Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance Blog
A Beginner’s Guide to Notebuying at BIG Online on June 28, 2017
Posted on June 21, 2017 byThe Fastest, Easiest & Safest Way To Make Huge Profits In Real Estate!
with Donna Bauer on June 28th
@ 7PM on GoToWebinar
No Charge to Attend for Members or Guests
Who Attend Online via GoToWebinar.com!
Please be sure to join us at the Beginning Investors Group Online on Wednesday, June 28th at 7:00PM ET with Donna Bauer who will be teaching our members and guests about the fastest, easiest and safest way to make huge profits in real estate using notes.
Donna Bauer, nationally known as The Original NoteBuyer®, is one of the nation’s most recognized subject matter experts on Discounted Notes, Seller Financing, and Distressed Mortgages. For over two decades, Donna’s exclusive strategies have produced stunning results regardless of economic conditions.
As thousands of successful investors have discovered, Donna’s approach to real estate investing is brilliantly suited to today’s unique market and the shift toward alternative forms of financing.
Whether you are a conservative investor or a risk taker, buying notes puts you in control of your real estate transactions and your personal wealth planning.
Donna will teach you how to:
- Create quick cash and long term cash flow with 3 Basic Note Buying Strategies—WITHOUT your own cash or credit
- Evaluate 4 critical areas before buying a note
- Create an ‘ultra safe’ deal, even in a down market
- Buy and sell properties WITHOUT ever needing a bank
- And Much, Much More!
Donna began her note buying career over 25 years ago in search of a vehicle that would offer her financial security without sacrificing cherished time with her four children. Working from her dining room table, as she began closing discounted note deals across the country, she realized that she had found a gold mine! Now, with well over a thousand deals under her belt, her peers consider her to be the foremost subject matter expert on note buying, while her students acclaim her as being a gifted, inspiring mentor.
Join us on Wednesday June 28th and get this knowledge from Donna Bauer! We look forward to seeing you at this event!
TO ATTEND ONLINE: 7:00PM Start Time. To attend the Beginning Investors Group Online via your PC, smart phone or tablet, Register Here for the Meeting on GoToWebinar.com and you will be emailed login instructions for the event.
Once you get your Webinar Confirmation Email, you can login on about 5-10 minutes prior to the 7PM start time to reserve a spot using your PC, Mac, Tablet or Smart Phone. You can download the GoToWebinar App here on iTunes App Store or the Google Play Store.
The Beginning Investors Group Online (The “Big O” or BIGO) is an new online educational group that currently meets on the 4th Wednesday for new investors who are just getting started in real estate investing as well as “new again” real estate investors who’ve taken a few years off and are looking to get back in the game.
Each month, we will be bringing in local and national real estate experts to teach new investors how to survive and thrive in our ever changing economy and real estate market. The entire purpose of this group is to help new investors get their first deal and help new again investors get their next deal.
Beginning Investors Group on Generating Leads on June 19, 2017
Posted on June 15, 2017 bywith Dustin Griffin & Don DeRosa on
Mon, June 19th at Hudson Grille
in Sandy Springs
Join us at the Beginning Investors Group on Monday, June 19th at 6:30PM at the Hudson Grille located at 6317 Roswell Rd in Sandy Springs, GA, with Dustin Griffin and Don DeRosa, who will show you about generating motivated leads using low cost and low tech strategies. Please bring examples of your marketing materials such as your business cards, flyers, signs and any other marketing material you would like to share with and/or show the group. If you are going to be a successful investor, you must be a successful marketer! The good news is, generating motivated buyer and seller leads is pretty easy with a little time, effort, creativity and a reasonable monthly marketing budget.
When it comes to making money as a real estate investor, nothing is more important than the ability to generate high-quality buyer and seller leads. After all, if you have no buyers and sellers to talk to, your skills as a savvy real estate investor never come into play. Join us at BIG on Monday June 19th and let Dustin & Don show you how to crank up your marketing!
