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You Can Get the Money to Do Your Deals – It Just Takes Some Creativity
Posted on October 17, 2011 by
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→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – Week of October 17, 2011
Posted on October 17, 2011 by
This week we have another jam packed week of meetings, networking events and training for Atlanta REIA Members and guests. Monday, Bob Massey will be speaking at the Movers & Shakers Lunch Meeting on investing in short sales with an agents help. Tuesday, Jens Beatty will be doing a special webcast on LeadTheme 2.5 for WordPress as a bonus session for the Internet Marketing Boot Camp. Wednesday, Jim Hit will be at Atlanta REIA North teaching us how to invest in real estate using IRAs. Thursday is the Haves & Wants Meeting at 5 Seasons Brewing. Thursday evening, Don DeRosa will be doing a special Training Opportunity Webcast on evaluating and structuring deals with the iPad. Saturday, Bob Massey is doing a FREE half day workshop for Atlanta REIA Members! This is a great week to get involved with Atlanta REIA! Read More→
FREE Short Sale Workshop with Bob Massey for Agents & Investors – Oct 22, 2011
Posted on October 14, 2011 by
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. Bob will cover:
- Foreclosure process in Georgia
- Loan modification
- Deeds In Lieu of Foreclosure
- Tax implications of forgiven deficiency
- Deficiency and foreclosure
- Future Credit Implications of foreclosure, bankruptcy, DIL, Short Sale with FHA, Fannie, Freddie and USDA
- Bankruptcy
- Relationship between seller and bank
- Agent’s responsibility to the seller
- Agent’s responsibility to the bank
- The bank’s process to evaluate an offer
- Making offers on Short Sales
- How to support your offer to get it accepted
- BPO process
- Is it a breach of fiduciary responsibility for agent to negotiate short sale for seller?
The second half of the workshop will be to discuss Read More→
Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp for 2011 – Workshop 4 Replay
Posted on October 13, 2011 by
On October 13, 2011, in Workshop #4 of the Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp for 2011, Dustin Griffin covered “Setting Up a WordPress Website and Blog (Part 2)”. The purpose of this class is to teach you how to start using a WordPress Website and Blog to promote your business online. In Part #1, Dustin gave attendees a good introduction to blogging and talked about how and why a WordPress.org standalone blog is great for Internet Marketing. He also showed attendees how to purchase a domain name, a hosting account and how to install WordPress on the server. In Part #2, Dustin showed attendees how to use the WordPress Dashboard CMS to setup, customize and configure their WordPress Website and Blog. In Part 2 of this 2 part WordPress Workshop, Dustin covered the following material… Read More→
Webcast with Jens Beatty on LeadTheme 2.5 for WordPress
Posted on October 12, 2011 by
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. In fact, if you haven’t noticed by now, AtlantaREIA.com is a customized WordPress Website and Blog.
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 +.
Join us on the webcast and download LeadTheme 2.5 for FREE! Read More→
Webcast Replay: Training Opportunity Webcast with Bob Massey on Short Sales
Posted on October 12, 2011 byHave you ever had the problem of coming across a great short sale deal but it’s listed with an agent who refuses to work with you because you’re an “investor”? Ever had an agent tell you that flipping short sales is illegal? Would you like to know what to say to those agents to get them to work with you and not against you? On October 6th, 2011, Bob Massey did a Training Opportunity Webcast with Atlanta REIA to teach us some simple ways to overcome the issues that often separate agents and real estate investors and prevent us forming profitable, working relationships. Bob addressed many of the common issues we must face when working with agents and also talked about how to make some huge profits investing in short sales by working with agents. Just so you know, Bob is one of the foremost educators in the country when it comes to teaching both real estate agents and real estate investors to work together for their mutual benefit and profit and has been doing so for years. Read More→
Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp for 2011 – Workshop 3 Replay
Posted on October 11, 2011 byOn October 11, 2011, in Workshop #3 of the Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp for 2011, Dustin Griffin covered “Setting Up a WordPress Website and Blog (Part 1)”. The purpose of this class is to teach you how to start using a WordPress Website and Blog to promote your business online. Dustin gave attendees a good introduction to blogging and talked about how and why a WordPress.org standalone blog is great for Internet Marketing strategies such as Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing (SMM), Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Electronic Mail Marketing (EMM). In Part 1 of this 2 part WordPress Workshop, Dustin covered the following material… Read More→
WordPress Website & Blogging Webcast Workshop – Oct 11 & 13, 2011
Posted on October 10, 2011 by
On Tuesday, October 11th and Thursday, October 13th at 7PM, we are doing our first WordPress Website and Blogging Online Webcast Workshop as part of our Atlanta REIA Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp for 2011. Dustin Griffin will help you setup a WordPress.org Website and Blog in class from start to finish. You will also learn how to use your new WordPress Website and Blog to help manage and automate your Internet Marketing Strategy from any virtually any web-ready device such as a PC, notebook, netbook, iPad, Droid, Smart Phone, etc.
