Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance Blog
It’s Wasted Energy Living in the Past
Posted on January 1, 2012 by
A few weeks ago, Kim and I left out of Tampa on a five-day cruise to Cozumel and Costa Maya. Our goal was to inspect and photograph Jewel of the Seas – the cruise ship we’ll be on when we do our first annual Captains of the Deal Cruise in 2013 for real estate investors. (See CaptainsOfTheDeal.com)
When we were underway, Kim and I did what lots of folks do – we went to the bow (front) of the ship to see what we could see. We met a young couple there. The guy, of course, stood on the rail with his arms outstretched and screamed, “I’m king of the world!” Read More→
Landlord Need Good To-Do Lists
Posted on January 1, 2012 by
When you are married and work together like Bill and I do, sometimes it’s easy to take one another for granted.
Several months ago, in an attempt to help Bill catch up on work, I took over the clean-out and marketing of one of our vacant homes. I don’t have the landlording experience that Bill has, so I assumed the task would be a breeze.
I took Bill’s 6-page To-Do List and went to work. I cleaned the house from top to bottom, raked and bagged the leaves, and gave everything a good sprucing up. Then I staged it with everything from tables and chairs to towels and toilet paper. I made sure there were flyers in the box and applications in the house. I updated the ads every few days and made sure the directional signs were pointing toward the house. I kept referring back to Bill’s To-Do List to make sure I wasn’t forgetting anything. Thank goodness for that list! Read More→
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→
Do Open Houses Work?
Posted on December 6, 2011 by
One of the most effective marketing tools we use to quickly sell a property is an Open House. Most realtors are quick to say that Open Houses are a BIG waste of time. I disagree. We’ve found Open Houses to be very effective and profitable! After all, when you stop at a house that’s for sale, what are the first two questions you ask? I bet they are: 1) How much is it? 2) What’s the inside look like?
We normally hold our Open Houses on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. To maximize attendance, here are a few of the things we do to prepare for, and then conduct, a successful Open House. 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→
Is Fear of the Unknown Holding You Back?
Posted on November 27, 2011 by
Are you working at a dead-end j-o-b? Have you given any thought to getting into real estate investing? When you watch those TV infomercials, does it stir something deep in your soul? Are you satisfied working 40 hours a week, or do you seek more…more independence, more financial freedom and more quality time spent with your family?
What prevents most people from becoming successful real estate investors? It’s a simple, little, four-letter word: Fear. Fear is the anchor that keeps too many folks stuck in the muck and mire of mediocrity! The sad part is, we’re not talking about a real fear; rather, it’s a fear of the unknown. 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→
How to Use Lease Options to Buy Real Estate with Little to No Money Down
Posted on November 25, 2011 by
This month at our Atlanta REIA West Meeting on Monday, November 28th at 6:30 PM at the Cherokee Cattle Company, local subgroup leader and real estate expert Leslie Mathis will teach you “How to Use Lease Options to Control and/or Buy Real Estate with Little to No Money Down”, as well as how to rent and sell your properties quickly using this powerful technique. She’ll share with you how to quickly maximize your cash flow, significantly reduce your maintenance costs and headaches, and reduce the time you spend with management issues on your rental properties.
You’ll definitely want to attend this meeting if you want to hold rental properties long term while increasing your monthly cash flow and 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 you and/or the tenant/buyer leases the house and also has an option to buy it.
At this month’s West Subgroup, Leslie will share with you how you can use the Lease Option technique both to buy and sell real estate. She’ll cover the following: Read More→
On the Horns of a Dilemma: Time Verse Rehab Cost
Posted on November 25, 2011 by
We bought a house at November’s foreclosure auction in Bartow County, Georgia. It needed a shave and haircut – by this I mean it needed paint, carpet, landscaping and some minor repairs.
We partnered with a new investor on this deal. We found the deal and put up the know-how. The new investor put up the purchase money and agreed to oversee the rehab. We placed the new investor in charge of the rehab so she could gain experience.
As the rehab began, the new investor found herself on the horns of a dilemma. This is a dilemma most new investors experience. Do you do the rehab yourself and save money, or do you hire a contractor to do the rehab and pay more? Read More→