Dustin & Don will share with you:
- What is Marketing vs Guerilla Marketing?
- How one can dominate their local market online and offline on a budget
- Marketing in 7 Easy Steps
- Multiple ways to consistently market your business
- 5 Rules for REI Marketing
- And much much more!
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to rev up your real estate business into high gear generating leads!
Atlanta REIA Members Please RSVP on Meetup.com
The Beginning Investors Group (BIG) is an educational and networking group for new investors who are just getting started in real estate investing as well as “new again” real estate investors who’ve taken a few years off and are looking to get back in the game.
This is a “dinner” group and we kindly request that you buy dinner and/or drinks since the Hudson Grille allows us to meet there. There will be lots of learning and lots of networking. Bring your deals and your haves, wants and needs to the meeting for discussion.
As always, Atlanta REIA Member can attend the meeting at no charge and not-yet-members can RSVP Online for $15 or pay $20 at the door.
Onsite Renovation Group Meets on June 20, 2017 in Lawrenceville, GA
Posted on June 15, 2017 byHands-On Learning “Onsite” at Real Renovation Projects
Tuesday, June 20th at NOON
286 Lancelot Way, Lawrenceville, GA
Please join us on Tuesday, June 20th at NOON for the Atlanta REIA Onsite Renovation Group (ORG), hosted by Don DeRosa and Dustin Griffin, to learn all about finding, funding, fixing, and flipping houses for big profits. This month’s meeting will be held at Teresa Willis’s property located at 286 Lancelot Way, Lawrenceville, GA.
Join us at 12 Noon on June 20th, to see how we are transforming this overgrown, run down house into a beautiful home once more!
The Atlanta REIA Onsite Renovation Group (ORG) is an educational and networking group that focuses on the acquisition, renovation and retail resale (fix and flip) of single family residential homes. The purpose of the group is to allow both new and experienced rehabbers and investors to meet, network and share knowledge and experience with “hands on” access to real property.
The Onsite Renovation Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday each month at NOON at an active renovation site, build site or rental property which will vary from month to month. As always, there is no charge for Atlanta REIA members to attend. Guests & Non-Members can RSVP Online for Only $15 or pay $20 at the door.
Atlanta REIA Members Please RSVP on Meetup.com
EPIC Meets on June 20, 2017 in Peachtree City, GA
Posted on June 15, 2017 byby Structuring Your
Real Estate Legacy
with James Clifton
June 20th, 6:00PM, Flat Creek Country Club
100 Flat Creek Rd, Peachtree City, GA 30290
Come Join Us for COMPLIMENTARY Appetizers!
EPIC is proud to present Attorney James Clifton, founding member of the Clifton Law Firm LLC, to present to you, how to structure your real estate legacy. Join us this Tuesday, June 20th at 6:00PM (3rd Tuesday) at the Flat Creek Country Club located at 100 Flat Creek Rd, Peachtree City, GA, where James will show you how to keep legal, tax and insurance threats from disturbing what you have strived to build. There is no charge for Atlanta REIA Members and currently no charge for not-yet members as well.
Some of what James will share with you:
- How to Plan For Ownership
- What are Legal Entities, Trusts, Corporations, LLCs and Partnerships
- How to Use Them and Choose Them
- What are Law and Tax Requirements for Properties
- How to Comply with Issues for Protection
- And more including answers to all your questions!
Come Out on Tuesday, June 20th and every 3rd Tuesday of Each Month. You are sure to meet some great individuals and make lasting connections that will help propel your business in the right direction. We look forward to seeing you there!
