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investor strategyPodcast6 min
November 5, 2026 · Robert Hytha

When to Sell the Note Instead

Most note investors treat selling a loan as a last resort or a quick fix, but the real skill is knowing when it beats the alternative. In this episode, we.

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  • What you’ll learn:

  • Why a borrower resolution is usually the best outcome and what selling does to the next buyer’s cost basis

  • How to compare expected resolution value against what a buyer would pay today

  • Why velocity of capital can matter as much as the size of the return

  • The situations where selling makes sense and the ones where holding pays off

  • How to prepare a loan for sale so uncertainty does not cost you in the price

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