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Don DeRosa on Turning Trash Leads Into Cash Deals
Posted on January 6, 2012 by
Imagine taking any home seller lead you get and being able to negotiate, evaluate and create a winning deal out of it…. making thousands of dollars where you thought there were none. No more wasted marketing dollars. No more wasted phone calls. Join Don DeRosa at the Atlanta REIA Main Meeting on Monday, January 9th as he shares with you the state-of-the-art tools he uses to evaluate deals and figure out how to make them work for big profits and great cash flow. He’ll share with you his buying and selling strategies and how he combines them to create winning deals,even when there appears to be nothing there to work with.
Sophie Ting
Posted on January 6, 2012 by
Sophie Ting is an immigrant from Taiwan. She came to US at 21 and started her first job as a house keeper in Holiday Inn. Later, she got a job in the bank as a teller. One and half year later she was promoted to be the head teller.
After another year of working for the bank, she attended college. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineer with cum laude in 3 and half years. She completed her Master’s degree in Electrical engineering while concentrating on computer engineering. Sophie’s name was mentioned in “Complex Variable with Applications” which is the text book for the senior year of Electrical Engineering due to her contribution to the book. She worked for Digital Equipment Corp and Compaq as a network engineer. Read More→
Atlanta REIA Main Meeting & New Year’s Party is on January 9, 2012
Posted on January 2, 2012 byJoin Atlanta REIA now through Jan 9th as a Silver Member for only $75 for your 1st year (Save $25) and add a spouse for only $25 more (Save another $25)! Click here to Join Atlanta REIA Now! Offer for new members only.
Guests Can Attend for $20 at the Door or
RSVP Online Now for $10
Happy New Year everyone!!! May you and your family have more happiness, health and wealth this year than ever before. Atlanta REIA is glad that you have made us a part of your lives and given us the opportunity to help you along your way to prosperity and success. We all feel so blessed to have you as members, friends and followers.
After taking a few weeks off for the Christmas and New Year Holidays, we are glad to be back as I am sure you are too. To help us kick off the New Year right, we are having a special Atlanta REIA Main Meeting on Monday, January 9th at 5:30 PM at the Atlanta Perimeter Hotel & Suites at 111 Perimeter Center West in Atlanta. Please note that we have rescheduled this meeting to the 2nd Monday of January due to the New Year Holiday. This is a NO SALES meeting and we have a great lineup for you!
Don DeRosa, a seasoned real estate investor and a national real estate trainer will be giving us some tips and tricks for structuring profitable real estate deals using much of the modern day technology we have at our fingertips from virtually anywhere.
Deborah Harris, a real estate agent and associate broker for Keller Williams Realty with over 30 years of experience, is going to give us a Atlanta real estate market update on what has been happening over the last few months and what is likely to happen in 2012. If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of what is going on in the Atlanta market, don’t miss this session.
No New Year’s meeting would be complete without talking about New Year’s resolutions and goal setting. Joe Thompson, a financial consultant, seasoned investor and leader of the Haves & Wants Meeting will be talking about how we can all set some realistic, easily achievable goals to make 2012 our most successful and profitable year ever.
Sophie Ting will share her journey in commercial real estate investor from the beginning to the point now she is going to close her first major deal. Sophie will introduce her power team and reveal how she “sold” the bank on her project with her PowerPoint presentation and business plan.
Bob Massey, a local, active real estate investor and a nationally known teacher of short sales will be sharing up-to-the-minute, earth shattering news as it relates to “Quiet Title” and defending against foreclosure. This is some current, cutting edge information you don’t want to miss!
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 our 2012 New Year’s Party at 9 PM! Atlanta REIA and our sponsors will providing FREE Appetizers. The Tilted Kilt will also be offering half price appetizers as well as food and drink specials. Come celebrate the New Year with us. There will be plenty of food, networking and FUN! BTW, the Tilted Kilt will be showing the BCS National Championship Game so you don’t have to miss it to join us.
PLEASE NOTE: Atlanta REIA Members can attend at no charge with a valid membership card. Guests can attend the Main Meeting and New Year’s Party this month for $20. However, guests can RSVP Online Now for $10 and Save $10!
At 5:30 PM, Karen Bershad, our new Atlanta REIA Membership Director and leader of the Small Business Group, will be hosting an informal New Member Orientation. Join Karen to learn more about Atlanta REIA and how to get involved. If you haven’t joined Atlanta REIA yet, you can join this month at the meeting for a special discounted price and start your New Year off lots of new friends!
