Our Atlanta REIA Main Meeting is Monday Evening starting at 5:30 PM. We've got some very exciting speakers and topics you don't want to miss! Robyn Thompson will be our main speaker on rehabbing and marketing. Additionally we have several other excellent local investors and speakers talking about REI 101, IRA Investing, legal questions, mobile technology and more!
Atlanta REIA is excited to announce that Robyn Thompson, “The Queen of Rehab”, will be our main speaker at our February Main Meeting where she will teach you how to turn foreclosures, estate sales and ugly houses into fast cash and huge profits. Specifically, Robyn is going to teach you...
SPECIAL BONUS for Attendees: Robyn also has a very special bonus for everyone who attends our meeting. She will be giving away a brand new Audio Course entitled "The Fast Track Principles to Wealth" which will teach you the absolute fastest way to get out of debt. She will give you the three key ingredients to becoming wealthy no matter what your current financial situation might be as well as the critical steps to wealth accumulation and the 5 steps necessary to achieve the millionaire mindset. She will also walk you through the 7 types of real estate transactions that can be done with little money down so you to can build massive wealth from mere pennies. These cutting edge strategies are how she went from a broke waitress to multi-millionaire in three short years. Robyn sells "The Fast Track Principals to Wealth" for $249, but is offering as a gift for the first 100 people who join us at our February 13th Main Meeting.
Guests can attend our meeting for $10 at the door or RSVP Online Now for FREE!
"What's Happening at Atlanta REIA" is a mini-session hosted by Atlanta REIA Executive Director, Dustin Griffin, to update our members and guests on many of the exciting new things that are going on at Atlanta REIA in the upcoming weeks and months such as upcoming workshops, webcasts, special events, members benefits and more!
"New Member Orientation" is a mini-session hosted by Karen Bershad that is designed to introduce our new members (and guests interested in become a member) to our organization and show them multiple ways they can get involved, get connected and get educated. Come learn more about our website, meetings, networking events, workshops, webcasts, replays and more!
"Real Estate Investing 101" is an new educational mini-session designed to give new real estate investors an exciting glimse into the highly profitable world of real estate investing. This month's special guest speaker is local real estate expert, Russ Hiner who will be giving you an overview of the different ways you can profit by investing in real estate.
"There's an App for That" is a fun new mini-session dedicated to updating you on some of the latest and greatest applications or "apps" for your iPad, iphone or Droid smartphones and tablets for both business and personal use. We want to help you become a high-tech, mobile real estate entreprenuer and this month, Don DeRosa is going to help you do just that!
"IRA Investing 101 & 201" is a 2 part mini-sesion that will be led by Jim Hitt of American IRA, LLC. Part 1 will take place this month and cover some IRA investing basics. Part 2 will take place at our March Main Meeting and will cover more intermediate to advanced IRA investing strategies.
"Ask the Attorney" is an informative and educational mini-session where you can ask a real estate attorney your legal questions. If you don't have a real estate attorney, this will be your perfect chance to meet one and get your questions answered. This month's special guest will be John Maurer.
"Have's & Wants Speed Marketing" is 30 minute marketing session hosted by Joe Thompson that is held to help facilitate deals by giving our members the opportunity to quickly market things they HAVE and no longer want and to find things they WANT but don’t yet have. Be sure to get to the meeting early and get on the speed marketing list if you want to participate.
After the conclusion of the Main Meeting, we will be reconvening at the Tilted Kilt Perimeter located at 1155-B Mount Vernon Highway in Atlanta for the "Meeting after the Meeting". The Tilted Kilt will be offering half price appetizers as well as food and drink specials for our membes and guests. Come eat, drink, network and have fun with us as hang out late into the night!
*Please Note: Meeting agenda is subject to change.
Each and every month, for the duration of our meeting, we have a Vendor Tradeshow in which you can come out and meet many of our participating business members who help sponsor our meeting. It's not to late to sponsor this meeting. Business members RSVP for a Vendor Table here for only $25 by using coupon code "VIPDISCOUNT" and save $50. Thanks again sponsors!
