The Note Closers Show - The #1 Podcast for Note Investing

The Note Closers Show - The #1 Podcast for Note Investing

Explore the world of real estate note investing and gain insights into controlling real estate at huge discounts! Are you a real estate investor or entrepreneur looking to expand your knowledge in the market? Welcome to "The Note Closers Show Podcast," a podcast dedicated to real estate investing, with a focus on note investing. Join your host, Scott Carson, a seasoned investor with experience in real estate and note investing. This podcast aims to provide a comprehensive look at buying, selling, and managing mortgage notes and paper assets. What You'll Learn & Who You'll Meet: Distressed Asset Insights: Learn about buying non-performing and performing notes from various sources and how this relates to controlling properties. Expert Interviews: Scott features discussions with industry experts, including attorneys, loan servicers, title experts, vendors, and successful individuals in the field. Actionable Strategies: Gain insights into finding deals, performing due diligence, negotiating, creative financing techniques, and potentially maximizing returns. Beyond the Notes: The show also delves into entrepreneurial skills such as marketing, raising capital, business systems, and the mindset needed for success in various market conditions. Inspiration & Entertainment: Listen to engaging conversations with diverse guests who share their journeys. Why Tune In? Whether you're new to real estate investing or have experience, Scott aims to provide knowledge and clarity to help you in your endeavors. The content is presented with a focus on finding opportunities. Join the Community: Listen to new episodes weekly across major podcast platforms and watch on YouTube. Find free resources and a schedule of events and training at www.WeCloseNotes.com. Learn more about potential coaching opportunities by booking a call at www.TalkWithScottCarson.com. Subscribe now to explore real estate note investing! Scott also brings in experts in marketing, entrepreneurship, business, and mindset to help his audience in the day-to-day grind of being a business owner, investor and entrepreneur. With over a decade of experience as the “Note Guy” Scott has invested in all types of note investments. Ranging from residential assets on an individual or large bulk basis to commercial notes in each asset class, Scott has the connections and knowledge to help his students take down all property types. If you have an appetite to grow your business from single family homes to multifamily, self-storage, mobile home parks, mixed-use, strip malls or other asset classes, Scott brings on the experts in these different fields to help give you guidance and clarity as a note and real estate investor to find success at your own pace. The Note Closers Show also features a variety of different experts and vendors, ranging from attorneys, servicing companies, special servicing experts, title experts, and other real estate professionals to help you organize your own note business and have the best possible team of professionals at your disposal. Along with these experts, Scott also spends time identifying market and deal opportunities across the multiple facets of the note and paper industry. Scott also realizes that work isn’t everything to an entrepreneur, and that’s why he also mixes in the occasionally mindset expert and guest wild card to keep his shows content fresh and relevant in today’s everchanging investment environment. It’s common for Scott to add an award-winning personality, athlete or podcaster to the stellar lineup of guests who might make a surprise appearance on the podcast. Scott’s willingness to be an open book and share the different facets of his business, life, and journey and his ability to use humor (and his sound effects) will keep you coming back again and again.

Episodes

August 18, 2026 15 mins

Is a luxury beachfront property with massive rental income always a slam-dunk deal for a note investor? Welcome back to another episode of 50 Note Deals in 50 Days!

In today's episode, real estate investor Scott Carson takes you down to sunny Galveston, Texas, to analyze a high-end, waterfront short-term rental (STR) facing foreclosure. Featured on a popular wedding show on Netflix and operating as a premier event venue and Airbnb, ...

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Is every real estate deal a home run, or do some turn out to be too skinny to touch? Welcome back to another episode of 50 Note Deals in 50 Days!

In today's episode, real estate investor Scott Carson breaks down a full case study on a high-equity convertible reverse mortgage in Tyler, Texas. Sitting on nearly a third of an acre with a solid structure and clean interior photos, this property looks great at first glance. But as every ...

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Stop burning thousands of dollars on dead-end Facebook ads and Google marketing—the search landscape has permanently shifted, and the playing field is officially leveled!

In this episode of The Note Closers Show, host Scott Carson breaks down how note buyers and real estate investors can dominate their target markets and rank as the #1 recommended investor using modern AI search tools. The days of prospects wading through ten...

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Stop focusing strictly on collateral value and start underwriting for true repayment!

In this episode of The Note Closers Show, host Scott Carson sits down with 30-year credit banking veteran, note investor, and author of The Mad Lender’s Guide to Private Lending and Note Investing, Doug Smith. Doug—aka "The Mad Lender"—shares essential insights into how private investors can avoid devastating loss rates, properly ...

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What happens when three nominees for the REDnews Social Media Influencer of the Year Award jump on a call together? Absolute magic! In this special episode of The Note Closers Show, host Scott Carson is joined by fellow CRE award nominees Elke Laughlin (Principal at Laughlin Consulting Group) and Samy Soussan (Business Development at Madison Title & host of The CRE Connection Podcast).

Instead of treating award nominations as a...

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It’s that time of the month again, note investors! Scott Carson is back with the official Texas Foreclosure Update for August 2026. Following July’s massive 12% to 16% surge across Texas counties, are we seeing a continued wave of distressed properties—or is the market taking a breather?

In this episode, Scott pulls back the curtain on the raw numbers, tracking over 4,200 scheduled residential and commercial forec...