We want to personally thank the vendors below for helping sponsor this meeting, our New Year’s Party and the food. Thank you so much! It is not to late to sponsor this meeting. RSVP for a Vendor Table here for only $50 by using coupon code “HAPPYNEWYEAR“ to save $25. Thanks again sponsors!
Atlanta Carpet Services, Inc. – Providing carpet, wood, vinyl, and tile, ACS is dedicated to every aspect of your floor covering needs from initial consultation to the sale and follow-up services. Read More→
Fuller Center for Housing of Greater Atlanta – A faith-driven, Christ-centered, non-profit organization dedicated to providing adequate shelter for people in need in the Greater Atlanta area. Read More→
Solutions Realty Network – Providing expert property management and investment services since 2003. You invest and we take care of the rest! We’re the solution to all your real estate needs. Read More→
Networth Realty of Atlanta, LLC – A licensed, full-service residential wholesale brokerage that specializes in finding quality wholesale properties and making them available to you. Read More→
Halperin Lyman, LLC – A transactional real property law firm devoted to providing the full spectrum of non-litigation related real estate legal and consulting services to its clientele. Read More→
American IRA – The American IRA mission is to provide the highest level of customer service in the self-directed retirement industry.
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Simply Amazing Staging Atlanta – We have a proven record of converting those “For Sale” signs into “Sold” signs. We use 5 proven and time tested steps to sell your home in record time.
Foundation Publishing LLC – Bob Massey is a nationally known real estate trainer dedicated to helping you generate immediate cash flow while building long term wealth through real estate investment.
Air Conditioning Experts, Inc.
Vacant Investment Protection
Angel Oak Funding
Keller Williams Commercial (Deborah Harris)
Happy Homeowners Club, LLC (Rock Shukoor)
Also, special thanks to all of our volunteers that help make our meetings and networking events possible!
Thank You, Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from Atlanta REIA
Posted on December 6, 2011 by
The Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance Wants to thank all of our members, guests, vendors and volunteers who attended last night’s Atlanta REIA Main Meeting, Vendor Trade Show and Christmas Party for 2011 and made it such a great success. We truly appreciate your participation and look forward to sharing another great year with you in 2012. Thanks again so much! We love you! Read More→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – Week of December 5, 2011
Posted on December 4, 2011 by
The first week of December 2011 is another great week of continuing education and networking at Atlanta REIA. Monday is the Atlanta REIA Main Meeting, Vendor Trade Show and Christmas Party. Thursday is the Haves & Wants Meeting, the Atlanta REIA South Meeting and Workshop #8 of our Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp on Social Bookmarking & RSS Feeds. Join us at any of our Atlanta REIA meetings and come learn, network and celebrate the holidays with us! Read More→
Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp for 2011 – Workshop 8 Replay
Posted on December 1, 2011 by
On November 29, 2011, Dustin Griffin taught the 8th installment of the Atlanta REIA Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp, a series of live, online webcast workshops that are designed to teach you how to establish a strong Internet presence, get your websites, pages and profiles to the top of the major search engines quickly and to generate all the leads you can handle using the power of the Internet. In Workshop #8 on Marketing with Online Videos, Dustin taught attendees how to use simple, easy to create, videos to promote your business online through video sites, social networking sites, blogging, email marketing, search engine optimization, webcasts and more. Read More→
Webcast Replay on Video Marketing with Rock Shukoor
Posted on November 30, 2011 by
Our November 15, 2011, we did a What’s Hot in Real Estate Investing Webcast with real estate investor and marketing expert, Rock Shukoor, on “How to Double Your Business in the Next 6 moths Using Videos”. As you know, videos have become easier and easier to shoot, edit and upload to popular video sites like YouTube. Online videos have been hot with consumers for years and now many businesses are trying to figure out how to take advantage of the viral video craze. On this webcast, Rock talked about why video marketing for business is HOT, the benefits of video marketing, the ease of video marketing, how we can use video to help promote our real estate investing business or any of our other businesses and much more! Read More→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – Week of November 28, 2011
Posted on November 27, 2011 byThe last week of November 2011 is another great week of continuing education and networking at Atlanta REIA. Monday is the Atlanta REIA West Meeting in Marietta on “Lease Options” and the Beginning Investors Group Meeting in Duluth on “Due Diligence”. Tuesday is Workshop #8 of our Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp on “Marketing Your Business with Videos”. Thursday is another Haves & Wants Meeting for Deal Makers. Come learn, network and have fun with us! Read More→
Atlanta REIA Main Meeting & Christmas Party is on December 5, 2011
Posted on November 25, 2011 byGuests Can Attend for $20 at the Door or
RSVP Online Now for $10
with Panelists, Don DeRosa, Jens Beatty & Dustin Griffin
Technology and the Internet have become more pervasive in the real estate investing than ever before for sure… and both are changing constantly, seemingly at the speed of light. As a result, many investors and small businesses don’t know where to start while others struggle to keep up with all the ongoing changes. What they don’t know often hurts them or puts them out of business.
