I'm going to devote this blog purely to information beneficial or entertaining for the Buyers and Sellers of privately held mortgage notes and trust deeds and for professionals such as CPA's Attorney's, Financial Planners, etc who have clients with buying and selling questions, concerns, needs, and desires.

I would like to direct all Real Estate Investors and Property Sellers--FSBO and Traditional--over to my Seller Financing blog at www.promero.noteoffers.com . I will keep the information on that blog specific to seller financing strategy and beneficial and entertaining information related to real estate in general.

I do encourage "Everyone" however to visit the promero.noteoffers.com website for in depth information specific to your situation and stature. I have fun here and there is interesting information but you can get a ton of area specific info at the website which will give you strong insight to whatever it is you are doing or thinking of doing in regards to Real Estate Notes.

As a special gift to all my visitors I would like to present you with the future of real estate buying, selling, and investing!

Would love to know what you think of this "Crazy" idea! or is it Crazy?

Villains and Victims—Roles Reversed for Economic Bullying

In a country full of bleeding hearts ready to rush to the aid of those who have been victimized in any way, shape, or form you wouldn’t think our government who also stands at the ready to aid victims would turn it’s back on it’s own people who have been victimized by greedy mega banks. Instead they rush to aid of the villains who have committed these atrocities against us handing them billions of dollars the victims—the American Public-- must now pay for.

The uber rich, the mega financial institutions devised a plan to fleece the American public with a brilliantly disguised, once in a lifetime opportunity for property ownership. They developed one new, more lenient mortgage package after another until your dog Fido could qualify for a mortgage loan with falsely stated income. They put people into properties they could never have afforded under traditional, financially responsible lending practices. They packaged these toxic loans and sold them of by the millions to unsuspecting investors under the guise of mega profits until they were using paper to pay for paper with nothing to actually secure the transactions but ink. Until it all finally blew up and the funds backing this paper had to be accounted for and it wasn’t there, because it never existed in the first place. Sounds very similar to a Ponzi scheme any villain would be investigated by the US Government Agencies and prosecuted for.

But no, our government instead makes these villains out to be the victims and runs to their aid handing out billions of dollars in bailout money so they won’t collapse. Supposedly to “save” the economy from a full scale melt down. Not to say this wasn’t one hundred percent incorrect but certainly over done by a large margin. Saving one or two of the most responsible and leaving the rest to suffer the consequences of their own design would probably have been enough to halt a full scale depression, while at the same time opening the doors for those whose creativity, conscious, and zeal this country was built upon, the American Entrepreneur.

Rather than letting the big dog bullies take their new place under the porch waiting for the scraps to fall between the cracks and allow the little guys with big ideas—and hopefully a conscious--to take the reins, our new government “Of the banks, By the Banks, and For the Banks”, runs out and buys them filet mignon to feed on. While at the same time sealing up all the cracks on the porch making the little guys struggle even further to make a meal.

Now as the Mega Banks cry about minimal profits due to the cost of doing “business as usual” in the mortgage/housing world and the American people—who have had their voice taken away—are struggling with the fallout of this debacle, the US Government is still worried the bullies will collapse. “Let them collapse” we shout upon deaf ears as even though the profits are minimal they are still coming in at our expense. The American public—the true victims in all this—are the ones who have suffered. Foreclosures, Bankruptcies, Debt Defaults, and Ruined Credit are the fate with we have been forced to figure out and overcome, all on our own.

Although false hope was given in the form of home saving “Loan Modification Programs” and the HUD backed Housing Council to assist those having difficulty the mega banks were not ‘forced’ to take part, and thusly were reluctant to the point of sabotage of these programs. The Loan Modification Programs could actually have worked if they were thought out better and not just implemented with the suggestion banks utilize this strategy, but mandated they MUST incorporate this strategy. However, even if mandated the loan modification programs were destined for failure under the limited guidelines incorporated into them. One major key factor was left out—Principal Reduction—and the only reason it was left out is because the Mega’s cried it would cost them too much and could lead to their demise (and we couldn’t let that happen now could we, they might not be able to drive their $100,000 cars to their multi million dollar jets and fly to an extraordinarily expensive dinner and lavishly extravagant night on the town in the most expensive city in the world, and then “we” would have feel bad for them)

