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TONIGHT is Our First Evening with an Expert Webcast with Real Estate Attorney, John Maurer!
Posted on September 23, 2010 byHey everyone! I am excited to announce that we are launching our new Evening with a Real Estate Expert Webcast TONIGHT, September 22nd, 2010 at 7PM ET via GoToWebinar.com with our special guest and my good friend and real estate attorney, John Maurer. John brings to the table twelve years of real estate experience with a specialty in investor services. John has handled all aspects of real estate transactions from conventional loans to hard money deals. He has done short sales, back to back closings, wrap mortgages, owner financing and dealt with non-closing real estate litigation including foreclosures, evictions and the creation of various contracts including rental contracts and lease purchases.
On our webcast, John will be hitting some of the highlights of the new investor market landscape. He will answer questions about the SAFE Act and how it relates to both Short Sales and Owner Financing. He will discuss back-to-back transactions, both general and as part of a short sale. He will discuss issues regarding financing and seasoning.
Don’t miss your chance to get your questions answered by John Maurer LIVE on our first ever, Evening with an Expert Webcast! Register for the Webcast Now!
Evening with an Expert Webcast with Real Estate Attorney John Maurer
Posted on September 22, 2010 byHey everyone! I am excited to announce that we are launching our new Evening with a Real Estate Expert Webcast on September 22nd, 2010 at 7PM ET via GoToWebinar.com with our special guest and my good friend and real estate attorney, John Maurer. John brings to the table twelve years of real estate experience with a specialty in investor services. John has handled all aspects of real estate transactions from conventional loans to hard money deals. He has done short sales, back to back closings, wrap mortgages, owner financing and dealt with non-closing real estate litigation including foreclosures, evictions and the creation of various contracts including rental contracts and lease purchases.
On our webcast, John will be hitting some of the highlights of the new investor market landscape. He will answer questions about the SAFE Act and how it relates to both Short Sales and Owner Financing. He will discuss back-to-back transactions, both general and as part of a short sale. He will discuss issues regarding financing and seasoning. Don’t miss your change to get your questions answered by John Maurer on our first ever, Evening with an Expert Webcast! Register for the Webcast Now!
John Maurer, Real Estate Attorney
Posted on September 22, 2010 by
John Maurer was born in Nashville Tennessee and attended undergraduate college at the University of Knoxville, Tennessee. He came to Georgia in 1992 to study law at Emory University and graduated in 1996 with his J.D. Upon passing the Bar, he practiced litigation and was admitted to practice in all Georgia Courts including the Federal Northern and Middle District Courts of Georgia. In 1998 he began his work in residential real estate. In 2004 he left the firm of Stevens, Maurer and Cooper to open his own firm where he felt he could give more personalized service to his clients.
Atlanta Real Estate Investors Meet Tonight at the Atlanta REIA North Meeting
Posted on September 21, 2010 by
Atlanta REIA North meets TONIGHT at 6:00 PM at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D in Buford, GA just a few miles from the Mall of Georgia. At last month’s meeting we talked about how to crank up your leads online using Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing. In fact, we just kicked off our 90 Day Extreme Internet Marketing Workshop – The SEO/SEM Edition last night in case you missed it.
This month at our Atlanta REIA North Meeting, we’re going to talk about using offline guerrilla marketing techniques to generate all the buyer and seller leads we can handle in addition to online marketing techniques. We will also be doing a marketing segment, so bring in your haves, wants, needs, flyers and any deals you wish to market and share with our group in person or online. We will also be doing a networking segment during the meeting so don’t forget your business cards.
Also, immediately after the Atlanta REIA North Meeting, we will break and reconvene at the Mall of Georgia Taco Mac for Late Nite Networking. We hope you will come out and eat, drink, network and have fun with us!
Business Opportunity Webcast Replay: How to Totally Dominate Your Local Competition Online
Posted on September 17, 2010 by
On our 1st Atlanta REIA Business Opportunity Webcast (Register for Monthly Webcast) on September 16th, 2010, Dustin Griffin explained why only the top 5% of all real estate investors out there get 90% of all the leads generated online while the other 95% of investors compete over the remaining 10% of those leads. Dustin also showed viewers how to post an article or advertisement online and have it appear #1 on Google in a matter of seconds or minutes at most. He also showed us how to totally dominate the first page of Google and other major search engines locally quicker than we ever thought possible using simple, easy-to-implement Guerrilla Internet Marketing techniques! Read More→
Tonight’s Webcast: How to Generate More Leads Online Using Guerrilla Internet Marketing & Search Engine Optimization Techniques
Posted on September 16, 2010 byAre you getting your fair share of leads from the Internet? Do you get at least 1 lead per day from your website? How about 2, 5, 10 or more?
If you were to go to Google, Yahoo or Bing right now and type in your company name, could you easily find your site on the first page?
Or what if you typed in a few common search phrases about your company, what you do, etc… can you still find your site on the first page of the search engine results?
