Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance Blog

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

Join us at the Atlanta REIA Main Meeting & Vendor Tradeshow on Monday, August 14th from 6PM-9PM at the City of Light located at 3125 Presidential Pkwy, Atlanta, GA.

The Atlanta Region has grown substantly over the last several decades. Atlanta has benefited from being a transportation and distribution hub. This was not an accident.

There has been an origination working quietly behind the scene through much of its growth. There has been a planning commission here from 1945. A The commission initially served the City of Atlanta and Fulton and Dekalb Counties. Now they serve a 13 county area and 72 Municipalities. They are involved in the study, plan, influence, and implimation of transportation, infrastructure, health, water quality, employment, etc. All of these areas impact housing.

A friend and longtime successful investor commented that their projections have been right on over the years. Where will the growth occur over the next several years. They know. Between now and 2040 the region will spend In excess of 62 Billion Dollars on transportation and infrastructure.

Mike Carnathan, Manager of the Research and Analytics Department at the Atlanta Regional Commission, will be Sharing information that will help us as investors have a better understanding of the growth in our market. RSVP Now and join us at Atlanta REIA to learn more about the future of the Atlanta Market Area!

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

*Please Note: Meeting agenda is subject to change.

As always, Atlanta REIA Members can attend our Main Meeting event at no charge. Non-Members can attend for $20 by registering in advance at http://areia.us/rsvp/ or pay $25 at the door.

Join Don DeRosa every month at 5:30PM SHARP at our Meeting-Before-the-Meeting that we like to call the High Tech Home Buying Creative Deal Structuring Subgroup that meets one hour BEFORE the Atlanta REIA Main Monthly Event.

Don’t Miss This Month’s Meeting with Don DeRosa! Here’s what you’ll learn at the “Meeting Before The Meeting” event on Aug 14th at 5:30 PM:

• Top 10 Mistakes: Uncover the most common pitfalls that real estate investors face when renovating properties.
• Budgeting Strategies: Learn how to plan and manage your renovation budget effectively for maximum ROI.
• Contractor Selection: Get expert tips on choosing the right contractors for your projects and ensuring quality workmanship.
• Time Management: Master techniques to streamline your renovation process and reduce downtime between projects.
• Market Insights: Gain valuable insights into current real estate trends that can impact your renovation decisions.

Join us on Aug 14th at 5:30 PM for this exclusive event with Don DeRosa and take your real estate investing game to the next level! Don’t miss this chance to avoid costly mistakes and become a successful real estate renovator. See you there!

Join us at the Meeting-Before-the-Meeting each month where Don will teach you about different real estate investing purchase and sale strategies to put more money in your pocket as as well as state-of-the-art tools and techniques you’ll use to evaluate deals and figure out how to make them work. You’ll learn to work less and earn more so you can spend more time where you want, when you want and with whom you want.

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

At 5:00 PM, we have a Vendor Trade Show that lasts throughout the meeting where you can come out and meet many of our participating Business Members and Vendor Guests who help sponsor our meeting.

Vendor tables are limited, so any vendors wanting to reserve a table for the meeting can RSVP for a Vendor Table here. Vendor tables are reserved and setup on a first-come, first-serve basis.

• Post Your Deals or Find Deals on Our Facebook Groups (Full List). Be sure to join 1) Atlanta Real Estate Investors Network, 2) Georgia Real Estate Investors Network, 3) Atlanta Wholesale Real Estate Deals & 4) Georgia Wholesale Real Estate Deals.

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

Join us at the Atlanta REIA Main Meeting & Vendor Tradeshow on Monday, July 10th from 6PM-9PM at the City of Light located at 3125 Presidential Pkwy, Atlanta, GA.

This month our special guest Roger Herring will be back at Atlanta REIA to give you a Tax Update, talk to you about protecting your assets, how to reduce your taxes and grow your wealth without paying taxes.

You’ll learn about…

• Simple protection moves
• The truth about trusts
• 2023 Tax: Things to know
• Tax Reduction Strategies
• It ain’t your Mama’s pension plan

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

Roger Herring, MSCTA is The Investor’s Accountant. As founder and CEO of Investors Accounting LLC, he brings over 30 years’ experience in accounting and taxation to our clients. He began studying real estate investing in 2005 and made his first investment, a 70 door executive office suites complex in 2006. Later that year, he decided to combine his specialized knowledge in accounting and real estate and rebranded the firm as Investors Accounting LLC. He is a 1991 graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. He was commissioned an officer in the US Army Reserve where he served for eight years. Prior to entering private practice, he spent eleven years as a corporate accountant in positions ranging from staff accountant to chief financial officer. Roger is married to Shelley; they have two children and two grandchildren.