Including Principal Reductions into every Loan Modification given would have caused the Mega’s to experience a smaller overall bottom line but, it would also have caused millions of American’s to not only be able to afford to, but actually want to keep their homes. An article in Real Estate Journal Online talks about B of A crying about only a 2 billion dollar profit because of their mortgage/housing department and how many Loan Modifications are back in default. Their answer, cut out thousands of jobs in this area. Another talks about the government cutting 88million from HUD forcing the closing of the Housing Council. Is this an admittance of failure for the vaunted Loan Modification Programs that were to be our saving grace? It’s more like another bonus for the bullies to be able to pull out completely, without ANY monitoring agency to not only watch what they do, but to assist those embattled with them. Once again giving them free rein over how the American public is treated, ignored, fleeced, and otherwise raped and pillaged.

Why is Principal Reduction the Missing Link to Success?

Most Loan Mods given out early on during the Mega’s reluctance phase were only designed as “Temporary” solutions with the back end—scheduled for the near, not far away future--only just slightly better then the front problems putting this mortgage in jeopardy in the first place. In other words the Mega’s were handing out nothing more than a delay of the inevitable, setting up the unsuspecting borrower for future failure, and postponing and drawing out for as long a possible any potential resolution or actual recovery for both the individual and the economy as a whole. Then later when reprimanded for their incompetence they began putting forth a more serious—“looking”—effort but still refused principle reductions. This has now lead to further price declines following massive foreclosures creating a massive inventory, thus attaching all those modified loans—effective or not—to a property so far overvalued the owners realize they will not have any equity in these properties for decades. Why pay ten’s or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest into a property for the next ten or maybe more years when they can simply walk away and start over twice as fast.

It’s time to identify the TRUE Villains and give the true victims—The American Public—some justice by mandating Principal Reduction Loan Modifications--to 110% of “Current” market value at 5.5% interest fixed for 30 years--on every loan issued prior to Jan 1, 2007—both current and in any level of default (current loans must receive equal treatment otherwise these borrowers will feel slighted for their good efforts and choose to default as well thus negating any positive effect). Let’s take it a step further and mandate the credit card companies to wipe clean all passed due debt (including fees and penalties), restructure payment plans for 10% less than the original principle balance owed at the time of default, and under a predetermined interest rate table that varies from 4% up to a cap limit of 11.9%, based on the borrowers current credit score. The extra money people now have from the Principal Reduction Loan Modifications will allow them to make these new, lower credit card payments. Let’s take another step to help speed the recovery of all those who have missed out on the “Real Help” and are suffering the consequences of not their own actions but the actions of those who have destroyed their lives, and have all Bankruptcies and Foreclosures dating back to Jan 1, 2006 wiped clean off their credit reports, thus giving them the opportunity to immediately begin rebuilding their credit and their lives opposed to being forced to ride out the next 5–10 years before they can begin to do so.

Does this force the closure of some Banks and Credit Institutions?

Who Cares!! It’s their own fault and no one is more deserving of whatever fate they succumb to. Time to let the Little Dogs Eat!

What positives could possibly come from all this non-sense?

1)      Most all potential future foreclosures will never reach that point. Excessive supply will stabilize and immediately begin to decline as demand begins to grow.

2)      This will cause property values to do the same

3)      We will immediately create millions of productive consumers who will use this opportunity to buy, thus building consumer confidence and strengthening the economy.

4)      Increased spending creates more business, more business creates more jobs, more jobs create more productive consumers, more employed and productive consumers buy more properties decreasing supply and increasing demand--and values, while at the same time they create more tax income for the governments to reduce their deficits.

5)      The banks will actually stop hemoreging money and have a new positive influx of capital—Albeit much less than their originally projected bottom line, positive non the less, and much more so than from the current “business as usual” practice of foreclosure--allowing them to loosen the currently highly restrictive lending requirements in place and be able to make more loans for those who can buy down the inventory. Plus they will have extremely limited worry about all those modified loans as the people are not likely to default or even refinance as their new 5.5% interest will be tough to beat.

