The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Pitfall 3
Are you really diversified? PITFALL #3 - Lack of Diversification When investing in the stock market, do you put everything in your entire...
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Carrie Cook
May 3, 20212 min read
The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Solution to Pitfall 2
Take a closer look at loan Underwriting, not just LTV. SOLUTION # 2 – Loan-to-Own Underwriting What is the solution to loan-to-own...
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Carrie Cook
Apr 26, 20214 min read
The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Pitfall 2
Take a closer look at loan Underwriting. PITFALL #2 - Loan-to-Own Underwriting Loan-to-own underwriting is pitfall number two. In this...
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Carrie Cook
Apr 19, 20215 min read
The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Solution to Pitfall 1
Align the Broker and the Investor SOLUTION #1 – An Invested Mortgage Broker The solution to this pitfall is not complicated. You need to...
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Carrie Cook
Apr 12, 20215 min read
The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Pitfall 1
Who is your broker really working for? The comments are all too familiar. "It’s too good to be true...” “You’re going to lose all my...
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Carrie Cook
Apr 5, 20213 min read
Investment Advice for 40 somethings...
The biggest issue as you amass wealth is how to keep it. Since I am a 40 something and I have practiced what I preach with the skills...
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Carrie Cook
Mar 29, 20214 min read
Investment Advice for 30 somethings...
Are you making a financial faux pas. As I was writing my “Investment Advice for 20 Somethings”, I felt like it would be very...
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Carrie Cook
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Investment Advice for 20 somethings...
What investment advice I wish I knew when I was their age. One of my younger employees, a 20 something year-old, asked me what investment...
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Carrie Cook
Jan 28, 20212 min read
Transparency Builds Trust
Is transparency a buzzword, a culture, a requirement? No, it is just the right thing to do. The concept of “need to know” has undergone a...
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Carrie Cook
Jan 21, 20212 min read
The Art of Managing Stress
Keep calm and stay positive. Day-to-day work stresses are reduced by trust. Without trust, the stress of managing a team is overwhelming....
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Carrie Cook
Jan 18, 20213 min read
Operating Under Stress
The Show Must Go On. This blog came about because a few of my employees told me I should write a book because I have a lot of life...
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Carrie Cook
Dec 28, 20203 min read
Be Careful What You Wish For - Training
Learn something new, you never know when it may be useful. Helping had no boundaries at this job as Mirage Resorts required that one...
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Carrie Cook
Dec 24, 20203 min read
Be Careful What You Wish For - Leadership
Faced with a challenge do you complain or get started? I started working at fifteen with the permission of my parents to get a work...
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Carrie Cook
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Does Who You Admire Matter? Part 4
Asking Permission or Begging Forgiveness? My mentor taught me that if you want something, go get it. Do not ask permission and do not beg...
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Carrie Cook
Dec 17, 20204 min read
Does Who You Admire Matter? Part 3
Having a mentor is not a sign of weakness; it shows you are smart enough and are driven enough to succeed.
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Carrie Cook
Dec 10, 20202 min read
Does Who You Admire Matter? Part 1
Mentors and Interns Having a mentor and being a mentor is the most important role everyone should experience, whether the mentee or...
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Carrie Cook
Nov 30, 20202 min read
Challenge Strikes: Part 1
Life After Death Some of the hardest things in life that I have dealt with may come as a surprise. There are three things that have...
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Carrie Cook
Nov 21, 20208 min read
Working for a Woman - Part 1
I shared my viewpoint, now find out what my employees had to say. Because my perspective as a female leader may be jaded, I polled a few...
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Carrie Cook
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Defaults - The Lessons
Lessons learned over 10 years At Ignite Funding, as a Trust Deed investment commercial broker, loan servicer, and asset manager (as...
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Carrie Cook
Nov 12, 20202 min read
Defaults - The Stories
Take Risks by the Horns Investors and employees alike put me on a pedestal with the expectations that a default should never happen....
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