Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance Blog
Haves & Wants Speed Marketing Session: June 6, 2011
Posted on July 8, 2011 by
This was the Haves and Wants Speed Marketing Session that we recorded live at our June 6, 2011 Atlanta REIA Meeting. This is a new 30 minute session at our Atlanta REIA Main Monthly Meeting that starts at 6:00 PM on the 1st Monday of the month and is hosted by Joe Thompson. The purpose of this marketing session is 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. Thanks to all those of you who participated. And special thanks to Joe for hosting the session and to Alan McDonald for recording the session and improving the quality of this video each and every month. Read More→
Chris & Donna Littleton
Posted on July 8, 2011 by
Chris & Donna Littleton, co-owners of Solutions Realty Network, Inc. (SRN) share a passion for seeking out sound real estate investment opportunities. Their commitment to making them profitable is realized through standardized renovations, reliable property management, and consistent maintenance. The team at Solutions Realty Network prides itself on being experts in their field and proves it by successfully managing over 400 single & multifamily homes in 17 metro Atlanta counties.
The Littleton’s have been active real estate investors and property managers since 2003. Their franchise, The Real Market Experts® of Atlanta, assisted investors nationwide in acquiring $60 Million of Investment Property in just a few years. They are members of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM), and among the first in Georgia to earn the “Real Estate Property Management” REPM designation. Read More→
Learn How To Increase The Cash Flow On Your Rentals
Posted on July 7, 2011 by
This month at our Creative Financing Group (CFG) meeting on Wednesday, July 13th at 6:30 PM at Champps at 7955 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta, GA (map), local real estate expert and subgroup leader Mark Durham will teach you how to increase your cash flow and reduce your maintenance and management hassles on your rental houses.
You should definitely attend this meeting if you want to hold rental properties long term while increasing your monthly cash flow while reducing all of the maintenance responsibilities and management hassles of a typical landlord. This is possible using a very powerful technique known as a Lease Option, which is a form of creative financing where the tenant/buyer leases the house and also has an option to buy it.
At this month’s Creative Financing Group, Mark will teach you: Read More→
Top 10 Tips for Georgia Landlords with John Adams – July 18, 2011
Posted on July 7, 2011 byLandlords, Learn How to Boost Rents, Retain Tenants and Minimize Liability
Atlanta’s real estate radio host, columnist, author, and investor John Adams will be our speaker for the Movers and Shakers Meeting on July 18th starting at 11:30 AM at the 5 Seasons Brewery in Alpharetta. John Adams is a full-time investor, broker, and author of multiple books about real estate. He also writes a weekly column for the Sunday real estate section of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and has a weekly call-in radio program on News-Talk Radio 920am WGKA. John will be speaking on his “Top 10 Tips for Georgia Landlords” and how to boost rents, retain tenants and minimize liability.
If you plan on attending this exciting and informative lunch meeting, please be sure to RSVP on Facebook so that we know you are coming so that we can plan accordingly.
John Adams
Posted on July 7, 2011 byDescribed as “Atlanta’s most trusted voice in real estate,” John Adams is a leading expert and consultant on issues of home ownership in the southeast United States.
Since 1973, he has bought, sold, brokered, leased, or managed residential real estate valued at well over fifty million dollars.
His investment seminars at Emory University in Atlanta have attracted overflow crowds every quarter, and his call-in radio program on News-Talk Radio 920am WGKA is listened to by thousands of Atlantans every week. The program received the 1990 Excellence in Media Award from the Atlanta Board of Realtors. Read More→
Selling or Renting Your Home Fast!
Posted on July 6, 2011 by
As real estate investors, Kim and I have bought, sold and rented a lot of homes over the years. One of the most important lessons we’ve learned is to pay attention to price. Price, especially in this market, determines the “if” and “when” your property sells or rents. If your price is just 2% or 3% too high, it can cause your home to sit on the market for months or even years.
I know, you’ve always heard that the three most important factors to consider in regard to real estate are location, location, location. That may be true when real estate values are rising, but in this economy, the three most important factors are price, price, price!