6)      What is this—within one year the economy as a whole is moving in a positive direction. Little dogs are growing into common sense driven, conscientious big dogs. Unemployment levels are declining as fast as they climbed. All the current governmental budget cuts are now actually making a difference in the national debt—not that it will ever completely go away unless government as whole adopts all new spending policies and guidelines, And Sticks to Them.

7)      America is once again viewed as financial super power and praised for its              innovative, ingenious methods of exposing the villains and making them pay, flipping a bad economy virtually “on a Dime”, strengthening the position of its citizens, and revitalizing the American Dream.

It’s time to start screaming America “We Want this Fixed!”

and the answer is so simple if our government will just stand up to the bullies and make “THEM”, not us, pay for their actions

For a more in depth look at the numbers associated with a Principal Reduction Loan Modification pop over to www.promero.noteoffers.com/blog  and read a different version containing a breakdown of a typical--simple--mortgage loan in default.

New Info For FSBO Sellers

Just added a new page to the website dedicated to helping FSBO sellers sell faster and Get More Money doing so!! Check it out at www.promero.noteoffers.com/fsbo

I look forward to helping you just like I did for the couple in the example.

Big Day for the Ruskins

Bill and Gerri closed their note sale today. Congratulations!!  They needed money so they could help their daughter buy a new home. She graduated from college a couple years ago and her job has allowed her to put away a nice bit of savings. Just as a lark she began home shopping without any real intent to buy anything. Lo and Behold she stumbled across an amazing deal on a small house she just absolutely fell in love with. Since her credit was just okay and her savings were not enough to counter with a large enough down payment she decided to ask mom and dad if they might be able to help.

Mon and dad were more than willing to help but didn't quite have enough themselves to make a difference for their daughter to get financed. However they were collecting payments from the sale of their previous home and decided to call a note buyer--PSR Note-Ability--to see if they could sell their note.

Turns out it was a good quality note and we were able to make them an offer that was satisfactory for their needs. As soon as the deal was secure their daughter made an offer on the house--All Cash. The offer was accepted, Mom and Dads mortgage note deal closed today and the house is now in escrow.

Plus Bill and Gerri created a new promissory note between themselves and their daughter for her to make her monthly payments to them. Bill and Gerri actually created better terms than they had on their original note--just in case they want to sell later--so even though it is for a smaller amount they are receiving nearly the same income each month. And their daughter is ecstatic about owning her first home.

This is just the kind of Win/Win--WIN situations we love to create for people wanting or needing to sell a note.

New Website Offers Great New Information

I've recently updated my new website www.promero.noteoffers.com

If you have any questions regarding buying or selling mortgage notes and trust deeds you must have look.

I've provided very specific information designated to anyone with interest in mortgage notes.
Buyers & Sellers of both Performing and Non Performing Real Estate Notes
Real Estate Investors, Brokers, and Agents
All Financial Professionals

Regarding Residential, Commercial, Multi family, and Business Notes

www.promero.noteoffers.com   Check it out Now

Is Now the Time to Think About Buying Real Estate

This is the burning question among investors and individuals alike who are thinking about buying property. Whether it is residential, commercial, or any other type of property there are pros and cons to this argument. My feeling is that pros far outweigh the cons...right now!

PROS
Over the past three years property values have declined anywhere from 28 to 45 or even higher percent depending on the area of the country you are looking at. These historic price declines mean we're looking at prices that resemble the late nineties. I bought my home in 97 for 101k and in 99 it was worth 139k. Today it's worth about 155 thousand dollars.

Interest Rates are also at an historical low. Hovering around 5% we've not seen these numbers since sometime before most of us were even born. I've looked at records going back as far as 1962 and in 1965 interest rates were at their lowest until now at 6 3/4%.

Inventory is at an all time high. Most Real Estate listings across the nation are showing around a 10 month absorbsion  rate and have been for some time now. This means that at the present level of sales it would take 10 months to sell everything listed today. With foreclosures speculated to remain at the highest level they've been since this all began this rate will likely remain very close to the same for 2011. As the number of new foreclosures begin to decline--as predicted--in 2012 we still have the vast shadow inventory sitting in possession of the banks. These bank owned properties will continue to enter the market place even though new foreclosures are slowing, thus keeping inventory levels high for years to come.