Networth Realty of Atlanta, LLC - A licensed, full-service residential wholesale brokerage that specializes in finding quality wholesale properties and making them available to you.
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Halperin Lyman, LLC - A transactional real property law firm devoted to providing the full spectrum of non-litigation related real estate legal and consulting services to its clientele.
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Solutions Realty Network - Providing expert property management and investment services since 2003. You invest and we take care of the rest! We're the solution to all your real estate needs.
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Also, special thanks to all of our volunteers that help make our meetings and networking events possible!
I hope to see you at one of our meetings or networking events soon!
PLEASE NOTE: We ran out of room at the hotel for all the folks who RSVP'd for the 2 Guest Passes to the Wealth Builder Summit, so Robyn made arrangements with the hotel for a bigger room. However, there are only a few seats left, so RSVP for your passes while supplies last. When they're gone, they're gone!
Hey everyone, in case you did not hear the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT we made last week about the upcoming Wealth Building Summit, it's worth repeating... On February 3rd-5th, Robyn Thompson, Ron LeGrand, Alan Cowgill and Ryan Bush will be in Atlanta for a 3 Day Wealth Building Summit!
This news gets EVEN BETTER... even though tickets to this Wealth Summit are $199 per person, because of our close relationship with Robyn, she has given me some compIimentary tickets to share with YOU and your +1 guest, but you must act fast! We only have a limited number of tickets left because of the demand. RSVP Now to secure your seats to this exciting event!
This is 3 full, action and information packed days with 4 experts who will be showing you many of the crucial strategies you need to implement in your real estate investing business to maximize your profits and reduce your risk in today's ever changing real estate market. When these passes are gone, they're gone so RSVP Now and don't miss it!
Read more about the event at AtlantaREIA.com >>
Attend the all new, 4 day, Breakthrough Real Estate Investing Academy on November 3rd - 6th in Atlanta where you'll discover the latest BREAKTHROUGH real estate investing technologies, tools and techniques to make your investing business easier and more profitable than ever! You'll have two prominent, successful local investors, Don DeRosa and Duncan Wierman, both playing at the top of their games, sharing their secrets with you so you can break through whatever is preventing you from growing your business exponentially.
You'll learn techniques that will catapult your real estate investing business like running inexpensive, automated marketing programs to get your phone to ring instantly. Or tools that will help you get your life back like using Virtual Assistants to offload time-consuming tasks. These guys pack their seminars with content, and this one is literally overflowing! Read more...
Atlanta REIA Members can register today for only $99 and bring a guest for only $50 more! Non-Members can attend for $199 OR Join Atlanta REIA first as a Silver Member for $100 and then regisgter for the event as a member for only $99. Seating is very limited so Register Now!
If you are interested in making quick money by “Wholesaling” properties you have to join us on our next Training Opportunity Webcast! On Thursday, November 3rd, at 7:00 PM ET, our special guests will be Than Merrill & Jon Steingraber from A&E’s “Flip this House” on “How to Make Money Wholesaling Real Estate – A No B.S. discussion on what current opportunities are BEST in today’s market.” Than and Jon wholesale a ton of houses each month and on the webcast they're going to show you exactly how they run their business as well as how you can get started making money wholesaling distressed properties right here in Atlanta. Register for the webcast now and don't miss it! Read more...
Haves and Wants is a weekly investor's networking, brainstorming and deal making jam session hosted by Joe Thompson and held at 5 Seasons Brewing located at 5600 Roswell Rd (map) inside the Perimeter at the "Prado" in Sandy Springs from 1:30 PM till approximately 3:00 PM. This group is all about doing deals and making money right now. If you are a real estate player or want to be, this is one meeting you don't want to miss! Read more→
My good friend and mentor, Ron LeGrand, the Nation’s Leading Quick Turn Real Estate Expert, is back in Atlanta and has invited you to join him at his new Fast Track to Wealth Seminar on November 5th to help you discover that right now is the best opportunity to make an obscene amount of money in real estate and how you can be a part of it.
