Author: Bill Bymel

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify An excerpt from our final live Win Win Webinar of 2022 and very insightful and thorough market update on foreclosures with the highly respected and widely cited by media outlets and industry publications, Andy Walden, Vice President of Enterprise Research Strategy and lead Economist at Black Knight, Inc. Andy gave us a taste of his 15+ years of industry experience in default servicing operations, market surveillance, and applied mortgage analytics. To learn more, visit:https://billbymel.com/ Listen to more episodes on Mission Matters:https://missionmatters.com/author/bill-bymel/

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Eddie Speed, 30+ year seasoned investor and expert of the discount note buying industry, shares his story of how he got into note buying more than four decades ago, back in the era when you had to advertise in the local classifieds and actually go to the courthouse.Eddie is one of the all time great teachers and leaders in the private mortgage, seller financed mortgage note buying space. He’s been sharing his passion and teaching with his experience since 1980, notably helping design and implement effective seller finance programs, with the very well known Homevestors of…

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Talking all things about the contractual arrangement of escrow: the different meanings of it, the various ways it’s used in the real estate industry and why it’s an essential part of the transactional process. Along with escrow agents, escrow accounts and how they’re governed and administered. To learn more, visit:https://billbymel.com/ Listen to more episodes on Mission Matters:https://missionmatters.com/author/bill-bymel/

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Meet one of my secret weapons of mortgage foreclosure and lender law, Adam Schwartz, Founding Partner of Atlas | Solomon PLLC, one of the top foreclosure litigators in Florida and part of the group of brilliant, elite lawyers that have a hand in actually creating and affecting law. When you hear how he and his team evaluate case files with holistic discernment and handle their client’s portfolios and assets with maximum efficiency, you’ll understand why he’s become such a trusted trial and appellate attorney. Adam is in high demand, guiding financial institutions, loan servicing companies, and…

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify An intriguing conversation with Kendra Rommel, Principal and Co-founder of Futures Financial, about being driven by money in a positive and powerful way through real estate and coming together to innovate new ways of doing the processes of this business for the benefit of all.Kendra Rommel launched her career in the real estate and mortgage business at the very young age of 17, after a friend coaxed her into leaving her job at Nordstrom’s, not even knowing what a mortgage was. She forged her path forward without concern about being the most polished, but with pure…

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Inflation is the Bull in a China Shop. It’s known for destroying economies and creating new world orders. Kamil Homsi is a global investor with very interesting perspectives on the state of US and Global Economies as a Result of tremendous inflation figures in 2022. Kamil Homsi, Co-Founder & CEO of the GRC Investment Group in Dubai, and global entrepreneur with 35+ years of transaction-concentric experience in cross-border deal structures, public-private partnerships, alternative investments, and capital markets. To learn more, visit:https://billbymel.com/ Listen to more episodes on Mission Matters:https://missionmatters.com/author/bill-bymel/

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Interest rates have doubled in less than a year. Real estate market transaction volumes are seeing their greatest decline in decades. And the Fed is not signaling any stop to their plans to continue raising rates. What will be its effect on US real estate? Our special guest, Royal Family Office investor Kamil Homsi brings his global investor perspective to the conversation. Kamil Homsi, Co-Founder & CEO of the GRC Investment Group, the US arm of Royal Family Office based in Dubai, and global entrepreneur with 35+ years of transaction-concentric experience in cross-border deal structures, public-private…

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify From high tech sales to mom of two growing generational wealth through mortgage note investing, Lauren Wells has carved her own path in real estate. After years in the high-tech industry, planning to build her wealth through company shares, Lauren realized there was a better, more lucrative way right in front of her. She decided to give real estate a try. Lauren started as a fix-and-flip investor by buying foreclosure property from the courthouse auctions and renting properties back to her foreclosed occupants. Eventually, this savvy full-time working mom of two realized she did not have…

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Today’s REAL TidBit explores three Government Sponsored Organizations that act as the backbone of the real estate mortgage markets. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginne Mae buy pools of mortgages from banks and non-bank originators, then package these into low risk securities that are sold around the globe. Since Fannie’s inception in 1938, these GSEs have been the prime liquidity provider to the US mortgage markets. To learn more, visit:https://billbymel.com/ Listen to more episodes on Mission Matters:https://missionmatters.com/author/bill-bymel/

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Not all immigrants come to the USA penniless. Many wealthier, more educated families from South America have made their moves to the USA in search of a better life with more opportunities. Such was the case for Oscar Caballero and his two brothers, who came to the US for education but stayed to raise families and build their real estate portfolios. Oscar Caballero is a bio engineer by trade. His father, a successful rice farmer in Colombia in the 70s and 80s, Oscar was tasked with gaining a higher level of education about farming technology. Except, by…

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Capitalism, Environmental, and Social Governance don’t always quite fit well together. Bryan Emerson has found a way to do both. He and his wife Laura gave up the hustle and bustle of city life to go off the grid deep in the forests of Alaska, an area so remote it can only be accessed by seaplane. As an angel investor and investment banker since 2000 and serial entrepreneur since the 1970s, Bryan Emerson has developed a network of over 46,000 investors, entrepreneurs, and business professionals. Most are fellow finance professionals who run venture funds, private equity…

Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Buying performing mortgages is a great way to invest in real estate without the trouble of being a Landlord. Fred Moskowitz has perfected a model for purchasing second lien mortgages that are safe investments with strong yields. Fred Moscowitz is a Note Investor and Best Selling Author of “The Little Green Book on Note Investing” He is a former engineer based in the Philadelphia area and a national speaker on real estate, mortgage finance, and other matters. To learn more, visit:https://billbymel.com/ Listen to more episodes on Mission Matters:https://missionmatters.com/author/bill-bymel/