Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance Blog
Don’t Ask: “What’s Your Asking Price?”
Posted on March 23, 2012 by
Cruising yard sales and working at a pawn shop are two of the best ways to learn how to negotiate.
I’ve spent years doing both, and one of the biggest mistakes I see people make is asking the seller, “What is your asking price?’
Big Mistake – huge!
Think about it: when a seller prices an item for sale – whether it’s a boat, house, or trinket – he has a ‘written’ price in his mind. Usually, he will ask one price, but will take another. So when you, as the buyer, ask the seller, “What’s your asking price?” he mentally sees the ‘written’ asking price in his mind and gives you that answer, instead of the price he will actually take. Read More→
Robert Shemin
Posted on March 23, 2012 by
Wealth advisor for both CNN, and FOX News, New York times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author with 16 titles including his mega success “How Come that Idiot’s Rich and I’m Not?” and “7 S.E.C.R.E.T.S of the Money Masters”. Robert Shemin is one of the nation’s most sought after real estate and financial market forecasters today.
Robert became a millionaire by the young age of 32, retiring from investing. Instead of keeping all of his wealth building strategies to himself, Robert decided to share his secrets and became an Internationally-respected Wealth Creation Expert.
Regularly sharing the podium with such financial luminaries as Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki, David Bach, Suze Orman and Tony Robbins, Shemin helped create The Learning Annex Wealth Expo and has consistently been voted the “#1 speaker” by crowds of over 50,000 people.
Robert has been interviewed and quoted on all topics of finance ranging from real estate to branding, negotiating, entrepreneurship and investment strategy in over 300 publications including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today and TIME Magazine. He is a frequent guest on national, regional, and local television and radio programs such as National Public Radio (NPR) and CNBC’s “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch. Read More→
Kristin Mack
Posted on March 23, 2012 by
Kristin Mack has been in Real Estate for over ten years: first as a licensed realtor in California and now as a Real Estate Investor in Savannah, Ga. Her passion in real estate has led her to focus on continually buying and selling properties, while managing existing income-producing units. Upon moving to Savannah, she quickly saw the need for a creative real estate investment group where investors could work together and stay abreast of the current real estate trends and laws, while partnering and growing their business. Kristin is a founding member and volunteer director of the Savannah Real Estate Investors Alliance (SavannahREIA.com). Read More→
Aislee Jackson
Posted on March 23, 2012 by
Aislee Jackson was one of six children born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. He graduated from HV Jenkins High School and attended Georgia Tech. Aislee joined the Georgia Air National Guard in 1995 where he served as an Computer and Telephone Maintenance technician until 2001. Aislee continued his formal education majoring in Business and is scheduled to graduate in fall of 2012 with a BS in Business with a concentration in Small business & Entrepreneurship from the University of Phoenix. Read More→
Who Do You Trust with Your Trusts? Are Your Assets Protected?
Posted on March 19, 2012 by
This month on Monday, March 26 at 6:30 PM, at the Atlanta REIA West Subgroup*, we have an incredible opportunity for you to learn the basics of asset protection from one of the country’s foremost experts on the subject! We are very proud to host Atlanta’s own Attorney Doug Shaddix, founder of Wealth Preservation Solutions, LLC. which specializes in helping clients avoid probate, minimize their tax burden, and maximize their privacy by utilizing trusts and entities that assist you in your asset protection. Attorney Shaddix will be sharing his knowledge and expertise on this very timely and important subject. Why is this so important? Here’s why…
If you have significant assets of any type, you are a target for a lawsuit. You need to know more about legally protecting your assets. Enjoy greater privacy, limits on your personal liability, as well as tax benefits through the use of entities such as LLC’s, corporations and trusts.
In today’s litigious society, you need only one person unhappy with your business, one injured tenant, one disgruntled individual to ruin all that you have worked for by going to a plaintiff’s lawyer to see how they can get to everything you own. If you are sued, you could lose your business, its equipment and vehicles, your personal automobiles, your home, your rental properties . . . anything that you own in your own name.
Sounds pretty scary, right? Read More→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – Week of March 19, 2012
Posted on March 18, 2012 by
We have another great week of education, networking and fun at Atlanta REIA. Monday is Movers & Shakers with Robert Locke. Tuesday is the Short Sale and Foreclosure Group with Bob Massey as well as the “Fish Club” with Russ Hiner on Negotiations. Thursday is the Cash Cow Commercial Group with Steve Brown and the Haves & Wants Meeting with Joe Thompson. Read More→
March Movers & Shakers Lunch Meeting with Robert Locke
Posted on March 18, 2012 by
We hear about all these foreign buying groups, hedge funds, big investor groups, etc. coming into Atlanta and purchasing big portfolios of properties. What’s the real story? Rumors are flying about large packages being sold off by government agencies. Who is going to purchase them, and who is going to manage them? What are they going to do with them once they purchase them? Will the “small” investor have a chance to participate or will they be locked out?
