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How to Buy Houses on the Courthouse Steps with Bill & Kim Cook
Posted on March 29, 2011 by
Leslie Mathis, myself and the rest of the attendees wanted to thank Bill and Kim Cook for speaking last night (3/28/11) at the Atlanta REIA West Meeting at the Cherokee Cattle Company on the fascinating topic of how to buy houses at the courthouse foreclosure auction. Bill did an excellent presentation for both new and seasoned investors. This meeting was very well attended and Bill and Kim were asked many excellent questions by the audience. Any time you see Bill and/or Kim speaking, we highly recommend you attend. They have years of experience buying and selling real estate and both specialize buying and the courthouse steps and doing short sales. Thanks again Bill and Kim!
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – March 28, 2011
Posted on March 28, 2011 byEven though this is the last week of the month, there is still a lot happening at AtlantaREIA.com. We have Bill & Kim Cook speaking on how to buy foreclosures at the courthouse auction at Atlanta REIA West on Monday, Haves & Wants on Thursday, a Fuller Center Volunteer Workday on Saturday and Cashflow on Sunday. We also have a month’s worth of replays for you to catch up on if you missed any of them. Read More→
Evening with an Expert Webcast Replay: Andy Heller on Buying Low, Renting Smart & Selling High
Posted on March 28, 2011 by
Local and national REO Expert, Andy Heller, talked with Jeff Nix on Andy’s “Buy Low, Rent Smart & Sell High” strategy for investing in bank owned REO properties. Andy also talked about his upcoming speaking appearance at the Atlanta REIA Main Meeting on April 4th, 2011 as well as his upcoming Atlanta REIA REO 101 Workshop on April 30th, 2011 and much more. Read More→
Bill and Kim Cook Speaking at Atlanta REIA West on March 28, 2011
Posted on March 27, 2011 byI don’t know if you’ve noticed or not yet, but Bill Cook, real estate expert and leader of the North GaREIA, has been allowing us to publish his weekly articles on AtlantaREIA.com. Bill writes on a wide variety of topics such as finding motivated sellers, buying properties at auction, lowering your property taxes, and more… Click here for a Full List of Bill’s Articles.
Not only is Bill buying and selling foreclosures, writing articles and running his REIA group, but he and Kim will be speaking at our Atlanta REIA West Meeting on Monday, March 28, 2011, from 6:30 to 9 PM at the Cherokee Cattle Company at 2710 Canton Road, Marietta, GA (map). Bill and Kim will be speaking about…
How to Make Money at Foreclosure Auctions!
These days, with so many BIG-PROFIT deals popping up at each month’s foreclosure auction, lots of real estate investors – both new and experienced alike – are asking how to successfully buy at the foreclosure auction. Now is your chance to learn from a couple who buys at the courthouse steps every month! Read More→
Workshop & Webcast Replay: How to Appeal & Lower Your Property Taxes
Posted on March 24, 2011 by
On March 23, 2011, Lenny Ogburn taught a FREE Workshop and Webinar on “How to Appeal Your Property Taxes & Beat the County!” On this special workshop and webcast, Lenny taught us step-by-step how to appeal our property taxes which could save us hundreds if not thousands of dollars each year on our own home as well as our investment properties. This is a workshop and webinar you definitely want to watch. Thanks for teaching this free workshop Lenny, you did a great job! Read More→
Cash Cow Commercial Real Estate Group Lunch Meeting on March 24, 2011
Posted on March 22, 2011 byThursday, March 24th, 11:30 AM @ 5 Seasons Brewing in Sandy Springs
The Cash Cow Commercial Real Estate Group is a new educational and networking subgroup led by Steve Brown for new, intermediate and advanced investors with a serious interest in purchasing commercial real estate. The group meets on Thursday, March 24th at 11:30 AM at 5 Seasons Brewing located at 5600 Roswell Rd (map).