Opportunity abounds. As just mentioned foreclosures remain high meaning a lot of people are still struggling with their loans. This creates not only foreclosure opportunity but also short sale opportunity. Both of which sell below current market value providing plenty of opportunity to find a great deal, over and above these already low property values.

CONS
All the same factors can also be looked at as cons to this argument. Property values are expected to continue on the decline for at least the next 6 months. Interest rates are projected to increase over the same period. Large supply leads to lack of demand, and short sales and foreclosures can be a hassle to buy.

Let's work backwards:
Short Sales and Foreclosures can be a hassle; Well if you want a great deal...deal with it. Otherwise go pay full market value and still get a pretty darn good deal.

Supply is so high many are thinking "hey what's the rush". There are so many good deals out there many still are afraid to jump in thinking there's still a possibility they could lose.

The two biggie's property values and interest rates we'll look at in tandem. Property values are expected to drop another 5 to 7 percent in most areas with a few areas expected to decline another 10%+. Even at a 12% decline in value is a 5% interest rate better in the long run than 7%. We don't know that interest rates will reach 7% this year but they are projected to increase. My guess is just over 6% by the end of the year. So what you the buyer must decide is whether or not today's price coupled with the lowest interest since sometime prior to the 60's will make a better deal for you, than tomorrows lower price coupled with a higher interest rate.

I say "Right Now" is "The Best Time to Buy". Property values will eventually climb again--possibly as soon as next year. Interest rates however will not look back once they start back in an upwards direction. I say get the great rate now, and ride out the storm on value. Five years from now everybody is going to be wishing they bought now instead of waiting just one more year, maybe even less than that.

You are welcome to disagree with my opinion, that's what makes this country great, but even if you're not going to buy today you should at least start your serious evaluation of the market and make your decision to buy at the right time--very soon.

Now for those of you read this whole post and said "well it doesn't matter to me since I can't get financing anyway", go out and look for the properties advertising  "Seller Financing Available". These sellers are offering to be the bank for you. They are much more flexible on who they can sell to. Just make sure both you and the seller contact a mortgage note specialist to assist you with questions on deal structuring and note creation that will create an overall deal that suits both you the buyer and, the individual who is willing to take this huge risk on you. Creating a win/win situation from the outset will keep all parties involved happy throughout the entire term of the contract.

Of course I encourage you and your seller to contact me directly at
530-318-2662 (info@psrnote-ability.com) for the assistance you need.

Need Cash Now but Like Having Recurring Monthly Income

When you sell a Real Estate Mortgage Note you have two options available.
You can choose to sell the whole note, meaning all of the remaining payments that are due, or you can choose to sell what is called a Partial. By selling a Partial you can get instant cash now and after a period of time the note will revert back to you and the monthly payments you are receiving now will once again resume.

For instance let's say you sold a property 2 years ago that you carried the financing on. You created a note for $50,000 at 10% interest, fully amortized for 20 years.This created a monthly payment amount of $482.51. After having collected 24 payments totaling $11,580.24  you now have a remaining balance due of $48,952.59.

You could sell the whole note and receive lets say $38,000--this is just a guestimate your actual sale price may vary-- and your note would be out of your hands forever.

Or you could sell a Partial, let's say for the next two years worth of payments--you can sell any amount you wish from 1 year to 15 years since there are 18 years worth of payments remaining--but for this example you will sell just the next two years worth of payments. We already know that two years worth of payments total $11,580.24, since this is the same length of time you have already owned the note and have already collected.


You could sell this future $11,580.24 for lets say $8,000--again just a guestimate--then after the two years have passed when the 25th payment comes due, it would once again be sent to you instead of the buyer who had purchased your partial. This 25th payment along with the remaining 191 payments due scheduled to follow will all once again be yours.

At this point in time there would still be a remaining balance due on the note of $46,035.40. You collected $8,000 and your note only depreciated by $2,887.90. You got the cash you needed when you needed it, and now you have your incoming monthly payments returned to you. This is know as the best of both worlds.

