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Atlanta REIA Main Meeting – July 11, 2011
Posted on July 10, 2011 byVendor Trade Show & 1 Year Anniversary Celebration
Attention Atlanta REIA Members, friends, followers and guests,
The Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance is very excited to announce that on Monday, July 11th at 5:00 PM, we will be having a very special Atlanta REIA Main Meeting & Vendor Trade Show to celebrate our 1 Year Anniversary. We will be meeting at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North located at 7 Concourse Parkway in the Bernstein Ballroom overlooking the hotel pool.
This meeting and celebration is all about YOU, our members, business members, local speakers, trainers and subgroup leaders who have supported us throughout out very successful first year! Their will be plenty of opportunities for you to promote yourself, your deals and your business to our other members and guests. In order to draw out a crowd, we are keeping admission free for members and guests and have a very exciting line up.
If you haven’t joined Atlanta REIA as a member yet, now is your chance to join and save big! If you attend our July 11th meeting live and in person, you can join as an Atlanta REIA Silver Member for only $60 (Save $40) and add a spouse for only $25 more (Save $25) for your first year. Again, you must attend our event live and in person to get this special discount.
If you cannot attend our meeting on July 11th, you can Join Atanta REIA as a Silver Member Online now through Monday for $80 (Save $20) and add a spouse for $30 (Save $20) for your first year.
*This special offer is not eligible for Goodwill Ambassador referral fees.
If you own a business that caters to real estate investors and other real estate professionals and haven’t joined Atlanta REIA as a Business Member yet, now is your chance to join and save big! If you attend our July 11th meeting live and in person, you can join as an Atlanta REIA as a:
- Silver Business for $100 (Save $50) for 1st yr + partner for $50
- Gold Business (2 partners) for only $200 (Save $150) for 1st yr
If you cannot attend our meeting on July 11th, you can Join Atanta REIA as a Silver Business Member now through Monday for $125 (Save $25) and add a partner for only $50 more for your first year. You can Join Atlanta REIA as a Gold Business Member now through Monday for $300 (Save $50) for your first year which is good for two business partners.
Click here for more information on Atlanta REIA Business Memberships.
*This special offer is not eligible for Goodwill Ambassador referral fees.
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- Don DeRosa on iPad Investing
- Pete Youngs on Rehabbing Right & Lead Certification
- Andy Heller on REO Investing & RealtyJoin.com
- Steve Brown on Commercial Real Estate Investing
- Russ Hiner on Wholesaling & Negotiations
- Mark Durham on Creative Financing
- Leslie Mathis on Overcoming Fear
- Catherine McFarland on Goal Setting
- Karen Bershad on Small Business Strategies
- Chris Littleton on Landlording in Today’s Market
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Don’t forget, for Monday, July 11th only, the Atlanta REIA Main Monthly meeting will be held at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North located at 7 Concourse Parkway (map) near I285N and GA400. Free parking is available for members and guests in the parking lot conveniently located behind the hotel.
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iPad Workshop Replay (Part 2)
Posted on July 9, 2011 by
Everyone has probably heard about the hot new iPad 2 by now. You’ve probably also heard Don DeRosa talk about how its not just a cool new toy, but an integral tool he uses to run his real estate investing business. You’ve probably already seen many investors actively using their iPad at our Atlanta REIA Meetings and Networking Events to take notes, take pictures, play music, videos and webcasts, send and receive emails and keep track of all our upcoming events and more.
Perhaps you’ve recently purchased an iPad yourself and, like the rest of us, want a lesson on how to not only use it more effectively for personal use, but more importantly, use it to run your investing business from virtually anywhere, on-the-fly. If you want to learn how to the iPad to revolutionize your business, be sure to watch the Workshop Replay of Part 1 & 2 of the iPad Workshopfor Real Estate Investors with Don DeRosa that we recorded on June 22 and July 6th at our Atlanta REIA North Office.
