It has been 12 years since the real estate market melted down. Do you know the most common expression when I am talking to Note Sellers even to date? Well in 2008 the property was worth (some high number). I just smile and respond. Ahhh the good old days. Why do I bring this up? […]

Mortgage Note For Sale. Hi, this is Scott Schmitz with Northstar Investment Group. I want to ask you a question.  How are you hedging your portfolio against any DROP in the stock market?   I know that it is at an all time high and nothing can happen, but if it did would you lose […]

Can I sell unsecured promissory note? Unsecured notes or Debentures are a way for commerce to raise money from investors. In return for your cash, the business or the one issuing the unsecured note promises to pay you interest and reimburse the cash you lend it or your capital at a forthcoming date. An investment […]

Hi, everybody. This is Scott Schmitz with Northstar Investment Group. Today, I’m going to go over a few deals that we’re currently underwriting. We just got a tape of about 90 assets across the country. We’ve narrowed that down to 5; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5 assets here in Florida that we’re going to […]

Hey everybody, this is Scott Schmitz with Northstar Investment Group. Today, I’m going to go over a recent cases study of a non performing note that we purchased up in Panama City Beach. I’ll post this little flyer of the deal in the link to the description below in the YouTube comment sections. Here’s the […]

Day 8,9 and 10 I haven’t forgotten about you!  Over the weekend I attended a business conference.  It was a great learning experience and an opportunity for networking.  The room was filled with other Note investors that have had years of experience.  I am still digesting everything that was covered.  BUT today I have a […]

Day 7 Today is the Lucky Friday the 13th.  I am one that follows the great Yakov Smirnoff that says that everything in Russia is backwards.  I joke, I have not been to Russia but close. My wife is Ukrainian and we lived there for 18 months.  The people of Ukraine and the Russians that I […]

Day 5 and 6 Today I am going to combine yesterday and the day before.  It will also be a post that doesn’t affect Northstar.  I was in meetings for the last 2 days with a project that I volunteer for. I am helping a non profit foundation in Sarasota FL that enriches the lives […]

Day 4 I always find it amazing the people think that because they have fooled themselves for a number of years that the just assume that they can fool you.  I, not so much. I am talking about a deal that I was looking at yesterday where the seller of a note disclosed that the […]

Day 2 Yesterday I posted my first in a series of 50 days of blogging to raise $500k.  My events of yesterday were just that, very eventful. I started off my Friday just like I would any other Friday.  With a cup of green tea!  I then went to my office and started to make […]