If not, you’re not alone. It’s been said that the top 5 percent of all real estate investors get 90% of all the leads generated online from search engine searches. This means that the other 95% of investors fight for the remaining 10% of the online leads.
So why are the top 5% of these investors getting the vast share of the online leads? What do they know that you don’t?
Learn their secrets TONIGHT on Atlanta REIA’s Webcast at 7PM ET on Guerrilla Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so you too can share their success faster than you ever thought possible for very little or no money… emphasis on no money!
Tonight’s Webcast: Changes in Short Sale Industry and 90 Day FHA Flip Rules
Posted on September 14, 2010 byHave you noticed the new wave of foreclosures coming your way? There are more and more houses going to foreclosure and it is the next wave that you are starting to see and it is just the beginning. There is a right way and a wrong way to do a Short Sale. This webinar will tell you what to look for when doing a short sale.
Many sellers don’t know what can happen if their house goes to foreclosure. They believe it is all over with and they can start have a fresh start. That is not true!!! That is what the banks want all the sellers to believe.
Tonight at 7PM ET, join Kimberlee Frank on the Foreclosures Gone Wild Webinar as she tells you how long the banks have to go after a seller for a deficiency judgment long after a foreclosure is complete. She is also going to spill her guts on some of the banks that are now changing their guidelines. She is also going to tell you about buying and selling a house with a buyer using FHA Financing. The fact that FHA has removed the 90 day Flip requirement is filled with a bunch of holes.
Join us for a webinar on TONIGHT, Tuesday, September 14th at 7:00 PM ET
What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA This Week & Next Week
Posted on September 13, 2010 byTuesday, Sept 14th: Foreclosures Gone Wild Webcast
On the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7PM ET, short sale expert Kimberlee Frank will spend an hour answering your questions on investing in short sales and helping save people from foreclosure. If you are thinking about investing in short sales, are currently investing in short sales, or perhaps quit doing short sales in the past due to the negotiating hassles, this is a webcast you don’t want to miss. Register Now for the Webcast!
Starting on Sept 20th, 2010, Dustin Griffin, along with many other real estate investors and entrepreneurs in Atlanta, Orlando and scattered throughout the USA will be embarking on a 90 Day Extreme Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Makeover in efforts to get their web sites, pages and profiles dominating the first page of major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing and other quicker than they ever thought possible! Register for this Webcast to Learn More!
Saturday, Sept 18th: Fuller Center Volunteer Workday
If you haven’t yet come out and joined Atlanta REIA and the Fuller Center of Atlanta on Project Lakewood yet, now is the perfect opportunity for you to get involved and help us build, renovate and repair more homes for needy Atlanta families than ever before! On September 18th at 9:30 AM, we will be meeting at the newly renovated house we just completed at 10 Gould Street to start power washing, scraping and painting a dilapidated, owner occupied house just down the street. We need your help so please come lend a hand. RSVP on Facebook Now!
Monday, Sept 20th: The 90 Day Extreme Internet Marketing Makeover Workshop Begins!
Starting on September 20th, Dustin Griffin is kicking off the 800 Lb Guerrilla Internet Marketing 90 Day Extreme Makeover and would love for you to participate and show you what you can achieve online with the proper training, a little hard work and a 90 day action plan to get it done. Dustin is going to show you how to take your Internet presence from zero to hero in 90 short days so you can generate more leads online than ever before! See more info about this upcoming event.
Tuesday, Sept 21 at 6PM: Atlanta REIA North Monthly Meeting
Atlanta REIA North is a subchapter of the Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance that meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D, Buford, Georgia in North Gwinnett County just a few miles from the Mall of Georgia. Like the Main Atlanta REIA Monthly Meeting, this subchapter will be led by Dustin Griffin and Gordon Catts and will focus on a wide variety of cutting edge real estate investing strategies with a special emphasis on Internet Marketing and Technology for the modern day “High Tech Investor”. The cost is $5.00 at the door for non-members.
Thursday, Sept 23 at 7PM: An Evening with a Real Estate Expert
On the 4th Thursday of the each month at 7PM ET, we will be bringing in local and national real estate industry experts for an interactive exchange of ideas, information and questions and answers on a wide variety of real estate investing topics. Whether you are new to investing or have been doing it for years, this webcast training series is designed to expose you to a wide variety of real estate industry experts and give you an opportunity to hear what they do and ask them questions and get straight answers. This is a NO SALES, TRAINING ONLY webcast. Register for the Webcast Now!
The Fuller Center of Atlanta Legacy Build 2010 Was a Huge Success Thanks to Your Help!
Posted on September 12, 2010 by
(Atlanta, GA) On September 11th, 2010, we not only commemorated our losses from the September 11th terrorist attacks on America, but we also celebrated the Fuller Center 2010 Legacy Build and dedicated 100 houses that were recently built or renovated by volunteers nationwide, 6 of which were in Atlanta. We’ve been working every other weekend all summer to finish up these homes and look forward to starting on more homes next weekend.
