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What's Happening at Atlanta REIAAs you know by now, a big part of our mission at Atlanta REIA is to provide very affordable real estate investor information and education to our members. This week is no exception. We have 3 outstanding, FREE educational opportunities this week. Monday is our Atlanta REIA Main Meeting for October where special guest speakers and local real estate experts, Dyches Boddiford and Bill Cook, will be teaching us all about creative deal structuring and interacting with our audience live. We also have two training webcasts this week… one on Tuesday on generating all the leads you can handle online and offline. And on Thursday, Bob Massey is back to teach us how to do short sale deals while working with real estate agents. These are three training opportunities you don’t want to miss! Read More→

Monte Smith

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

Monte SmithMonte Smith, Education and Marketing Director, is a former Financial Analyst and High School Spanish Teacher who started with Entrust of Tampa Bay in 2007. In February of 2009, he relocated to Atlanta to take the same position with Entrust Georgia. Monte is a proud graduate of the University of Florida and the University of South Florida. At Entrust, his goal is to present the message of self-direction in an easy to understand format that gives clients the confidence to trust their own investments. He hosts free weekly seminars and webinars on a variety of self-directed investment topics, including Tax Liens, Hard Money Lending, and Mobile Homes. He also does speaking engagements for investor groups and offers free CE to Realtors.

Haves & Wants Speed MarketingThis video is the Haves and Wants Speed Marketing Session that we recorded live at our September 12, 2011 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. Read More→

Internet Marketing Online Boot CampOn September 29, 2011, in Workshop #2 of the Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp for 2011, Dustin Griffin shows you how to setup all of the internet profiles and accounts you will be using to implement your new internet marketing strategies (SEO, SEM, SMM & EMM) to get your web sites, pages and profiles to the top of major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing fast! In Workshop #2, Dustin covered the following material… Read More→

Atlanta REIA Main Meeting on Oct 3rd

Posted on September 28, 2011 by
Atlanta REIA Main Meeting
Monday, October 3, 2011 @ 5:30 PM
Atlanta Perimeter Hotel & Suites
111 Perimeter Center W, Atlanta, GA

Members Can Bring a Guest at No Charge this Month!
Unaccompanied Guests Can Attend for Only $10
New Member Special: Join Atlanta REIA TONIGHT ONLY at our Main Meeting as a Silver Member for only $75 for your 1st year (Save $25). Add a spouse for only $25 more (Save another $25)!
“Real-World Creative Deal Structuring”
with Dyches Boddiford & Bill Cook
Two Masters of Creative Deal Structuring

Dyches Boddiford & Bill Cook at Atlanta REIAOur next Atlanta REIA Main Meeting on October 3rd is like no other! There’s no hype, no bla-bla-bla and no sales! Come participate as two of the best and most experienced investors in the country, Dyches Boddiford and Bill Cook, use their real-world examples to show how they make the impossible deals possible. Dyches and Bill will give you the following information about the seller and the seller’s property. Next, YOU and the group structure the deal. After there is agreement about how the group would structure the deal, Dyches and Bill reveal how THEY structured the deal and explain why they structured it the way they did. Wouldn’t you agree that this meeting is an INCREDIBLE opportunity to climb into the minds of two experienced real estate investors and see how their brains work as they construct win-win deals? How they not only make the impossible deals possible – but make them PROFITABLE?!!! Read More→

Internet Marketing Online Boot CampOn September 27, 2011, Dustin Griffin kicked off the Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp for 2011, aka “The Extreme 90 Day Internet Marketing Makeover” on GoToWebinar 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 #1, Dustin covered the following material… Read More→

“Real-World Creative Deal Structuring”
with Dyches Boddiford & Bill Cook
Two Masters at Creative Deal Structuring
at the Atlanta REIA Main Meeting on Oct 3rd

You meet with a seller.  The seller is VERY motivated and DESPERATE to sell. You’ve been looking for a deal just like this one! Five Questions: Are you sure it’s a good deal? What’s your exit strategy?  What’s the best way to structure the deal?  How are you going to pay for it? Do you know how to use creative deal structuring to make the IMPOSSIBLE deals POSSIBLE?

