Free Note Investing Book

Learn How Mortgage Notes Can Create a Different Kind of Real Estate Income

Discover the strategies Eddie Speed has learned through more than four decades in the note business.

If you like real estate but not the idea of tenants, repairs, and property management, mortgage note investing offers another way to participate. This book introduces the strategies, concepts, and opportunities behind becoming the bank instead of the landlord.

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Eddie Speed note investing book

Inside the Book, You’ll Discover

Get an introduction to the strategies and concepts that have made mortgage notes an important part of the real estate investing world.

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Why mortgage notes are often overlooked by traditional real estate investors.

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How note investors evaluate opportunities during changing real estate and economic conditions.

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Ways notes may be used within tax-advantaged investing and retirement strategies.

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How experienced investors may use other people’s capital to participate in larger opportunities.

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How the private mortgage market creates opportunities for buyers and sellers of real estate-backed debt.

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Why understanding notes can give real estate investors another tool beyond owning rental property.

New to Note Investing?

These short videos answer three of the biggest questions investors have when they first discover mortgage notes.

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What Is a Note?

Market Timing

When Is the Best Time to Buy Notes?

Why Notes?

Why Notes Over Other Investment Strategies?

Why Do Investors Look at Notes?

Note investing and traditional real estate ownership work differently. Understanding those differences can help investors decide which strategies fit their goals.

Mortgage Note Investing

  • ✓ Backed by underlying real estate collateral when properly secured.
  • ✓ Can provide scheduled payment income without directly managing tenants.
  • ✓ Different note sizes and structures can provide flexibility.
  • ✓ Investors can diversify across multiple borrowers, properties, and markets.
  • ✓ Many aspects of the business can be managed remotely.
  • ✓ Does not involve the same day-to-day property management responsibilities as rentals.

Owning Rental Property

  • • Requires direct ownership and responsibility for the physical property.
  • • May involve tenants, repairs, maintenance, and property management.
  • • Large purchases can require significant capital or financing.
  • • Returns can be affected by vacancies, repairs, local rents, and property expenses.
  • • Scaling often means acquiring and managing additional physical properties.
  • • Can still be an effective strategy, but it operates very differently from owning notes.

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Eddie Speed, founder of NoteSchool

Meet the Author: Eddie Speed

Eddie Speed has spent more than four decades in the note business and is the founder of NoteSchool, where he has helped educate investors on mortgage notes, seller financing, deal structure, and real estate-backed debt.

His experience spans tens of thousands of note transactions and multiple real estate cycles, giving him a perspective built from decades of working directly in the industry.

Through NoteSchool, Eddie teaches investors how the note business works and how it can fit alongside other real estate and investing strategies.

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