Real Estate Note Investing: Using Mortgage Notes to Passively and Massively Increase Your Income

By: Dave Van Horn

Narrated by: Randy Streu

Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Welcome to the other side of the real estate business! Do more deals, maximize your current portfolio to its full potential, and decrease risk - all through mastering finance. Whether it’s through mortgages, student loans, or credit card debt, nearly all of us (especially real estate investors!) are in the note business. The trouble is, most people are on the other side of it: writing checks to note owners rather than cashing checks as note owners. Understanding how to utilize basic note and financing concepts will help real estate investors like you to:

• Borrow smarter by making debt your friend
• Raise money for your investments easier by understanding and appealing to private investors
• Squeeze more profits out of the deals you’re already doing by utilizing creative offers and multiple financing strategies
• Scale your investing through a passive investment vehicle that is backed by hard real estate without the tenants, termits, or toilets
• Use note investing to pay for expenses like student loans and life insurance, or simply to provide additional cash flow for you into retirement
• Become the bank and begin to use every form of leverage you have available

Whether you’re a wholesaler, rehabber, landlord, or even turnkey investor, listening to this audiobook will help you turn your focus to the “other side” of real estate investing (leverage and finance), so no matter where you are in the real estate business, you can start building sustainable wealth today and for years to come.

©2018 Dave Van Horn (P)2018 BiggerPockets Publishing

Great read

This book got me excited about investing bigger and opened my mind to a whole new level of knowledge it blew my mind.

Very informative

Awesome book, I learned so much will definitely read it again. A very good read

Found useful even as a noobie investor.

The first 10 or so chapters were enlightening as a newer Real Estate investor. Some of the strategies that I was familiar with were fine tuned, and others I hadn't considered were introduced. The actual "note" process was a little advanced for me, however, I have all intentions on revisiting this book once I have more skin in the game.

Solid book! Thank you

Great tips and tricks. Love the stories and nuggets! Thank you for sharing! 5 stars

A Surface-Level Overview: Not for Those Seeking Depth in Note Investing

I purchased this audiobook to gain a more in-depth understanding of note investing, an area I’m not well-versed in. If you’re after a comprehensive guide, this book may disappoint you. While it does offer a solid overview of general real estate investment, it falls short when it comes to the intricacies of note investing. Having read many other books on real estate investing, I was hoping for more specialized insights. The narrative and narration are decent, but if you’re an experienced investor seeking detailed information on note investing, you might want to skip this one.

Great book with lots of fundamental basics.

This was a great listen with lots of fundamental real estate basics. I really enjoyed the stories and case studies. I believe these strategies are very powerful if implemented by clever investors. I do wish there were more actionable steps in the book though. Theory, ideas, and strategies are great, but better is always a pathway that helps promote experience. The actionable steps are what learning investors need to know in order to feel confident in their path. This map leaves many blindspot for novice investors. All in all a recommended title to have. I would absolutely recommend it.

Good primer on notes

Notes pretty much rule our world in one form or another. Good listen. Good primer into the note investing world.

Great

Full of great stories and experience. Well done. I really enjoyed the book and can't wait to implement some of the items.

Alternative investment option

This book is no “How to” like some might think but rather it's an eye opening 30,000 ft view of an alternative investment option. Personally, as an individual who has access to my own private money, via a self-directed IRA along with liquid cash, I am often looking for new investments to blend my risk profile. While I don't think I will start a note business after reading this book (too much work), Dave's personal story and examples have definitely peaked my interest into the other side of real estate. I'll definitely be further investigating the passive options this alternative has to offer.

Mistitled but good

The overall information and narration of the book were really good, however this book should have been titled my journey to note investing. Of the five hours of the book, only the last 30 minutes was actually about note investing. The majority of the book was in regards to the authors journey to get to know investing. Would like to have seen more in-depth information About the process and details of note investing.