Now that the note is once again back in your possession you can choose to do one of Three things with it.
1) Hold it and collect the remaining payments.
2) Sell the remainder off as a whole.
3) or Sell another Partial.

That's absolutely correct, you can choose to sell another partial segment of your remaining payments and have the remainder of the note returned to your possession at a later date. You can do this over and over again. Only until the payments run out of course, but as long as payments are due you can sell just a portion of them.
So if you are in need of some cash now but would like to retain possession of your note, selling a Partial just might be the answer you've been looking for.

We are always looking for answers to solve your financial needs. Partial Mortgage Notes sales are just one way we can help. Call today for more information on the options mortgage note ownership can provide to you. Or visit our website and sign up to receive free information on the mortgage note industry.

What To Do With Defaulted Mortgage Notes

Every homeowner and Investor alike who sells a property and carries financing have the same fear--Default!

With the recent economic downturn millions of homeowners have stopped paying on their mortgage notes--traditional and seller financed. 

What do you do when your buyer stops paying? You have 5 choices:
1) Do nothing and hope the person who owes you money will one day do the right thing and try to make it right. Don't hold your breath though.
2) You can continually harass your buyer in an attempt to collect the money they owe. This can become a tiresome routine which may also build animosity and create a potentially volatile situation that could produce property damage or worse yet personal injury.
3) You can pay for a collection agency to perform the same tasks from option #2. This can be an expensive proposition with a start up fee and a percentage of the take commission.
4) Of course you can always foreclose and take back the property. This can not only be expensive but also complicated and time consuming. The best way is to hire an attorney and we all know what that can cost. Doing it yourself can become quit a complicated hassle.
5) You can simply sell the the defaulted note, get some cash, and rid yourself of this dead end situation for good.

Of course you are going to take a steep discount from the face value of what is owed to you, but when you consider the alternatives and what cost you may incur there, this may be your best option. Let someone else take on all the headache that comes with defaulted paper.

No matter how old your note is or how long it has been since you last received a payment, we are very interested in possibly buying your defaulted mortgage notes. Call or email today for more information on how you can eliminate the hassles of the defaulted real estate mortgage notes you are holding.

Can I Sell the Note from the Property I Sold and Carried Financing On

The answer is absolutely Maybe!
Nine of ten times people will answer this question with a resounding Yes. However it is possible that you have created a note which nobody is willing to purchase. This factor may prevent you from selling your owner carry, or seller financed real estate note. Many times the seller of a property will prioritize the buyers needs over their own in order to make the sale. If you have any intention of possibly selling your note at a later date you must create a note that will be attractive to a buyer when this time comes.
Allowing your buyer to purchase with no money down, taking their word on their credit rating and not verifying this for yourself, offering a super low interest rate, or creating complicated terms are factors your buyer may enjoy but can also prevent you from selling your note or force you into taking a very steep discount. When you are selling property and you are planning to carry some of the financing you must take control of structuring the deal, especially if you are planning to sell this note. Keep in mind that when you sell a note you will take a discount off of the the face value of the note.
Why must you take a discount? The investors who buy mortgage notes or trust deeds are purchasing risk. Therefore buying at a discounted price counters the amount of risk they are taking on with the purchase of your note. There is no way around you taking a discount, however if you have created a quality note to sell you can limit the amount of this discount.