*Please Note: Meeting agenda is subject to change.

As always, Atlanta REIA Members can attend our Main Meeting event at no charge. Non-Members can attend for $20 by registering in advance at http://areia.us/rsvp/ or pay $25 at the door.

Join Gordon Catts every month at 5:30PM SHARP at our Meeting-Before-the-Meeting where he will discuss Real Estate Strategies for a Changing Market.

We are seeing changes in the market with a great deal of uncertainty as to the future. Interest rates are higher, wholesalers are working secondary markets in order to find deals. Although consumer debt is high, foreclosures are not. Last month approximately 50% of properties scheduled to go to sale at auction were pulled. 

Homeowners are reluctant to sell as they will have trouble replacing their current home. In this market, there are challenges, BUT there are also Opportunities! Remember Chaos equals opportunity. We will be discussing the 4 bucket rule. The differences between speculating and investing. The “Business” Of Real Estate. The support people need. Value add strategies.

Join us at the Meeting-Before-the-Meeting each month where Don will teach you about different real estate investing purchase and sale strategies to put more money in your pocket as as well as state-of-the-art tools and techniques you’ll use to evaluate deals and figure out how to make them work. You’ll learn to work less and earn more so you can spend more time where you want, when you want and with whom you want.

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

At 5:00 PM, we have a Vendor Trade Show that lasts throughout the meeting where you can come out and meet many of our participating Business Members and Vendor Guests who help sponsor our meeting.

Vendor tables are limited, so any vendors wanting to reserve a table for the meeting can RSVP for a Vendor Table here. Vendor tables are reserved and setup on a first-come, first-serve basis.

• Post Your Deals or Find Deals on Our Facebook Groups (Full List). Be sure to join 1) Atlanta Real Estate Investors Network, 2) Georgia Real Estate Investors Network, 3) Atlanta Wholesale Real Estate Deals & 4) Georgia Wholesale Real Estate Deals.

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

Join us at the Atlanta REIA Main Meeting & Vendor Tradeshow on Monday, June 12th from 6PM-9PM at the City of Light located at 3125 Presidential Pkwy, Atlanta, GA.

This month our special guest Attorney Andrew Gurvey will be talking with you about buying, selling and developing LAND. You may know about flipping houses, you may know about renovating homes – but what about land?

Andrew shares his 22+ years as a real estate attorney and almost 20 years buying, selling and developing land for residential use. This is a basic introductory presentaion to understand the core elements of purchasing and flipping land … not a sales pitch for the next level of coaching or classes.

You’ll learn about…

• Contracts
• Due diligence
• Zoning
• Understanding tax assessor data
• Demolition
• GIS maps
• Flood zones
• Surveys
• General Valuation
• Highest and best use
• Environmental Phase 1 reports
• and of course basic construction costs

… from a single unimproved intown lot to multiple acres. Whether you are just flipping, looking to build your next rental, or wanting to dip your toes into becoming a developer … within an hour or so you should be comfortable knowing what to do with the next tract of land that you come across. RSVP Now to join us at Atlanta REIA!

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

*Please Note: Meeting agenda is subject to change.

As always, Atlanta REIA Members can attend our Main Meeting event at no charge. Non-Members can attend for $20 by registering in advance at http://areia.us/rsvp/ or pay $25 at the door.

Join Don DeRosa every month at 5:30PM SHARP at our Meeting-Before-the-Meeting that we like to call the High Tech Home Buying Creative Deal Structuring Subgroup  that meets one hour BEFORE the Atlanta REIA Main Monthly Event.

Are you ready to uncover the secrets to real estate success? Don’t miss out on the opportunity to boost your profits and become a successful real estate investor. Join Don during the Atlanta REIA Meeting Before the Meeting where he will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to thrive in the real estate investing industry.

Imagine confidently knowing the value of a property after repairs, whether you plan to rent it out or fix it up and sell it. Picture yourself accurately figuring out if you’re getting a good deal or paying too much, so you can make smart decisions that maximize your earnings.

With Don’s expert guidance, you’ll learn how to do thorough research before buying a property, accurately estimate repair costs, and confidently work with buyers and sellers. Take the first step towards financial success and join us at the meeting before the meeting.

Join us at the Meeting-Before-the-Meeting each month where Don will teach you about different real estate investing purchase and sale strategies to put more money in your pocket as as well as state-of-the-art tools and techniques you’ll use to evaluate deals and figure out how to make them work. You’ll learn to work less and earn more so you can spend more time where you want, when you want and with whom you want.