If you missed the workshop and would like to watch the Workshop Replay (Part 1 & 2), Gold Members can register for $15 and Silver Members for $25. Click here to Register for the Workshop Replays Now! Read More→
Super Smart High Tech Home Buying & Selling Workshop – Part 1 – July 5, 2011
Posted on July 9, 2011 by
On July 5th, 2011, Dustin Griffin kicked off the Super Smart High Tech Home Buying & Selling Workshop Series for 2011 which is being held online on the 1st Tuesday of each month on GoToWebinar.com for the next few months in place of the regularly scheduled Super Smart Technology Webcast. Anyone can attend this live workshop for FREE by registering here. Atlanta REIA Members can login and watch the Workshop Replay below.
The purpose of this Workshop & Webcast Series is to teach you everything you need to know about your Super Smart Websites so you can become a more successful real estate investor by leveraging the latest technology and techniques. During this webcast training series, Dustin is going to show you how we use our Super Smart Websites, voice mail systems, live operators, virtual assistants, netbooks, notebooks, smart phones, iPads and other technologies, combined with online and offline marketing strategies to totally automate our real estate investing business so we can work less while earning much more! Read More→
Haves & Wants Speed Marketing Session: June 6, 2011
Posted on July 8, 2011 by
This was the Haves and Wants Speed Marketing Session that we recorded live at our June 6, 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. Read More→
Chris & Donna Littleton
Posted on July 8, 2011 by
Chris & Donna Littleton, co-owners of Solutions Realty Network, Inc. (SRN) share a passion for seeking out sound real estate investment opportunities. Their commitment to making them profitable is realized through standardized renovations, reliable property management, and consistent maintenance. The team at Solutions Realty Network prides itself on being experts in their field and proves it by successfully managing over 400 single & multifamily homes in 17 metro Atlanta counties.
The Littleton’s have been active real estate investors and property managers since 2003. Their franchise, The Real Market Experts® of Atlanta, assisted investors nationwide in acquiring $60 Million of Investment Property in just a few years. They are members of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM), and among the first in Georgia to earn the “Real Estate Property Management” REPM designation. Read More→
Learn How To Increase The Cash Flow On Your Rentals
Posted on July 7, 2011 by
This month at our Creative Financing Group (CFG) meeting on Wednesday, July 13th at 6:30 PM at Champps at 7955 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta, GA (map), local real estate expert and subgroup leader Mark Durham will teach you how to increase your cash flow and reduce your maintenance and management hassles on your rental houses.
You should definitely attend this meeting if you want to hold rental properties long term while increasing your monthly cash flow while reducing all of the maintenance responsibilities and management hassles of a typical landlord. This is possible using a very powerful technique known as a Lease Option, which is a form of creative financing where the tenant/buyer leases the house and also has an option to buy it.
At this month’s Creative Financing Group, Mark will teach you: Read More→
John Adams
Posted on July 7, 2011 by
Described as “Atlanta’s most trusted voice in real estate,” John Adams is a leading expert and consultant on issues of home ownership in the southeast United States.
Since 1973, he has bought, sold, brokered, leased, or managed residential real estate valued at well over fifty million dollars.
His investment seminars at Emory University in Atlanta have attracted overflow crowds every quarter, and his call-in radio program on News-Talk Radio 920am WGKA is listened to by thousands of Atlantans every week. The program received the 1990 Excellence in Media Award from the Atlanta Board of Realtors. Read More→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – Week of July 4, 2011
Posted on July 6, 2011 byWe have a lot of exciting things happening this week at Atlanta REIA. Tuesday we have the official kick off of the Super Smart High Tech Home Buying and Selling Basics Workshop and Webcast. On Wednesday, we have the iPad Investing Workshop Part 2 with Don DeRosa. On Thursday, we have the Haves & Wants Meeting followed by the 5 Seasons Brewery Tour and Beer Tasting. Come out and join us! Don’t forget, next Monday, July 11th is our Atlanta REIA Main Meeting and Vendor Trade Show. Don’t miss it! Read More→
iPad Workshop Replay (Part 1)
Posted on July 1, 2011 by
Everyone has probably heard about the hot new iPad 2 by now. You’ve probably also heard Don DeRosa talk about how its not just a cool new toy, but an integral tool he uses to run his real estate investing business. You’ve probably already seen many investors actively using their iPad at our Atlanta REIA Meetings and Networking Events to take notes, take pictures, play music, videos and webcasts, send and receive emails and keep track of all our upcoming events and more.
