Non-Performing Loan Real Estate Investment Litigation Strategy with Chris Zona - CRE PN #527
Commercial Real Estate Pro Network
Release Date: 10/30/2025
Commercial Real Estate Pro Network
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J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you, Chris Zona, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Chris Zona Sure. So I think it really fits within what we're talking about. I think the biggest risk for investors that are in this this realm is that you need to be comfortable with taking over a potential non performing note, right? Like there is no way to avoid risk when you're making this sort of play. So what you need to do is kind of, you know, balance minimizing the risk through your diligence process, because you don't want to take on something that you're not ready to you don't want to overextend in...
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