Right now, we have two homes on the market – one is for sale, the other is for rent. Let’s look at how we market each home. Read More→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – Week of July 4, 2011
Posted on July 6, 2011 byWe have a lot of exciting things happening this week at Atlanta REIA. Tuesday we have the official kick off of the Super Smart High Tech Home Buying and Selling Basics Workshop and Webcast. On Wednesday, we have the iPad Investing Workshop Part 2 with Don DeRosa. On Thursday, we have the Haves & Wants Meeting followed by the 5 Seasons Brewery Tour and Beer Tasting. Come out and join us! Don’t forget, next Monday, July 11th is our Atlanta REIA Main Meeting and Vendor Trade Show. Don’t miss it! Read More→
Social Media & Your Business on July 14
Posted on July 1, 2011 by
Learn about the Do’s & Don’ts for your business in the social media age, specifically for real estate investors, at the Atlanta REIA Small Business Group on July 14th at 3:30 PM at 5 Seasons Brewing in Sandy Springs.
- Some tools make more sense than others, let Jeff Sheehan show you the one’s that make the most sense
- An integrated marketing approach is the most effective way to market your business
- Social media is just one component of an overall marketing strategy
- Social media is not a cure all for your business
- Social media does not always work in producing quantifiable results
- Social media can be a time waster if you let it
- FTF networking is a vital component of whatever marketing you do
- The current profitable customer and/or client is still king!
iPad Workshop Replay (Part 1)
Posted on July 1, 2011 by
Everyone has probably heard about the hot new iPad 2 by now. You’ve probably also heard Don DeRosa talk about how its not just a cool new toy, but an integral tool he uses to run his real estate investing business. You’ve probably already seen many investors actively using their iPad at our Atlanta REIA Meetings and Networking Events to take notes, take pictures, play music, videos and webcasts, send and receive emails and keep track of all our upcoming events and more.
Perhaps you’ve recently purchased an iPad yourself and, like the rest of us, want a lesson on how to not only use it more effectively for personal use, but more importantly, use it to run your investing business from virtually anywhere, on-the-fly. If you want to learn how to the iPad to revolutionize your business, be sure to watch the Workshop Replay of our first iPad Workshop (Part 1) with Don DeRosa that we recorded on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at our Atlanta REIA North Office.
If you missed the workshop and would like to watch the Workshop Replay (Part 1 & 2), Gold Members can register for $15 and Silver Members for $25. Click here to Register for the Workshop Replays Now! Read More→
When a Tenant Moves Out – Part 2
Posted on June 29, 2011 by
In last week’s column, I shared some of our secrets we use to get our rental properties back from our residents (tenants) in a clean, ready-to-rent condition. Today, let’s finish up.
One of the easiest ways to get your rental trashed is to insist that your “tenant” stay in the property because the “contract” says so. It’s a case of you telling the tenant, “You’re gonna stay and pay!” and the tenant saying, “You wanna bet?!”
Folks, though most of our leases run for a year, I NEVER want a resident staying in one of our homes for one day longer than they want to be there! With this in mind, we have “out” language in our lease agreement. It simply says: If a resident wants to end the lease, just give us a 30-day written notice and pay an amount equal to one month’s rent. (NOTE: To be fair, we, as landlords, can cancel the lease using this same formula.) Read More→
When a Tenant Moves Out – Part 1
Posted on June 29, 2011 by
Earlier this month, three investors visited our ranch. They were having a lot of trouble with their rental properties. In addition to high turnover rates, when the tenants moved out, they left the homes a wreck. The investors wanted to know how to more effectively manage rental properties and tenants.
They couldn’t have picked a better time to visit. Two of our properties had just gone vacant. The first property was a high-end home – the husband had been hired by the FBI. The second home was in a tool-belt neighborhood – the couple had just bought their first home.
When the investors saw the condition of both of our properties, their jaws hit the ground. The yards were cut, flowerbeds weeded, floors vacuumed, cabinets cleaned, and the bathrooms were spotless! Truly, with almost no work on our part, another tenant could have moved in that day! Read More→
New Member Orientation Workshop & Webcast – June 2011
Posted on June 28, 2011 byDustin Griffin, Executive Director of Atlanta REIA, conducted this New Member Orientation (NMO) Workshop & Webcast on June 21st 2011. The purpose of this workshop was to introduce new members to Atlanta REIA and to show them how they can get actively involved in our organization and get the most benefit out of their membership. Dustin covered the following on the Workshop & Webcast:
- Atlanta REIA’s mission and goals
- Meetings, subgroups, webcasts and workshops
- Different membership types: Gold vs. Silver
- Individual Memberships vs. Business Memberships
- Paying you up to $150 for member referrals
- How to get involved
- How to promote your business
- How to promote your deals
- How to build your buyers list and contact database
- Our member benefits and discounts
- Our private member only website
- And much more! Read More→