Perhaps you’ve recently purchased an iPad yourself and, like the rest of us, want a lesson on how to not only use it more effectively for personal use, but more importantly, use it to run your investing business from virtually anywhere, on-the-fly. If you want to learn how to the iPad to revolutionize your business, be sure to watch the Workshop Replay of our first iPad Workshop (Part 1) with Don DeRosa that we recorded on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at our Atlanta REIA North Office.
If you missed the workshop and would like to watch the Workshop Replay (Part 1 & 2), Gold Members can register for $15 and Silver Members for $25. Click here to Register for the Workshop Replays Now! Read More→
When a Tenant Moves Out – Part 2
Posted on June 29, 2011 by
In last week’s column, I shared some of our secrets we use to get our rental properties back from our residents (tenants) in a clean, ready-to-rent condition. Today, let’s finish up.
One of the easiest ways to get your rental trashed is to insist that your “tenant” stay in the property because the “contract” says so. It’s a case of you telling the tenant, “You’re gonna stay and pay!” and the tenant saying, “You wanna bet?!”
Folks, though most of our leases run for a year, I NEVER want a resident staying in one of our homes for one day longer than they want to be there! With this in mind, we have “out” language in our lease agreement. It simply says: If a resident wants to end the lease, just give us a 30-day written notice and pay an amount equal to one month’s rent. (NOTE: To be fair, we, as landlords, can cancel the lease using this same formula.) Read More→
New Member Orientation Workshop & Webcast – June 2011
Posted on June 28, 2011 byDustin Griffin, Executive Director of Atlanta REIA, conducted this New Member Orientation (NMO) Workshop & Webcast on June 21st 2011. The purpose of this workshop was to introduce new members to Atlanta REIA and to show them how they can get actively involved in our organization and get the most benefit out of their membership. Dustin covered the following on the Workshop & Webcast:
- Atlanta REIA’s mission and goals
- Meetings, subgroups, webcasts and workshops
- Different membership types: Gold vs. Silver
- Individual Memberships vs. Business Memberships
- Paying you up to $150 for member referrals
- How to get involved
- How to promote your business
- How to promote your deals
- How to build your buyers list and contact database
- Our member benefits and discounts
- Our private member only website
- And much more! Read More→
Russ Hiner Speaking on Negotiating at Atlanta REIA West on June 27, 2011
Posted on June 27, 2011 by
I’m SO excited about our Very Special Guest Speaker this Monday at the Atlanta REIA West Meeting that I almost wish we could just skip right over the weekend and get right to it! RUSS HINER is gracious enough to come speak with us about “How to Negotiate Your Way to Success”. What a great opportunity to learn priceless negotiating skills from one of Atlanta’s strongest real estate investors! Russ is definitely highly qualified to speak on this topic. Listen to this… you wouldn’t know it from talking with him, because he is not one to “toot his own horn” and he may be upset with me for even sharing this with you, but I found out through the grapevine that his background includes being a coach on the teams of such legends as Russ Whitney and Robert Kiyosaki! You think he may know something about negotiating that we can learn from? ABSOLUTELY!
Let’s face it folks, whether we are buying a house from a seller, selling a house to a buyer, or simply buying something at our local retail store, what comes out of our mouth when we are negotiating on every transaction determines our financial success in life. Those of us who learn to negotiate the best, wind up with the biggest stacks of CA$H! Listen, all the techniques and strategies for buying and selling real estate can be learned along the way, but it’s the negotiating that determines how big our checks are with any strategy. So, it just makes sense that if there is one skill that we as real estate investors should spend our time and efforts learning, practicing, and continually improving upon, it’s DEFINITELY negotiating. And Russ is going to speak on this very topic for us this Monday, June 27th at the Cherokee Cattle Company for FREE for Atlanta REIA Members, and only $5 for non-members! No matter if you haven’t done your first deal yet, or you are a seasoned investor, DON’T MISS THIS ONE, its sure to be some of the best information you could possibly expose yourself to in order to help you get to the next level. See you Monday! Be sure to come early to get a great seat and soak up everything Russ has to share with us. Have a great weekend! I hope it goes by fast!