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

At 5:00 PM, we have a Vendor Trade Show that lasts throughout the meeting where you can come out and meet many of our participating Business Members and Vendor Guests who help sponsor our meeting.

Vendor tables are limited, so any vendors wanting to reserve a table for the meeting can RSVP for a Vendor Table here. Vendor tables are reserved and setup on a first-come, first-serve basis.

• Post Your Deals or Find Deals on Our Facebook Groups (Full List). Be sure to join 1) Atlanta Real Estate Investors Network, 2) Georgia Real Estate Investors Network, 3) Atlanta Wholesale Real Estate Deals & 4) Georgia Wholesale Real Estate Deals.

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

Join us at the Atlanta REIA Main Meeting & Vendor Tradeshow on Monday, May 8th from 6PM-9PM at the City of Light located at 3125 Presidential Pkwy, Atlanta, GA with our special guest speakers, Jason Roberts and Rachel Schneider, who will be teaching you all about a real estate investing niche that’s low competition, low hassle, high profit, and high impact! “Shared Housing” is the phrase that should be on every real estate entrepreneur’s lips in 2023.

Watch Video from Jason

Why? Because it can 3x the cashflow and double the value of a traditional rental, AND be more hands-off, AND make a real dent in the ‘affordable housing crisis’ in our community…

…Which is why we’ve devoted our next Atlanta REIA Meeting on May 8th to showing YOU how you can tap into this hot, growing market and create huge monthly cash flow from properties you already own, or the next one you buy!

If we told you that there were a way that you could:

• 3x the cash flow you net from your houses and apartments
• Double the value of your properties
• Be MORE hands-off in the management
• AND be part of the real solution to the “affordable housing crisis”

Your first thought might be, “Yeah, yeah. If such a thing existed I’d already know about it”.

But your second should be, “But just in case I don’t, tell me more”.

We wouldn’t be dangling that carrot unless it were real, and do-able, and something we thought you needed to know more about… and that’s why we’re thrilled to give you the chance to learn all about it at our May 8th meeting.

The strategy that can do ALL of this for you is Shared Housing.

It’s a way to get paid handsomely for creating super-affordable housing for some of the most vulnerable Americans, whether they’re:

• Veterans
• The elderly
• The disabled
• People in recovery from drug addiction
• Returning citizens
• Or whichever segment of society YOU have a passion for…

…in a way that’s affordable and supportive for THEM, and much more profitable than traditional rentals for you.

Don’t Let the Knee-Jerk Reaction You Just Had
Turn Off Your Brain…

You might be having a lot of thoughts right now about how you’re too new, or that shared housing is too complex, or too much work, or that you need more money than you have to get started.

But don’t write off this high cash flow, fortune-building niche just because you THINK you know what it’s all about.

Instead, join us on Monday, and let Jason Roberts share his experiences and show you:

• Which properties in which areas are ideal shared housing projects, and whether it’s smarter to buy an existing facility, create a new one, or just convert one of the rentals or rehabs you already own into one
• Why you can choose to be completely hands-on, completely hands-off, or something in between, depending on your goals and skills
• How to get the money to do these deals whether or not you happen to have cash and credit (trust us, you CAN)
• The renters who are begging for these situations, and who will fill up your property fast, and for whom you’ll be solving a huge problem (and you know we make money solving problems, right?)
• Real-life examples, with numbers, that prove that providing shared housing can triple your income and double the value of your properties
• How you can single-handedly make a huge impact on the affordable housing crisis in YOUR community, and get killer cash flow doing it (and really, what could be better than that?)

RSVP Now and Join Jason and Rachel at Atlanta REIA to learn more about this exciting niche and the possibilities it holds for your real estate investing business!

Atlanta REIA Members Can Atte for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

*Please Note: Meeting agenda is subject to change.

As always, Atlanta REIA Members can attend our Main Meeting event at no charge. Non-Members can attend for $20 by registering in advance at http://areia.us/rsvp/ or pay $25 at the door.

Join Don DeRosa every month at 5:30PM SHARP at our Meeting-Before-the-Meeting that we like to call the High Tech Home Buying Creative Deal Structuring Subgroup  that meets one hour BEFORE the Atlanta REIA Main Monthly Event.

Join us at the Meeting-Before-the-Meeting each month where Don will teach you about different real estate investing purchase and sale strategies to put more money in your pocket as as well as state-of-the-art tools and techniques you’ll use to evaluate deals and figure out how to make them work. You’ll learn to work less and earn more so you can spend more time where you want, when you want and with whom you want.