We are in the "Perfect Storm", contrary to what you hear on the news, because unusual chains of events have come together to create an economic climate for real estate investors, both beginners and seasoned pros, like Ron has never seen in his 27 years in the experience. If you don’t take action now, and get on the bandwagon, the greatest opportunity to create wealth on The Fast Track may pass you by before you even know what happened.
Ron promises this 1-day Fast Track Event will be a career-changing one, and from what I know of him, it will be. These are a few of the things he has told me you’ll be learning. Read more...
Our next What's Hot in Real Estate Investing Webcast is on Tuesday, October 18th at 7PM ET with website designer and internet marketing expert, Jens Beatty, on his WordPress LeadTheme 2.5. As you know, many real estate investors and small business owners use WordPress to power their websites and blogs because of it’s flexibility, ease of use and its ability to achieve great search engine rankings without a lot of technical know how. Because of the ever increasing interest in WordPress, Jens has created a fantastic WordPress theme that focuses on something that most WordPress themes do not… generating leads. His WordPress theme is called LeadTheme and it was designed specifically to make it super quick and easy to get your website online and generating leads. LeadTheme 2.5 is also designed to work with popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google +. Read More...
Join us on the webcast and download LeadTheme 2.5 for FREE!
This month at the Atlanta REIA North Meeting on Wednesday, October 19th at 6:30 PM at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D in Buford, Georgia, Jim Hitt of American IRA, will teach you how to use IRA's to invest in real estate. Jim will teach you how to use your Roth IRA to buy real estate tax free, how to lend money on real estate deals, how to borrow money from private lenders using their IRA and much more. Please join us at Atlanta REIA North to learn more about investing with IRAs!
Immediately after the Atlanta REIA North Monthly Meeting at approximately 9 PM, we will reconvene at the Mall of Georgia Tilted Kilt located at 3480 Financial Center Pkwy in Buford, GA for the meeting-after-the-meeting, AKA Late Nite Networking. We hope you will come out and eat, drink, network, learn and have fun with us and keep the investing conversations going late into the evening!
Haves and Wants is a weekly investor's networking, brainstorming and deal making jam session hosted by Joe Thompson and held at 5 Seasons Brewing located at 5600 Roswell Rd (map) inside the Perimeter at the "Prado" in Sandy Springs from 1:30 PM till approximately 3:00 PM. This group is all about doing deals and making money right now. If you are a real estate player or want to be, this is one meeting you don't want to miss! Read more...
This Thursday at 7PM ET, Don DeRosa will take the coolest tech tool out there - the iPad - and walk through step-by-step, how to use it to evaluate and structure real estate deals with the greatest of ease.
Don's going to walk through two of his recent deals and cover:
...all the things you need to know to get a deal done right in this market.
Don will also share the iPad apps he used - both "out of the box" from the Apple store, and those he tweaked a bit (he'll show you how he tweaked 'em to make them powerful investor tools), to see whether he had a buyer lined up already, to track determine repairs, and ultimately to get the contract done - on site - absolutely paperless! It's just too cool!
This is a Training Opportunity Webcast you won't want to miss. Whether you use an iPad or not, you'll get some great, current, local real estate education, tips, and insights from an expert, right in our own backyard, who always shares a ton of his knowledge. Learn where he's buying and why - so you can cash in on the amazing deals right here in your market. Register Now!
You really want to take advantage of this hot Buyer’s market, you know it’s a great time to be involved in real estate, but there’s something stopping you—something BIG. You just don’t know where to get the money to do your deals! Well we’re about to fix that-come join us at Atlanta REIA West on Monday, October 24th at 6:30 PM and discover various ways to get access to CASH to do your deals. We’ll expose you to some pretty creative and non-conventional methods to fund your deals. This is one you definitely don’t want to miss, because its common knowledge that the one with the cash gets the best deals!
