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What's Happening at Atlanta REIAThis week we have another jam packed week of meetings, networking events and training for Atlanta REIA Members and guests. Monday is Atlanta REIA West with a Panel Discussion on Funding Sources followed by Late Night Networking. On Tuesday there is the Note Buyers Group as well as Part 5 of the Internet Marketing Webcast Workshop on Search Engine Optimization. Wednesday is the Beginning Investors Group at a new location with Sandra Watkins and John Marion. Thursday is the Cash Cows Commercial Group, Haves & Wants and the Evening with an Expert Webcast with Than Merrill and Jon Steingraber from A&E’s “Flip this House”. This is a great week to get involved with Atlanta REIA! Read More→

Have you heard all those real estate investing success stories about making tens of thousands of dollars on a single deal? About having enough passive income so you don’t have to work anymore? Are you ready to write your own success story!? Are you ready to Break Through in your real estate investing career?

Then you must attend the Breakthrough Real Estate Investing AcademyNovember 3-6at the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Perimeter Center located at 501 Lake Hearn Drive in Atlanta, GA! It’s a brand new, one-of-a-kind event that will cover all of the things you need to do to take advantage of this amazing real estate market. Maybe you’re still trying to land your first deal, but just can’t seem to Break Through whatever is keeping you from getting it done? Or perhaps you’re an experienced investor, but want to leverage the latest techniques to step it up a notch while the getting is good (and the getting is really good, when you know what you’re doing!)

Don DeRosa & Duncan WiermanIf this is you, then check out what you’ll learn at the brand new Breakthrough Real Estate Investing Academy – put on by two experienced investors who know Atlanta and the Southeast, and who always put on education-packed events: Don DeRosa and Duncan Wierman.

PLEASE NOTE: This event currently sells for $2500 on Don and Duncan’s websites, but Don and Duncan, whom are both members and active supporters of Atlanta REIA, have very generously given us a few dozen tickets to this training event to resell as a fundraiser and membership drive for or organization. Therefore Atlanta REIA Members can attend this event for ONLY $99 (Save $2401!) and Non-Members for ONLY $199 (Save $2301). If you are a Non-Member, you should Join Atlanta REIA as a Silver Member for Only $100/year first, then purchase this event for only $99 and get a 1 year membership for the same price as the special guest tuition of $199. Thank you Don and Duncan for this special offer!!!

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Jens BeattyOctober 2011’s What’s Hot in Real Estate Investing Webcast was with website designer, graphic artist and internet marketing expert, Jens Beatty, on his FREE WordPress LeadTheme 2.5. As you probably already know, more and more real estate investors and small business owners are starting to use WordPress to power their website and blog because of it’s flexibility, ease of use and its ability to achieve great search engine rankings without a lot of technical know how.

LeadThemeBecause of the ever increasing interest in WordPress, Jens has created an awesome FREE WordPress theme that focuses on SEO, social networking and generating leads. His WordPress theme is called LeadTheme and it was designed specifically to make it really easy to get your WordPress blog generating leads fast. LeadTheme 2.5 is also designed to work with popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google +. Read More→

Than Merrill

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

Than MerrillThan Merrill, star of A&E’s “Flip this House” and the founder of FortuneBuilders.com and CT Homes, LLC is one of the most successful real estate investors in the nation. In the past eight years he has bought and sold a total of over 500+ properties nationwide.

Than also coaches many other successful Real Estate Investor’s and business owners around the country. The key to his student’s rapid success is the franchise like systems he helps students set up within their business. Than’s mantra is derived from the belief that “Business Process Automation” is the key to insuring guaranteed success in any marketplace. Than absolutely loves guiding other investors towards financial freedom by teaching them the principles of how to invest strategically.

 

Don DerosaThis Thursday, October 20th at 7PM ET on the Atlanta REIA Training Opportunity Webcast, 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:

  • How he got the lead
  • How he evaluated the deal
  • How he decided whether it was a buy and hold, or a fix and flip
  • How he determined his repairs, and captured them for competitive bids
  • How he determined how much he could offer
  • How he negotiated with the seller
  • How much he’ll make on it
  • and much more!

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What's Happening at Atlanta REIAThis 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→

Bob MasseyShort 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?

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Jim Hitt

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

Jim HittFor 30+ years, Jim Hitt has been committed to all aspects of investing, using self -directed IRAs for his own investments since 1982.

Jim’s forte is the financing and acquisition of real estate, private offerings, mortgage lending, business’s, joint ventures, partnerships and limited liability companies using creative techniques. He has developed, owned, and managed everything from single family homes to multi-unit commercial properties and million dollar business’s. Read More→

Internet Marketing Online Boot CampOn 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→

Jens BeattyOur 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.

LeadThemeBecause 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 +.

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Bob MasseyHave 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 CampOn 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→