• Talking about second mortgages with Sherman Arnowitz from Keyhole Financial
• You can get in relatively inexpensive to start up a second
• Seconds are a little more of a numbers game
• More strategies with seconds like being flexible to negotiate with the homeowner
• Take both property and owner into consideration
• Evaluenote helps with data with first and second mortgages
• Putting in the parameters and having spit out the rankings
• Online education program to learn how to start investing
• Seconds are difficult to find but they are out, you just have to be in it, be active participant
• Learn something new, meet someone different everyday with seconds
• A new program called Note Emporium, a loan management program

• Dan talking about phone calls on due diligence
• Doesn’t make calls until the bid made has been accepted
• Get a local realtor who understands REOs and foreclosures
• How and where to get a right local realtor
• If it’s not the right person, keep calling
• Check if there are any code enforcement violations or liens
• Call two different utilities to check
• Find out about HOA dues

10 Ways to Be a Better Note Buyer -Different problems and situations for a note investor. -Top 10 ways you can do. - 1.Make it clear up front that you are not a broker. - 2.Know what you're buying criteria are and know what you're looking for. - 3.Ask about their closing timeline and their expectations. - 4.Ask about their pricing expectations up front. - 5.Telling a seller when you're not going to submit a bid. - 6.Don't send in lowball offers. - 7.When submiting a bid, be clear about your assumptions. - 8.If you find a problem, let the seller know right away. - 9. Don't be inspector Colummbo. - 10. Don't get confused and think that you are originating a loan.

• Indiana trip report
• Purpose of road trips
• Make sure REO properties are on track
• Find new deals
• Build local teams and vendor relationships
• Scout areas and towns
• Itinerary in Indiana
• Fort Wayne REO problems
• Properties in Muncie
• Before and after pictures of an REO
• Evansville’s town and employers
• Having a good team in Evansville

• Bill Bymel, Managing Director of Spurs Capital
• Started with focusing on judicial space, on harder to work states
• How to operate successfully in tougher environments like knowing the flow of the market
• Taking on more third party clientele
• Time borrowers drag out a foreclosure
• Contents of Bill’s book Win Win Revolution
• Borrowers understand the know-hows of the business
• Getting a huge edge in the business by paying attention

Interview with Jason Bible, Mr Texas Real Estate

Focusing on small apartment and Airbnb's

What kind of recession is coming

Real value of focusing in on one asset class

Developing a mastery and getting experience

Advantages and disadvantages of doing Airbnbs

• An interview with Bob Repass, a veteran in note investing
• Bob’s background with different investment companies
• His thoughts on possible recession
• What to expect at Note Expo
• Cyber security and platforms
• Seller Finance Coalition and Dodd-Frank rules
• Being a fan of Bruce Springsteen

• Discussing deal breakers with Melanie Jacob
• Lot line confusion where the area of the property was unclear
• Condo complex where the costs have big range
• Membership in club is a must to own any property
• Having a good team on the ground
• Wide gaps between two BPOs
• Using SILO data for better value
• Buying something that was retracted by the seller afterwards
• How much time the deal would take is important
• Past and future Expos
• Golf courses in Wisconsin

• Introducing an investor named Michale Slawin and how he started
• Started own business called Notes Connect, LLC
• Joined an organization We Close of Scott Carson
• Interest in self-storage
• Lessons from Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill
• Commercial properties
• About six months to really get up and running in notes
• Challenge, so much information to synthesize and get into a form
• Dan’s educational videos about excel
• Coopetition
• Michael’s advice

• Case study, contract for deed in Dayton, Ohio
• Performing note that ended up buying for self-directed IRA
• Always better for assets manager to deal with more notes at once
• The outside of the house was looking pretty good
• The rent was much cheaper than rental rates in the area
• Got forty percent return in three months
• Sometimes things just fall your way
• Small balance loans have less upside