Steve is having two great guests at this month’s meeting… SBA/USDA Lender, Melanie Brown, and Commercial Broker, Tom Hogan. Melanie is going to talk about SBA & USDA loans available for commercial properties. Tom is also going to talk about some different loan programs available for commercial properties as well as some apartment building that are currently on the market. Steve is also going to talk about how to make the transition from single family homebuyer to becoming a commercial real estate investor. He will also talk about how to option commercial properties for huge profits. Read More→
Webcast Replay: Determining Accurate Property Values In Today’s Market
Posted on March 21, 2011 by
Most seasoned real estate investors and other real estate professionals are pulling comps entirely different than they did a few short years ago. One of the main reasons many investors are sitting on the sidelines is because they are not comfortable determining home values in this market. Find out why on this webcast where Gordon Catts talks about resources available through public records, the Internet as well as subscription services and explain why it is critical to have a better understanding of the valuation process. In this market the difference between making a big profit and making a big loss rests on the investor’s ability to understand and apply the valuation process to investment properties. Read More→
FREE Workshop & Webinar: How to Appeal Your Property Taxes
Posted on March 20, 2011 bySave Hundreds, Even Thousands of Dollars in This Market by Having Your Property Taxes Lowered!
Lenny Ogburn has always been an entrepreneur and investor, owning a partnership in 3 video stores in the early 1990’s, owing over a dozen rental properties and self storage units, rehabbed and/or flipped over 30 properties, has invested in car notes, business notes and real estate notes.
In 1998, when he bought his present home at a great price, paying the sellers asking price and acquiring it by a subject-to deal, the county that year raised his property tax value to over $60,000 higher than the purchase price of his home. Having bought 7 properties that year, Lenny quickly realized that buying properties as an investor was tough to make cash flow from the rentals when the county jacked the values for investors and home owners.
Having lower fair market tax values helps a landlord/owner with making a property carry a positive cash-flow. Lenny dug in, learned the laws regarding property taxes, fought the counties, sometimes even taking the cases to Superior court, and wining lower tax valuations even in a rising market. Lenny has been fighting tax increase ever since and teaches other investors how to lower their property taxes.
On Wednesday, March 23 at 6PM, Lenny is going to be teaching a FREE Workshop and Webinar on “How to Appeal Your Property Taxes & Beat the County!” You can attend this FREE event live and in person at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D, in Buford, GA (map) or on a live webcast via GoToWebinar.com. Register now for FREE and we will email you information on how to attend the webinar. Read More→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – March 21, 2011
Posted on March 20, 2011 byAtlanta REIA has a lot of meetings, webcasts and workshops this week that you should attend if you are able. We have Movers & Shakers on Monday; the Commercial Subgroup and Haves & Wants on Thursday; two Cash Flow Games this week; three workshops this week and several webcasts. For more information, see below or checkout our events calendar for more details. Read More→
Eric Nicoll Speaking on Taxes & Wealth Building at Movers & Shakers on March 21st
Posted on March 18, 2011 by
At our next Atlanta REIA Movers and Shakers Lunch Meeting on Monday, March 21st at 11:00 AM at 5 Seasons Brewing in Alpharetta, we’ll be talking all about taxes! 2010 was a year of change with respect to tax law with a couple major iterations of new law and then an end of year “back-up” that left a great deal of the “old” law still in place. This has caused a great deal of discussion and confusion. Our special guest speaker on Monday will be Eric Nicoll, CPA, who will discuss all the changes thoroughly to show WHAT has changed and WHEN it will take effect.
Additionally, Eric likes to work with investors towards a mind-set of building wealth. We will touch on several subjects with the intention of becoming aware of the issues: Timing of Income Strategies; Character of Income Strategies; the effect of Social Security Taxes; Benefits of Long-Term Capital Rates; Installment Sales; Tax-Deferred Sales; Other Tax-deferred strategies. Tax season is upon us, so this is an informational and networking meeting you don’t want to miss!
Subscribe to Atlanta REIA Newsletter & Get Andy Heller’s eBook for FREE!
Posted on March 18, 2011 by
Subscribe to our Atlanta REIA Email Newsletter and receive Andy Heller’s 46 page ebook entitled “10 Ways to Buy Low”. You’ll get a download link in your email once you subscribe and verify your email address. And don’t forget, Andy will be our keynote speaker at our Atlanta REIA Main Meeting on Monday, April 4th at the W Hotel Atlanta Perimeter.
& receive Andy Heller’s “10 Ways to Buy Low” eBook for FREE!
Haves & Wants Speed Marketing Session: Mar 7, 2011
Posted on March 17, 2011 by
This was the Haves and Wants Speed Marketing Session that we recorded live at our March 7, 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.
Download Mar 7, 2011 Speed Marketing Flyers (pdf). Read More→