Yesterday was a wonderful celebration of what volunteers, local citizens, neighbors, friends, families, church groups, non-profits and businesses can accomplish by working together to achieve the common goal of eradicating poverty and substandard housing right here at home for all Americans one home at a time. It was a very rewarding experience to all those who participated in Project Lakewood on site and off. The ultimate reward was an experience and sense of satisfaction of a job well done that no amount of money can buy. We thank everyone who participated from the bottom of our hearts. Your contribution made a difference and forever changed the lives of others.
Two Great Networking Events For Atlanta Real Estate Professionals You Need to Know About
Posted on September 10, 2010 byI went to 2 GREAT networking events for real estate investors and other real estate professionals yesterday (Sept 9, 2010) that I wanted to share with you so can attend next month and continue to build your network connections.
The first was the “Haves and Wants Meeting” which is a weekly investor’s brainstorming and deal making jam session held at the 5 Seasons Brewing located at 5600 Roswell Rd inside the Perimeter at the “Prado”. They meet EVERY Thursday (except major holidays) from 1:30 PM till approximately 3:00 PM. Joe Thompson is a professional financial adviser who has been leading the group for over 5 years and says “This group is not about real estate education and training. We’ll leave the training to REIA groups like yours. This group is all about doing deals and making money!” This may not be an exact quote from Joe, but it is close enough. His point was that his group is for players who are doing deals now. So if you’re looking to do deals with real players doing real deals right now, this is the group for you. And did I mention they meet in a brewery?!?! How sweet is that?!? Click here to read more about Joe’s excellent Haves and Wants Meeting for deal makers.
The second networking event I went to was Peter Pasternack’s “Real Estate Connections” networking event for real estate PROFESSIONALS. Notice the emphasis I put on professionals? This was an awesome, upscale and very professional networking event for real estate pros. The event was held at the MF Room, a trendy sushi bar and lounge at the base of Terminus Tower in Buckhead. The people in attendance were not the same old tired, burnt out investors and agents you run into over and over again at other real estate groups and networking events that get you depressed when you talk to them. The folks at Peter’s event where dressed to the nines, full of positive energy and enthusiasm, eager to stick out a hand and meet new friends and contacts, and ready to do business and make deals happen right now. Click here to read more about Peter’s prestigious Real Estate Connections Atlanta Event.
Joe Thompson’s Haves & Wants Weekly Investor Brainstorming and Deal Making Jam Session
Posted on September 10, 2010 byYesterday (Sept 9, 2010) I attended Joe Thompson’s weekly “Haves and Wants” Meeting for the first time at the suggestion of Gordon Catts and “Cash Flow” Tom Boyer. They had both told me what a great group this was for meeting players who are actively investing in real estate and doing deals and that is exactly what I found there.
The “Haves and Wants Meeting” is a weekly investor’s brainstorming and deal making jam session held at the 5 Seasons Brewing located at 5600 Roswell Rd inside the Perimeter at the “Prado” and it rocks! They meet EVERY Thursday (except major holidays) from 1:30 PM till approximately 3:00 PM. Joe Thompson is a professional financial adviser who has been leading the group for over 5 years and says “This group is not about real estate education and training. We’ll leave the training to REIA groups like yours. This group is all about doing deals and making money!” This may not be an exact quote from John, but it is close enough. His point was that his group is for players who are doing deals now. So, if you’re looking to do deals with real players doing real deals right now, this is the group for you. And did I mention they meet in a brewery?!?! How sweet is that?!? The food and beer is great!
Peter Pasternack’s Atlanta Real Estate Connections Networking Event Was Awesome!
Posted on September 10, 2010 by
Last night at 6:00 PM, Peter Pasternack, a very nice gentleman I met on Facebook recently who happens to be Atlanta’s very own “Flip This House” guy, hosted a very prestigious, upscale networking event called “Real Estate Connections” for Atlanta real estate professionals. The event took place at a trendy sushi bar and lounge called the MF Room located at the base of Terminus Tower in Buckhead.
The cost of this networking event was $20 at the door or in advance. Earlier in the day I overheard a few other investors muttering “I’m not going to pay $20 for a networking event… that’s crazy!” Well, needless to say, these gentlemen did not attend Peter’s most excellent event and boy did they miss out. I didn’t do a head count, but there were at least 100+ serious real estate investors and professionals there who were dressed to the nines in business attire, looking sharp and ready to make connections and talk business. The $20 at the door not only helped pay for the space, the free hors d’ oeuvres being circulated throughout the evening and the complimentary valet parking, but it also seemed to attract a higher energy, more positive, success driven crowd who was not afraid to stick out their hand, introduce themselves and offer their friendship and services. Many of the whiner and wannabe investors who aren’t doing deals right now were nowhere to be found.