Whether you run a real estate investing business or any type of other business, a WordPress Website and Blog will definitely help improve your credibility, marketing efforts, online presence and lead generation. The best news is, you don’t have to be a techie to use WordPress, but it doesn’t hurt either. We are teaching our Atlanta REIA members and guests how they too can be “High Tech Home Buyers & Sellers” and utilize modern technology to run their businesses more effectively online and offline.
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is part of the Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp for 2011. If you are not already attending the entire boot camp, you can register for the WordPress Workshop below as a standalone workshop.
WordPress Website & Blogging
Webcast Workshop
October 11th & 13th at 7PM via GoToWebinar
Come join us and let Dustin show you how other successful investors and businesses are using WordPress to dominate the search engines, automate their Internet Marketing and generate all the leads they can handle online. Here is some of what we will be covering and doing in class. Read More→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – Week of October 10, 2011
Posted on October 10, 2011 byThis week, the Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp resumes with the WordPress Workshop on Tuesday and Thursday. On Wednesday, special guest and Atlanta REIA Business Member, Monte Smith of Entrust Georgia is speaking at the Creative Financing Group. Next Monday, Bob Massey will be speaking at the Movers & Shakers Lunch Meeting. Read More→
Come Learn How To Use An IRA To Invest In Real Estate at the Creative Financing Group Meeting
Posted on October 9, 2011 by
This month at the Creative Financing Group (CFG) meeting on Wednesday, October 12th at 6:30 PM at Champps in Alpharetta, Self-Directed IRA expert, Monte Smith of Entrust Georgia, will teach you how to use IRA’s to invest in real estate.
At this month’s Creative Financing Group meeting, Monte will teach you:
- How to use your IRA to buy real estate
- How to use your IRA to buy rental houses
- How to use your IRA to lend money on real estate deals
- How to use your IRA to buy real estate Options for HUGE PROFITS
- And much, much more… Read More→
Property Management Workshop with Russ Hiner & Chris Littleton
Posted on October 5, 2011 byPOSTPONED: New date will be posted soon.
Did you become an unexpected landlord? Are the tenants running the show? Are you being held hostage by your tenants? Are your tenants in a slow and no pay mode? Are you tired of being a landlord? Do you want to get control of your tenants because you can’t afford to pay a property manager?
If so, we have good news! On October 29th & 30th, Russ Hiner of Home Buyers of Georgia and Chris Littleton of Solutions Realty Network are teaching a 2 day Property Management Workshop. This Property Management Training is going to help you understand how to be a better property manager. This two-day training will teach you how to handle difficult tenants. By taking this training you are going to be able to have some guidelines to make better decisions. Being a better property manager will put money into your pocket. By being a taking this class, you will learn and grasp your short comings as a landlord.
This dynamic training is going to make your life easier as a hands on property manager. You will feel more confident because you have rules and guidelines in order to work with your tenants in a professional manner. Your ability to guide and direct and manage people is key to your success in the area of long-term wealth building.
From this training you will understand how to be able to hire the correct property management company. By Knowing the correct people to put on your power team you will save money and be able to manage the management better.
The Property Management 101 Workshop takes place on October 29th & 30th, 2011 from 9 Am to 5 PM at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D in Buford, GA. Sign in for he workshop starts at 8:30 am. Tuition is discounted 10% now through October 21st. As an early bird special, Gold Members are $67 each, Silver Members $89 and Guests $112. After August 20th, Gold Members will be $74, Silver Members $99 and Guests $125. Register now! Read More→
Super Smart High Tech Home Buying & Selling Workshop – Part 4 – Oct 4, 2011
Posted on October 5, 2011 by
On October 4, 2011, Dustin Griffin hosted the 4th installment of the Super Smart High Tech Home Buying & Selling Workshop Series for 2011 which is being held online and recorded for 24/7 playback for Atlanta REIA Members. In Part 4 of this workshop, Dustin talked about how you can use both traditional, offline marketing techniques along with online, internet marketing strategies to generate all the buyer and seller leads you can handle by driving people to your website and VM system 24/7/365. Anyone can attend this live workshop for FREE by registering here and Atlanta REIA Members can login here and watch the Workshop Replay below. Read More→