Dyches Boddiford & Bill Cook at Atlanta REIAOur next Atlanta REIA Main Meeting on October 3rd is like no other!  There’s no hype and no bla-bla-bla!  Come participate as two of the best and most experienced investors in the country, Dyches Boddiford and Bill Cook, use their real-world examples to show how they make the impossible deals possible.

WARNING: This is NOT a sit-on-your-fanny-and-watch-the-show meeting.  We want you to be part of the meeting and help us find the best ways a deal can be structured! Read More→

What's Happening at Atlanta REIAAtlanta REIA has a lot going on this last week of September 2011. We have two highly anticipated, educational workshops this week… one is the Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp and the other is the FREE Back to Basics Workshop for Entrepreneurs. We also have several highly rated educational and/or networking subgroup meetings… Atlanta REIA West Meeting on Monday, the Note Buyers Group on Tuesday, the Beginning Investors Group on Wednesday and Haves & Wants on Thursday. We also have the final Saturday in the Park Networking Event of the Summer on Saturday. Come join us for a week of learning, networking and fun! Read More→

Karen BershadOn September 22, 2011, we held “An Evening with an Expert Webcast” with Karen Bershad, the Small Business Advisor and leader of the Atlanta REIA Small Business Group. We spent an hour with Karen talking about setting up and managing a small business in today’s troubled economy, why most businesses fail, the importance of having a plan, systems and more. We also talked to Karen about her upcoming, FREE Back to Basics Workshop for Entrepreneurs on October 1, 2011 as well has her monthly Atlanta REIA Small Business Group. Watch the replay below for more information. Read More→

FREE Back to Basics Workshop for EntrepreneursWhen a new small business is started, it is always with the idea it will succeed. But within the first 5 years, over 80% of these new start-ups will fail. With all the economic uncertainty out there, looming tax increases, mandated healthcare and increasing government bureaucracy and regulations, this makes it even tougher for small businesses to survive and thrive. Many new business quickly fail for the following reasons:

  • Poor financial review and planning
  • Inadequate capitalization
  • Inadequate tax planning
  • Poor marketing
  • Lack of management systems/controls 
  • Inability to adapt to changing market conditions

These are just a few common obstacles that an entrepreneur must know and overcome to successfully run any small business.

Karen BershadOn Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 9 AM, Karen Bershad, the Small Business Advisor and leader of the Atlanta REIA Small Business Group is conducting a FREE “Back to Basics Workshop for Entrepreneurs”. This workshop is FREE for Atlanta REIA Members. Non-Members and Guests can attend this workshop for only $10.

This small business workshop is designed to give you a detailed overview of setting up a business, different types of business entities, what your business looks like by department, accounting issues, putting systems in place, team building and much more! Join us at the FREE Back to the Basics for Entrepreneurs Workshop on October 1st to get more detailed information on setting up a new small business or getting your business back on track so you can survive and thrive in 2011 and beyond!

PLEASE NOTE: Atlanta REIA Members MUST RSVP to attend this event for FREE. Those who fail to RSVP will be charged $20 at the door if seating is still available.

Register Now!

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Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp 2011

Posted on September 22, 2011 by
Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp Starts Sept 27th on GoToWebinar

Internet Marketing Online Boot CampStarting on September 27, 2011 at 7:00 PM we will kicking off the Atlanta REIA Internet Marketing Online Boot Camp, being taught by Dustin Griffin, as 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. These workshops cover search engine optimization, search engine marketing, websites, blogging, social networking, social bookmarking, online videos, RSS Feeds and much, much more. Reserve your seat now or read more!

Register Now!

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Super Smart High Tech Home Buying & Selling WorkshopOn September 6, 2011, Dustin Griffin hosted the 3rd 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 3 of this workshop, Dustin gave an in depth overview of the Super Smart Buy and Sell Websites that prospects see when they visit the public portion of your websites. 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→