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

At 5:00 PM, we have a Vendor Trade Show that lasts throughout the meeting where you can come out and meet many of our participating Business Members and Vendor Guests who help sponsor our meeting.

Vendor tables are limited, so any vendors wanting to reserve a table for the meeting can RSVP for a Vendor Table here. Vendor tables are reserved and setup on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

Join us at the Atlanta REIA Main Meeting & Vendor Tradeshow on Monday, April 10th from 6PM-9PM at the City of Light located at 3125 Presidential Pkwy, Atlanta, GA with our special guest speaker, Dwan Twyford, who is America’s Most Sought After Real Estate Investor. Dwan will be taking about Creative Seller Financing, Short Sales & other Creative Real Estate Investing Techniques you must know for the ever-changing real estate market and economy.

Here is a few words from Dwan on what she will be sharing with you…

“Well folks, what is the market going to do? It depends are you Buying, Selling, or Renting? You have different answers for all three. All three are different markets. Who really CARES? When you become an all-around investor, whether the market is COLD or whether it’s HOT you know how to make money.

STOP BEING AFRAID!

• Is this a great market to wholesale in?
• When will Short Sales take off?
• Should I buy now and hold?
• Should as sell as fast as possible?
• Should I rent instead of buying?
• Can I buy low enough to rehab in this market?

Well, it depends on your financial and portfolio goals. We are going to talk about why you could say yes to all of these questions.

Building “Generational Wealth” is what you need to be doing. There is a difference between Wealth and Rich. Do you know what that is? Come see me on Monday at Atlanta REIA so I can show you why the market does not matter, the interest rate does not matter, all that matters is you and your strategies that will make you wealthy.

Sign up now!” ~ Dwan Bent-Twyford

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

*Please Note: Meeting agenda is subject to change.

As always, Atlanta REIA Members can attend our Main Meeting event at no charge. Non-Members can attend for $20 by registering in advance at http://areia.us/rsvp/ or pay $25 at the door.

Join Don DeRosa every month at 5:30PM SHARP at our Meeting-Before-the-Meeting that we like to call the High Tech Home Buying Creative Deal Structuring Subgroup  that meets one hour BEFORE the Atlanta REIA Main Monthly Event.

Are you tired of traditional methods of buying properties that limit your options? If so, then you need to attend my meeting on April 10th. I will be discussing creative techniques that can help you buy properties without the constraints of conventional financing. Techniques such as subject to, wrap around mortgages, and lease options can give you a competitive edge in today’s market.

In today’s economy, interest rates are rising, and the cost of living is increasing. This has created a lot of distressed sellers who need help getting out from under their mortgage. By learning creative techniques, you can help these sellers while also expanding your own investment options. Being able to offer creative financing solutions can set you apart from other buyers in the market.

The subject to technique allows you to take over the seller’s mortgage payments without having to qualify for a new loan. This can be a win-win situation for both you and the seller. The seller is able to get out from under their mortgage, and you are able to acquire a property without having to come up with a large down payment.

Wrap around mortgages allow you to assume the seller’s existing mortgage while also creating a new mortgage to cover the difference between the existing mortgage and the purchase price of the property. This technique can help you acquire properties that you may not have been able to with traditional financing.

Lease options allow you to lease a property for a set period of time with the option to buy it at the end of the lease. This technique can be beneficial for both you and the seller. The seller is able to continue receiving income from the property while you are able to acquire the property without having to come up with a large down payment.

By attending my meeting on April 10th, you will learn how to use these techniques to your advantage. You will also learn about other creative financing solutions that can help you expand your investment portfolio. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to gain an edge in today’s market. RSVP Now!

Join us at the Meeting-Before-the-Meeting each month where Don will teach you about different real estate investing purchase and sale strategies to put more money in your pocket as as well as state-of-the-art tools and techniques you’ll use to evaluate deals and figure out how to make them work. You’ll learn to work less and earn more so you can spend more time where you want, when you want and with whom you want.

Atlanta REIA Members Can Attend for no charge.
Guests Can RSVP Online Now for $20 or Pay $25 at the Door.

At 5:00 PM, we have a Vendor Trade Show that lasts throughout the meeting where you can come out and meet many of our participating Business Members and Vendor Guests who help sponsor our meeting.

Vendor tables are limited, so any vendors wanting to reserve a table for the meeting can RSVP for a Vendor Table here. Vendor tables are reserved and setup on a first-come, first-serve basis.