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investor strategyPodcast6 min
October 29, 2026 · Robert Hytha

Escrow Advances and Corporate Advances

Most note investors know they own the debt — but fewer realize they may also need to pay the taxes and insurance on the collateral securing it when a.

Ep. 630:00
5:58
  • What you’ll learn:

  • How escrow accounts work on a performing loan — and why a current first lien in front of your second is one of the best forms of passive protection you have

  • Why unpaid property taxes on a first lien you own can eventually wipe out your secured position entirely — and what the timeline looks like

  • What a corporate advance is — and why running it through your servicer is what makes it recoverable when the loan resolves

  • How the per diem rate on delinquent taxes affects your decision about when to advance the payment versus folding it into a resolution agreement

  • How attorney fees can qualify as recoverable lender expenses — and why reading your attorney’s invoice line by line is worth the two minutes it takes

Free Note Investor Workshop

Learn notes by pricing one.

Analyze a training loan modeled on a real deal, then submit practice offers on loans that actually sold.

  • No credit card
  • No email needed to start
  • 7 steps · about 70 min
The workshop’s training loan on FIXnotes: a non-performing second lien with its balance, borrower and equity waterfall