5 Key Factors to Creating a Quality Note, and Why:
   1)  Get the highest interest rate your buyer is willing to pay.
        Reason: Investors expect a high yield when purchasing a note. This is part of their built in risk reduction.
       A higher interest rate will allow for a smaller discount in order to build in the necessary security required
       to purchase your note.
Tip: Start by requesting 10% or more and negotiate from there.
   2)  Know Your Buyers Credit Score:
        Reason: Your buyers ability to pay is a key factor in determining risk. Bad credit means a buyer who has
       difficulty meeting their financial obligations and therefore creates a high risk of default on the loan. Note
       buyers are not interested in owning property, if they were they would be real estate investors not note
       investors.Foreclosure is an expensive an complicated process note investors would prefer to avoid.
Tip: It is your right to ask for and review your potential buyers credit report and score, and it is strongly recommended you do so. Never take their word for it.
   3) Always Get a Cash Down Payment: 
        Reason: The amount of Equity in a property is also a key factor in determining risk as this creates a
        safety net for the note buyer. A lesser amount of equity will require a bigger discount in order to create
        a false equity that lowers risk.
Tip: When you sell your note the sale price of the property will be considered as current market value, therefore the larger the down payment you get the greater amount of equity you will create. A 20% down payment will create the 80% LTV (Loan to Value) that note investors prefer, especially if you are planning to sell your note right away.
   4) Season Your Note for Higher Return:
       Reason: While a real estate or mortgage note can be sold right away the longer you hold onto it the better
       you will make out on the overall deal. Collecting payments for a minimum 3 months will increase the
       attractiveness of your note. Obviously the more the better but also consider that during the time you hold
       your note you will be collecting monthly payments which are mostly interest and very little principle.
Tip:By holding your note for a year or two the principle balance your note purchase price is based on will reduce very little. While at the same time your note will become safer allowing for a smaller discount at the time of sale. When you then calculate the down payment received, the note sale price, and the total amount
collected in monthly payments over this time period you may actually increase your original sale and the
overall net into your pocket.
    5) Create Simple and Short Terms:
        Reason: Crazy terms create high risk. Longer terms mean a longer period of time for the buyer to collect their money--increased risk.
Tip: Fully amortized loans are best. When shortening the term of payoff to 20 years or even less you increase the monthly payment and reduce overall risk. Balloon payments for sooner payoff are good, but do not accompany them with interest only payments, amortize it out.

If you are having a tough time trying to sell a property in these difficult times you may want to consider offering seller financing to help you attract a whole new group of potential buyers. At PSR Note-Ability are always willing to help people with deal structuring and note creation so they that they may later sell their mortgage. We do not charge for this assistance and only ask you bring your note to us for a price quote when the time comes.

Visit the website at www.psrnote-ability.com or call me direct at 530-318-2662. I answer my own phone and will happy to assist you any way I can. Even if you just a question, my door is always open.

What is the Time Value of Money?

  For those of you who have never heard this term before, the "Time Value of Money" simply states that dollars have more value today than they do tomorrow.
  For a simple example of what I mean answer this question. Would you rather have $50 in your hand today or $100 five years from today? Sure it would be great to know that five years from today you will have $100, but you cannot do anything with now. Whereas having $50 in your hand today can benefit you immediately. You can pay bill, make an important purchase, or possibly invest that fifty dollars so you will have $500 five years from today.
  Another example of the "Time Value of Money" works like this.
Consider buying a sack of groceries or gasoline for your car. Put an imaginary twenty dollar bill in your hand and travel back 30 years to 1981. Think of how many loaves of bread or gallons of gas you could buy with that twenty dollar bill. If memory serves correctly a loaf of bread was about was about $0.59 and gas was about a $1.00 a gallon. This would equal 33 loaves bread or 20 gallons of gas. Wow, I could fill my gas tank, And buy about 5 loaves of bread on twenty dollars.
  Now travel back to today and go buy some bread or gasoline with this same twenty dollar bill. At approximately $1.59 for a loaf of bread and over $3.00 per gallon for gas your looking at 12 loaves of bread Or, about 6+ gallons of gas. Guess I'll only get 5 gallons of gas and 2 loaves of bread today.
  Lets take it one step further and travel just 20 years into the future. Now what can I get with my twenty dollar bill? Just enough gas to get to the store and back for a loaf of bread... I hope.

