P- Houston TX E-$130k after judgements paid T-2 owners passed away at the same time. Have a D/T from a Mortgage company who is defunct. First financial bought their assets in 2009. No release or assignment of this loan. SOL expired on one A/J from early 2000's while a second A/J is recent right before one diedwith no release. If the D/T still is active it has 5 years remaining from maturity and another 4 from potential foreclosure if sold off. Both parties are also still on the deed I-2 families of the decedent(s) T-nothing imminent. daughter named in one will of the decedents has taken control of the property by renting it out. She put new floors, roof and hvac. O-The other decedents family to buy them out. A little lost on how to operate with this zombie loan attached to use it as a leverage point with the other family that is not involved from what I can see. What is my play here other than quiet title or acquiring the note itself?

https://billandkimcook.com/what-box-seminar/ Many of my most profitable transactions combine Dirty title situation with Creative solutions. This class with my friends Bill & Kim Cook is a place to learn some of the creative concepts.

I like taking my dog for a walk when I check out properties. The neighbors only pay attention to my dog so I can linger and wander into yards while blaming my dog for ignoring property lines and private spaces.

Freedom of information act is the tool we can use to mine data from government agencies that is not readily available from typical list & data sellers. Some cities & agencies are very cooperative, others give you the run around, provide unusable data or simply ignore your requests. It's a delicate art sometimes, & sometimes you run into a dead end or a rabbit hole. But sometimes BOOM you hit a nice deep rich vein of gold. Would I spend a ton of time on it...No, there are some activities you need to prioritize. Make a promise to spend maybe 15-20 hrs over the rest of the year requesting lists & following up on rejections & denials for data from some agencies: i.e. Code Enforcement, Health Department, Public Safety, etc. You just may uncover a hidden goldmine. If you join Summer School I will touch on some things that have worked for me.

The curative investing space is the hot ticket lately with lots of so called gurus claiming to be experts. Personally I would only vouch for a few select operators who I know personally are the real deal. I also know who are simply opportunists looking to make a quick buck. I was fortunate enough to have done my first “curative” transaction over 2 decades ago. I have continued to do this under the radar in stealth mode. I was introduced to it by a small circle of investors who prefer to stay under the radar. We meet 2 times per year and the we informally called ourselves “Bottomfeeders” . It is invitation only by the founder of the group so don’t ask for an invitation. I also have spent almost 2 decades learning “alternative” or “creative” acquisition and investment structuring . I think the word “creative “ has a negative connotation these days because of shady as “f” so called experts selling bs courses to impress newbies that are willing to drink the kool aid & worship the guru du jour. I studied under legit investors not “boot camp marketers” and to this day I consider myself a lifetime student, always curious, always learning and improving. What makes this different… This isn’t a polished course created to be marketed & sold with pretty or slick ads with sales funnels, facebook ads, reels or tik tok bait. I combine Curative, Creative, & most importantly Community of real deal investors who create wealth with real estate not shiny slick courses. My goal is to adapt what works for me into a bad ass system that will work for you in your market. I’m still working on creating the application so thanks for your patience. My thinking is that I want to have a small group with similar levels of experience and capabilities so we can move fast and kick ass. It may require 2 separate small groups one expert group one beginner group. This is going to be a Summer to remember!