We are very pleased to have Robert Locke, Broker Owner of Crown Realty and Management as our Speaker for the Movers & Shakers Meeting on Monday, March 19th at 11:00 AM who will be addressing these topics and more. Robert speaks to these folks on a regular basis and has some interesting insights to share on these trends and more.
Robert got his real estate license in 1973 and has practiced real estate sales, investing, leasing and property management ever since. He and his wife Betty started buying houses in 1978 in Atlanta and have bought over 150 houses for their own account. Robert has also sold over 500 houses to investor clients. Read More→
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA – Week of March 12, 2012
Posted on March 13, 2012 byWe have another great week of education, networking and fun… all included in your Atlanta REIA Membership! Monday is not only our Main Atlanta REIA Meeting, but we are also having a “Meeting-Before-The-Meeting” and a “Meeting-After-The-Meeting”! Wednesday is the Spanish Investors Networking Group Meetings in Lawrenceville and the I Love Marketing Meeting in Vinings. Haves & Wants is on Thursday as always! Read More→
How to Negotiate Win-Win Deals
Posted on March 8, 2012 by
Most folks mistakenly think negotiating is a beat-the-other-side-over-the-head-until-they-quit thing. This couldn’t be further from the truth! Over the years, we’ve sat down with thousands of buyers, sellers and tenants and successfully negotiated hundreds of Win-Win deals.
What’s a Win-Win deal? It’s when both parties leave the negotiating table feeling like they ended up in a better place than where they started. They may not be in the exact place they wanted to be, but they are in a better place!
Here’s a nugget I learned from Pete Fortunato: No one is gonna say yes to a deal that puts them in a worse place than where they started. Given a choice between a worse place and the same place, folks will take the same place about every time – in other words, no deal! Read More→
Will Your Title Insurance Policy Cover You When You Need it Most?
Posted on March 7, 2012 by
Are you certain your title insurance policy will cover you in the event you need it? Do you know what has been excepted from coverage on your last title insurance policy? Did you know that you might not be using the correct documents in order to ensure continued title insurance coverage on your properties? Learn how to properly read a title insurance policy and how title rates are calculated in Georgia.
Join me, Attorney Jonathan F. Lyman and my partner Attorney Craig M. Halperin, of the law firm, Halperin Lyman, LLC, at the Atlanta REIA Main Meeting on Monday, March 12th at 5:30 PM. The information we will be presenting will not only help beginning investors to learn the legal side of the transactions they are conducting but is guaranteed to teach seasoned investors a new lesson or two as well. This is a definite “Do Not Miss” educational event for anyone involved in real estate investments.
You may believe you have done what you need to do to protect your investment property by purchasing an owner’s policy but come learn the ins and outs of title insurance coverage and find out whether you actually have a policy in place that truly protects your interests! Read More→
Webcast Replay: Turbo Charging Your Buying & Selling Machine
Posted on March 7, 2012 by
On March 1st, our good friend and Atlanta REIA Business Member, Kathy Kennebrook joined us for a very special Training Opportunity Webcast on Direct Mail Marketing and other real estate investing strategies. Kathy explained how to buy and sell houses quickly in any market and as well as exactly how she runs her real estate business.
Some of the topics she covered were: Read More→
Everyone Wants to Know, Who is “Mr. X”?
Posted on March 7, 2012 by
UPDATE: Since publishing an article this week on a famous Atlanta real estate guru, who is currently undergoing a state and federal criminal investigation for tax evasion and possibly fraud and other charges, we have been inundated with calls and emails wanting to know “Who is Mr. X?” To protect the presumed innocent, we had not planned on releasing Mr. X’s identity until formal charges were made against him. However, to enable the many hundreds and thousands of Georgians who use Mr X’s legal paperwork and training to properly prepare and protect themselves from any legal and tax implications this investigation may have on their lives and businesses, we have decided to reveal the identity of Mr. X at our Atlanta REIA Main Meeting on Monday, March 12th at 5:30 PM so they can consult with professional legal and tax advisers as needed. Meanwhile, we will tell you who Mr. X is NOT… he is no one who has never attended or spoke at any Atlanta REIA meetings or events.