When you have a mortgage note and you are scheduled to collect monthly payments over long period of time you are subjecting your money to the effects of Time Value. What benefit does $100,000 over 30 years have over $50,000 today? I am not denying the fact that money spread out over time can be very beneficial to many. But keep in mind that when you collect that last "small monthly payment" your $100,000 will be gone, and what will you have to show for it?
  Consider the ways you can put $50,000 to work for you today and what it could look like in 30 years. A well invested $50,000 today could be a quarter million in 30 years, who knows. One thing is for sure, you can create whatever benefit you wish to, starting right now rather than many years from now. That is if you can manage to save those monthly payments until they amount to something you can use.
  One answer that always disturbs me a bit when I present these ideas to a note holder comes from the older folks. While it is a noble idea to hold onto a note so that when you pass your children can enjoy the benefits of an additional monthly income, I don't see the logic.
  This is your hard earned money and you should be able to enjoy it anyway you see fit. If that enjoyment comes from allowing your children to benefit from it, then why not do it now while your still alive so you can actually reap the enjoyment of seeing their lives enhanced. Besides that, think of how much greater benefit they can enjoy now opposed later when Time Value has diminished what your gift is worth.
  What if you took that $50,000 and paid off or paid down their mortgage. If they refinanced for a much smaller monthly payment or suddenly had no payment all can you imagine being around to watch their quality of life skyrocket.Who knows maybe they would even bring the grand kids to visit more often now that they wouldn't have to work so many hours to make ends meet. Now that is some quality enjoyment I would prefer to have as I get older.What fun do I have if they only benefit after I'm gone.
  Seller financing is a great way to sell property. Carrying the note is a great way to increase your profit through interest payments. Selling your note is a great way to improve quality of life today.
  Here at PSR Note-Ability we enjoy helping people to realize their dreams, improve their quality of life, and better their futures by creating win/win situations for all parties involved.
  We may even be able to help you out of a bad situation if you have a mortgage note that your buyer has stopped making payments on. Yes we do buy defaulted notes as well as quality performing notes.
  Visit www.psrnote-ability.com or call direct at 530-318-2662 for a no obligation quote on today's market value of your owner carry mortgage note.

12 Tips for the Investor Selling Property and Carrying Financing

When you create the note that declares the terms of a sale there are many variables in the creation that can later affect the sale of your note. The following are 12 tips that can enhance the resale value of your note, and why:

1)      Always shoot for the highest interest rate you can get

a.       Note investors seek high yield on their investment therefore a low interest rate constitutes a larger discount in order to create the high yield they seek.

2)      Fully amortized with shorter pay off terms are best

a.       Keep it simple. Crazy terms equal higher risk. Lower risk equals smaller discounts.

3)      Balloon Payments due on the note are good additions

a.       Balloons equal a shorter time frame for the investor to receive their money in full. Shorter payoff time equals smaller discounts.

4)      Plan to hold your note a minimum of 3,6,9,or even 12 months prior to sale

a.       Minimum seasoning is an unavoidable requirement.

b.      If you are flipping the property (selling with less than 12 months ownership) the longer you can hold your note the smaller the discount will be. 12 or more months is best, 6 is good, 3 is tough. (Personal note- I do note understand why flipping is viewed as a negative and demands steeper discounts. I believe it should be the opposite as most of the people you are flipping to are some of today’s most financially stable buyers - I am lobbying for investors to realize this but mindsets are not easily changed) 

c.       If you cannot afford to have your investment capital floating this long seller financing may not be your best exit strategy (even so please read on)

d.      The longer you hold your note the larger your overall profit can become when you calculate in the payments collected during this time, along with the down payment collected, and the note sale price.

5)      Minimum 20% down payment is a must have

a.       In today’s market investors are requiring a maximum 80% LTV on a note purchase

b.      When you sell your property below market value this new sale price will be viewed as “current market value” at the time when you sell the note

c.       With a sale price well below market value you can enhance the value of your note buy paying for a current property appraisal when are going to sell.

                                                               i.      Comparing the Appraised value with the sale price can create a smaller LTV which will enhance the value of your note and lessen the discount offered. However use caution on when to pay for an appraisal. Be sure the property value increase will improve the percent of value offered on your note enough to substantially offset the cost of the appraisal. A few hundred dollar appraisal for a few thousand dollar increase in sale price of your note is what you seek.

                                                             ii.      Lowering LTV by 5% or less may not achieve the results you seek. Shoot for a 10% or greater decrease in LTV when choosing to pay for an appraisal.

                                                            iii.      Keep in mind the full value of the appraisal still may not be the number the investor chooses to apply as current market value. They may determine it to be somewhere in the middle as property values in most areas continue to decline. Until we experience full, solid and confirmed reversal of this trend “current market value” is subjective.