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Guns Up, real estate investors! In this episode of The Note Closers Show, Scott Carson heads up to Lubbock, Texas, to analyze a unique non-performing first-lien note case study. This occupied 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home features significant recent exterior rehab (new roof, windows, and paint), 33% equity, and a surprisingly low $158/month principal and interest payment that has gone unpaid for nearly two years!

Scott walks through t...

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Are you feeling the pinch of economic chaos with too much month left at the end of your paycheck? Want to jump into real estate investing without dealing with toilets, tenants, trash outs, or massive startup capital? In this episode, Scott Carson reveals why wholesaling mortgage notes is the ultimate path of least resistance to generate $2,000, $5,000, or even $35,000+ per month in profit—without putting up a single dime of y...

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Looking for a low-risk, high-yield opportunity to deploy your capital or retirement funds? In this episode of The Note Closers Show, Scott Carson breaks down a lucrative, short-term performing hard money loan right outside the thriving Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in Mesquite, Texas! With a massive equity cushion, a strong 650-FICO borrower making 20% down, and a 49% Investment-to-Value (ITV) position, this short-term first lien not...

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Welcome back, note investors! Scott Carson, "The Note Guy," is diving into a high-potential case study straight out of the hot Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex! In this breakdown, Scott walks through a vacant reverse mortgage (HECM) deal located in Grand Prairie, Texas. With an unpaid legal balance sitting far below the market value, this deal offers multiple exit strategies—whether you are looking for a quick 90-day foreclosure f...

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Welcome back to The Note Closers Show! In today's episode, your host Scott Carson—"The Note Guy"—is joined by a special guest, Rob Bergeron, the "tilapia of realtors" turned real estate investor, AI enthusiast, and founder of offmarket.deals.

If you want to discover how to scale your deal flow, leverage AI for massive offer volume, navigate novations, or enter the highly profitable world of mortgage note investing, this ...

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Are you ready to stop chasing traditional real estate flips and start dominating the high-yield world of paper investing? In this episode of The Note Closers Show, Scott Carson breaks down a highly lucrative, real-world case study on a vacant, non-performing reverse mortgage (HECM) located in the booming market of Waco, Texas—home of Baylor University! This unique asset has been on the radar for nearly a year, and Scott share...

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Are you tired of leaving your investment capital sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the "perfect" real estate deal to come along? In this episode of The Note Closers Show, Scott Carson delivers a massive shortcut to double-digit returns without the headaches of traditional property management, intensive due diligence, or multi-decade commitments. We are breaking down a high-yield, short-term case study on a performing Texas hard...

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Are your investment dollars sitting idle in a self-directed IRA or low-yield account while inflation eats away at your buying power? In this episode of The Note Closers Show, Scott Carson sits down with members of the WCN community to reveal a massive opportunity in short-term performing paper. A seasoned, 20-year veteran of the real estate industry—and former operator of one of the largest "We Buy Ugly Houses" franchises in ...

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Ever wanted to pull a six-figure profit out of a property without ever swinging a hammer, dealing with a tenant, or managing a single contractor? Welcome to the lucrative world of Texas reverse mortgage note investing.

In this episode of 50 Note Deals in 50 Days, host Scott Carson breaks down a fascinating, real-time case study on a Texas reverse mortgage (HECM) foreclosure deal currently sitting on his desk. Scott walks you step-by...

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Tired of skinny profit margins, fighting over overpriced retail listings, and dealing with the constant headaches of being a landlord? Welcome to the ultimate real estate loophole: Note Arbitrage.

In this episode, seasoned real estate investor Scott Carson breaks down a powerful, real-world case study from his "50 Note Deals in 50 Days" series. You will discover how to acquire a prime, owner-occupied performing mortgage note in San ...

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⚡ Flipping the Lender: How to Arbitrage Non-Performing Hard Money Notes for 42%+ Quick Paydays

Welcome back to the 50 Note Deals in 50 Days case study series! In this episode, Scott Carson—"The Note Guy"—uncovers an extraordinary, under-the-radar sector of the distressed debt market: buying non-performing hard money loans directly from institutional portfolios at massive discounts. When a fund broker dropped a l...

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🤠 Pure San Antonio Pride of Ownership: Capturing Low-Risk Passive Cash Flow in Converse, Texas

Welcome back to the 50 Note Deals in 50 Days breakdown series! In this episode, Scott Carson—"The Note Guy"—takes us out to a booming, high-demand pocket of the San Antonio metroplex to review a rock-solid, performing first-lien mortgage note in Converse, Texas. If you have been looking for an incredibly secure, "set-...

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🦅 The Foreclosure Canary in the Coal Mine: Sourcing Off-Market Deals & Private Capital in Harris County, Texas

Welcome to another high-impact episode of Money Mondays on WeCloseNotes.com! In this training, Scott Carson—"The Note Guy"—reveals why Harris County, Texas (Houston) is the ultimate operational bellwether for the entire United States real estate market. As the largest county in Texas and the third-...

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🐊 Florida Real Estate Debt Case Study: Turning a Non-Performing Divorce Note into a 21%+ Return

Welcome back to the 50 Note Deals in 50 Days breakdown series! In this episode, Scott Carson—"The Note Guy"—takes us outside the Lone Star State and directly into the Sunshine State for a fascinating, non-performing note case study in Mayo, Florida. If you have been looking for an under-the-radar opportunity with a m...

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