The Four Labors of Carrie Cook: The Tragic Setting
Part 1 Has life ever thrown you a curveball that truly pushed you to your limits and tested your willpower? Let’s just say this is not...
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Carrie Cook
May 17, 20214 min read
The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Solution to Pitfall 3
4 Ways to Maintain Diversification. SOLUTION #3 – Lack of Diversification If you are investing through a mortgage broker you want to be...
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Carrie Cook
May 10, 20211 min read
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
Mar 15, 20212 min read
Misconception of Trust Deeds #5
My financial planner doesn't offer this so I can't do it. I mentioned that in the next several blogs I am going to review the most common...
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Carrie Cook
Mar 1, 20211 min read
Misconception of Trust Deeds #3
Investments cost too much to get started. I mentioned that in the next several blogs I am going to review the most common misconceptions...
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Carrie Cook
Feb 22, 20211 min read
Misconception of Trust Deeds #2
Only unworthy borrowers need hard money loans. I mentioned that in the next several blogs I am going to review the most common...
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Carrie Cook
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Misconception of Trust Deeds #1
Trust Deeds are only for the rich. I mentioned that in the next several blogs I am going to review the most common misconceptions of...
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Carrie Cook
Feb 8, 20212 min read
I lied about what I do.
I consider myself to be a trustworthy and honest person, so why have I lied before about what I do for a living? I consider myself to be...
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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 25, 20212 min read
Transparency: A Business Essential
Is transparency a buzzword, a culture, a requirement? No, it is just the right thing to do. What does the word transparency mean to you?...
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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
Jan 14, 20213 min read
The 10 Lessons that I Learned on my Way to the Top: Lessons 6-10
I was making moves to the top at the missteps of others. In walks lesson six and that is never disrespect your authority when managing...
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