At Atlanta REIA, we don’t want you to go out of business or fall behind the times. In fact, your real estate investing success is our mission and big part of the continuing education we offer. In case you haven’t noticed, Atlanta REIA is a high-tech real estate investing club dedicated to helping you become more a more tech savvy so that you generate more leads and buy and sell more real estate easier than ever before.
To help achieve this goal, on December 5th at 5:30 PM at our Atlanta REIA Main Meeting located at the Atlanta Perimeter Hotel & Suites (map), we are having a very special panel discussion on “Real Estate Technology & Internet Marketing”. Whether you’re a new or seasoned investor, this is going to be a meeting you don’t want to miss. Three real estate technology experts are going to share their secrets on how they use technology to improve and automate their businesses and that of their customers, as well as answering your technology related questions.
Don DeRosa is a seasoned real estate investor and a national real estate trainer and specializes in using his proprietary buying and selling strategies along with the iPad to automate his entire real estate investing business and that of his students.
Jens Beatty is not a real estate investor, but he is a seasoned graphic artist, website developer, WordPress expert and internet marketer who has been doing branding, marketing and website development for aggressive real estate investors for over a decade.
Dustin Griffin is a seasoned real estate investor, internet marketer and long time website developer who specializes in building, dynamic, web-based business management systems for serious real estate investors wanting to automate and run their business on remote control from virtually anywhere while generating leads 24/7.
After the conclusion of the Main Meeting, we will be reconvening at the Tilted Kilt Permimeter located at 1155-B Mount Vernon Highway in Atlanta for our 2011 Christmas Party at 9 PM! Atlanta REIA and our sponsors will providing FREE Appetizers. The Tilted Kilt will also be offering half price appetizers as well as food and drink specials. Come celebrate Christmas and the Holidays with us as we wrap up 2011 and prepare for a prosperous New Year in 2012. There will be plenty of food, networking and FUN!
PLEASE NOTE: Atlanta REIA Members can attend at no charge with a valid membership card. Guests can attend the Main Meeting and Christmas Party this month for $20. Guests can RSVP Online Now for $10 and Save $10! Read More→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – Week of November 21, 2011
Posted on November 19, 2011 byAll Atlanta REIA Meetings and Networking events are POSTPONED this week due to the Thanksgiving Holidays. All meetings will resume after the holiday at their regularly scheduled times. We wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and look forward to seeing at our Christmas Party on December 5th, if not sooner!
The following meetings are POSTPONED due to the Thanksgiving Holiday:
- Movers & Shakers Meeting
- Notebuyers Group
- Cash Cow Commercial Group
- Haves & Wants
- Evening with an Expert Webcast
Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp for 2011 – Workshop 7 Replay
Posted on November 17, 2011 byOn November 17, 2011, Dustin Griffin taught the seventh installment of the Atlanta REIA Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp, a series of live, online webcast workshops that are designed to teach you how to establish a strong Internet presence, get your websites, pages and profiles to the top of the major search engines quickly and to generate all the leads you can handle using the power of the Internet. In Workshop #7 on Marketing with Online Articles and Ads, Dustin taught attendees how to use popular, high PR article and ad sites to post keyword rich articles to improve search engine results and drive more traffic back to their websites and blogs for better lead conversion and improved SEO. Read More→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – Week of November 14, 2011
Posted on November 13, 2011 byThis week is another great week of training and networking at Atlanta REIA. Tuesday is our What’s Hot in Real Estate Investing Webcast with Rock Shukoor on Video Marketing for Businesses. Wednesday is our Atlanta REIA North Meeting with Jens Beatty on Marketing & Branding Your Business Online and Off. Wednesday we also have our first Spanish Real Estate Investing Group with Michael Vazquez in Spanish! Thursday is the Haves & Wants Meeting followed later that evening by an online Workshop on Search Engine Optimization. Read More→