We have assembled a panel of REAL money sources for you. This group of lenders and experts has never before been brought together like this! Meet Jim Hitt with American IRA, a real source of a wealth of information on private money lending. Meet David Dick, a Hard Money Lender right here in the Atlanta area. Meet Tim Gibson, a Senior Loan Officer with the #1 Ranked Independent Mortgage Lender for Purchases in the U.S. Meet Jim Gibson, a Reverse Mortgage Specialist hand-picked from the masses to represent this very unique product. Attend Atlanta REIA West and meet them all, live and in person. These four people have access to millions of dollars to lend to people just like you. Read More...
PLEASE NOTE: This FREE Workshop will fill up fast since it is limited to the first 30 people who RSVP. Register now to reserve your seat!
Short Sale Expert, Bob Massey is back at Atlanta REIA teaching a FREE workshop for Atlanta REIA Members on Saturday, October 22nd from 9AM to 1PM at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D in Buford, Georgia. This will be a two part workshop. The first will be on the foreclosure process in GA, the law and how it affects the agent, the seller and the investor.
The second half of the workshop will be to discuss real estate agents and their role with investors. This will NOT be the same presentation that Bob did at the September 2011 main meeting nor the Short Sale Webcast he did with us on October 6th. This is going to be all new material in a workshop environment where your will get tons of education about how to work with agents during the entire short sale process, from start to close.
Most investors have heard the phrase Lease
Option. A few have even used a Lease Option when trying to rent a property to a tenant/buyer. But practically no one
understands what the Option part of a Lease Option is, or realizes that Options are the safest way to create HUGE bundles
of real estate profits!
I learned about the power of Options from Jack Miller (God rest his wise soul!) starting back in 1999. Jack was the King of Options. His knowledge was nothing short of amazing!!!
For the first time, I’m going to share a few of the things I’ve learned from Jack over the years. The Option techniques he taught were gamechangers for Kim and me and have allowed us to rake in solid real estate profits during this down market.
Example: In 2008, a homeowner was $3,200 in arrears on his mortgage because of a job loss. He found a new job, but was struggling to catch up his mortgage. The lender was threatening to foreclose. Because of his bad credit, the bank wouldn’t lend him any money. He only owed $68,000 on a home that was conservatively worth $155,000, and didn’t want to sell or move. How would you work this deal?
Here’s how we structured a creative and profitable win-win deal with the homeowner: For $3,200 – which we sent to the lender – we bought a seven-year Option to Purchase from the owner and recorded it against the property with a Security Deed. Within seven years, we had the right to buy the property at an amount equal to the owner’s mortgage balance at the time we purchased – an amount that would be (because of amortization) something less than $155,000.
So the owner wouldn’t have to immediately move – something he greatly valued – we agreed to not exercise our Option for at least three years so long as he kept his mortgage current. In addition, we agreed that if we exercised our option, we’d give the owner 50% of our net profit when we sold the property.
In early 2011, the homeowner called. He was back on his feet and doing well. He wanted to refinance his property and get a low-interest mortgage…plus he wanted to buy back our Option. He agreed to pay us $18,200 in exchange for our Option to Purchase Agreement.
This was a true win-win deal. The homeowner was able to remain in his house and save it from foreclosure, and we turned $3,200 into $18,200 with very little effort.
Could we have refused to sell back our Option to the homeowner and exercised it instead? Absolutely! But he was a good guy with a great family. Kim and I felt that making a $15,000 profit on a $3,200 investment for only two hours of work was more than a good enough return on our investment.
Are you beginning to understand the power of Options? And this is only scratching the surface of all the ways you can use Options to control real estate!
To learn more about Options and other creative deal-structuring strategies, Dyches Boddiford and I will be teaching at Atlanta REIA on October 3, 2011.
Bill & Kim Cook are a husband and wife real estate investing team. They live in Adairsville,
Georgia and have been investing in real estate since 1995. They specialize in buying single-family homes, mobile homes and
mobile home parks. They also run North Georgia REIA and teach folks
how to successfully invest in real estate.
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