6)      Never create a second position note. First position notes only.

a.       There once was a market for 2^nd position notes, but not today.

b.      ONLY if it is for yourself to hold to full maturity do you want to create a 2^nd. For future sale of the note…1^st position only.

7)      Credit Score is Key

a.       ALWAYS know your buyers score (Do Not take their word for it) Get the report!

b.      620 is the break to receive an average discount.

c.       Under 600 is a sellable note but the discount is very steep

d.      Below 540 and you are holding this note until your buyer can improve their score.

8)      Always be sure to keep good records

a.       Specific documentation is required to sell your note and having everything in one location and easily accessible will make your sale go smoothly and close quickly.

9)      Always include a due on sale clause. (self explanatory)

10) Always include late fee provisions

11) Including Tax and Insurance impounds is a great addition that lowers risk

a.       This may be a bit of a headache for record keeping but it does make your note more attractive.

      12) Always remember that you will take a discount when selling your note. Increasing your sale price may be required in order to realize the bottom line you seek.

a.   When offering seller financing you will need to wear different hats. You must not only be the seller of real estate but also an investigator and a salesman.

i. As an investigator you must dig deep into your buyer’s situation and determine their level of urgency or desire to buy this particular property, their inability to get financing and the reasons why, the amount of cash for down payment, and their willingness to make concessions. All this information will help you to  determine whether or not they are willing to make the concessions that you will require in order for you to realize your bottom line.

ii. As a salesman you must sell your buyer on the fact that carrying financing is a huge risk on your behalf and They Will have to make certain concessions in order for the deal to work for both of you. Pointing out that without their acceptance of these concessions they may not otherwise be able to make a purchase at all. How their acceptance can buy then the time they need to improve their situation so they can later refinance the terms for greater savings. Or in some cases (as to an investor opposed to an owner occupant buyer) by making these concessions they may be able to spread their investment capital further, possibly enabling them to make multiple purchases rather than just one and increase their net worth more quickly.

iii. Work the numbers in advance so you can show them the overall savings, and or profit and equity they can accumulate over time. Improving their current status and buying property today can prove to be a financially sound decision when compared to waiting and watching as prices and interest rates climb.

             As with any phase of real estate and real estate investment we are all well aware that the market place is ever changing, especially today with distressed property and government intervention having unknown affects on the future of everything real estate.

            Seller financing as an exit strategy can increase your potential buyers pool and help you to sell more property. This strategy right now is best for those who have the capital base to sit on notes for an extended period of time, if need be. Current market conditions make this a high risk proposition for the small time investor who must regenerate their working capital in order to progress their business. I wish I could say create your notes like this today and you will sell them for X amount tomorrow but, our volatile market will not allow for anything even resembling stability.

            The biggest factor affecting note sales, as with anything real estate, is of course the market value of property. Fear that LTV will increase to an unacceptable level with property value decline is cause for note investor concern. Unfortunately the attractive note you create today may not look so good if the value of the property declines before the required seasoning requirements are met.

On the bright side we are hopefully very close to actually reaching the rock bottom. Once this occurs and we are pointed in the right direction with no looking back all markets should experience more stability and maybe then we can today’s note IS good tomorrow.

I do encourage seller financing as an additional tool for you to sell your real estate, but I must also encourage caution in determining whether or not it is right for you. I do want you to utilize this strategy and then call me to sell your note (of course I do this is how I earn my living), but I do not want for anyone to engage in activity that is going to have negative results for their business. We must all grow stronger together if we are going to improve our real estate business and the real estate market as a whole.

I thank you for taking the time to review this information and hope this will benefit you, your business, and your families as you move forward with your real estate investments.

PSR Note-Ability is available to assist you in any way we can at any time you need us. I look forward to helping you advance your business combining seller financing with mortgage note sales and will gladly answer any questions you may have. Feel free call or email anytime.

In closing I would like to add that there is a growing market for defaulted notes. If you are holding any notes your buyer has stopped paying on, no matter how old they may be, we would be very interested to evaluate what you have and possibly cash you out of a dead end situation.