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If you haven’t noticed, the real estate market in the Atlanta Metro Area has been changing dramatically in the last 6 months. It has gone from a buyer’s market to a seller’s market due to the inventory shortage of available homes for sale at auction or on the MLS.

• Hedge Funds are stepping all over each other purchasing REOs and foreclosures and are running up the prices.
• Those who frequently buy at the courthouse auctions are now being routinely out bid by kids with cell phones and iPads who are receiving their bidding instructions from people we never see, who are sitting in front of multiple computer screens hundreds or thousands of miles away from the action.
• With a massive increase in the number of investors bidding on the courthouse steps, along with a significant decrease in the number of properties being cried, real estate values have soared while investors’ profit margins have plummeted.
• Listed houses are often put under contract for well above the list price within 24 hours of hitting the MLS with multiple backup offers in place.

With all these rapid changes going on, our June Meeting is the perfect time and place to get together and examine alternative investment strategies and marketing strategies to find deals. At the June Meeting, we’ll have a Panel Discussion with Don DeRosa, Russ Hiner, Bill Cook, Kim Cook and Dorsie Boddiford, 5 active real estate investors, about this sudden shift and how we can best capitalize on what’s working now.

Bill Cooks says “It’s obvious the Cheese Has Moved. The question is: Where did the cheese go? The best way to find the answer to this all-important question is to go to the frontlines. Our efforts have shown us where the cheese is TODAY – and which deal structures are working best NOW! Do you want to be the first investor in your area to learn this secret? Join us at June’s meeting!”

So come out and join us at the Atlanta REIA Meeting on Monday, June 3rd at 5PM at the Crown Plaza Ravinia Hotel in Atlanta to learn more about the changing real estate market and how to change your investing strategies and tactics to adapt to these rapidly changing times. We hope to see you there!

Please join us for the “Meeting-Before-The-Meeting” on Monday, June 3rd at 3:00 PM at Total Wine & More located at 124 Perimeter Center W (see map), where your host, Gordon Catts, will be joined by long time real estate agent, Deborah Harris, for an Atlanta Real Estate Market Update on the latest changes going on in the metro area. Join us and bring your own questions, concerns, insights and comments. At 5:00 PM, Total Wine & More will be offering a complimentary wine tasting to all those who attend our meeting and wish to participate. There is NO CHARGE to attend this meeting or the wine tasting for Atlanta REIA Members and guests. Thanks Total Wines!

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 members and guests. Come eat, drink, network and have fun with us as hang out late into the night! Thanks Tilted Kilt Perimeter!

*Please Note: Meeting agenda is subject to change.

Each and every month, for the duration of our meeting, we have a Vendor Trade Show in which you can come out and meet many of our participating business members who help sponsor our meeting. Vendors can Reserve a Table Here. Thanks again sponsors!

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