Meeting Agenda*
- 6:00PM: Networking, Haves and Wants & Introductions
- 7:00PM: Information, Upcoming Events & Market Update (Chris & Donna)
- 7:20PM: Main Presentation with James Clifton
- 8:30PM: Closing Comments & Last Minute Networking
Atlanta REIA Members & Guests, Please RSVP on Meetup.com
Let’s Make a Deal Meets on June 14, 2017
Posted on June 13, 2017 byLet’s Make a Deal!
with Don DeRosa, Barry Beers & Guest Panelists on June 14th @ 6:30PM at Hudson Grille in Sandy Springs, GA
No Charge to Attend for Members or Guests
The Let’s Make A Deal (LMAD) group is all about making deals happen! Let’s Make a Deal is subgroup of the Atlanta REIA that will meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday at 1:00PM and the 2nd & 4th Wednesday at 6:30PM at the Hudson Grille located at 6317 Roswell Rd NE, Sandy Springs, GA (map). This group is all about making deals happen at the meeting which means Buying, Selling and Trading Wholesale Deals and Creative Real Estate Deals before, during and after the meeting!
Atlanta REIA Members Please RSVP on Meetup.com
Each month we will have a 3-4 person panel who will quickly pre-screen your deals and decide if they want to buy them from you on the spot. If someone on the panel wants your deal, you can have it under contract before you leave the meeting. If everyone on the panel passes on your deal, you can make it available to the entire audience. If we don’t have time to present your deal to the panel and the audience, after the meeting is over there will be plenty of time to network with other buyers and sellers and share your deals.
Your Property Flyers – In order to analyze your deals quickly, please put as much the following information on your Property Flyers as possible:
- High, Average and Low After Repair Value (ARV)
- Asking Price
- How Much is Owed on the Property?
- Amount of Monthly Mortgage Payments on the Property and the Interest Rate
- If Behind on Payments, How Much?
- Repairs Needed and Estimated Cost of Repairs
- Annual Taxes
- Annual Insurance Amount
- Property Details such as Bedrooms, Baths, Square Feet, Year Built, Construction etc
- Seller Situation and Reason for Selling
- Photos of Property
Here is our schedule which is subject to change from time to time, especially around the holidays. Be sure to check our calendar for the most update dates and times.
- 1st Wednesday at 1:00PM at Hudson Grille
- 2nd Wednesday at 6:30PM at Hudson Grille
- 3rd Wednesday at 1:00PM at Hudson Grille
- 4th Wednesday at 6:30PM at Hudson Grille
If you are a new or experienced investor looking looking to buy or sell houses, this group is for YOU! Be sure to bring your deals, property flyers, business cards, contracts and Let’s Make a Deal!
You can also join our Let’s Make a Deal Facebook Group and post your deals here:
Atlanta Intown Investors Meet on June 15, 2017
Posted on June 13, 2017 byThis Group is All About Doing Deals!
June 15th, 6:30PM at Wrecking Bar Brewpub
Bring Your Deals, Biz Cards & Flyers
Atlanta REIA Members & Non-Members Welcome!
The Atlanta Intown Investors Club is an Atlanta REIA Subgroup led by Maggie Groholski that meets on Thursday, June 15th at 6:30PM at the Wrecking Bar BrewPub in Atlanta, GA. Our mission and focus is to provide an open forum for real estate investors and industry professionals to network and have direct access to hot real estate deals. The format for this meeting is totally member-centric. It’s content and value is derived from our members and guests actively participating and networking with each other during the meeting.
This meeting is all about transacting and doing deals. You will have the opportunity to pitch your properties, products, and services; voice your real estate haves and wants; and participate in open discussions of real estate questions and concerns. We will not be pitching products from the front of the room. We will strive to remain a forum for investors to do deals and learn and seek advice from your peers and trusted industry professionals. The more you attend and participate, the more deals you’ll do and, the smarter we all become.
Meetings will be held on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 6:30PM – 9PM in the Cellar Room of the Wrecking Bar BrewPub located at 292 Moreland Ave NE in Atlanta, GA. Dinner will be available to order as well as a wide variety of beers and cocktails. Join us for the meeting as well as dinner to support the brewpub. Stop by the valet station for COMPLEMENTARY Valet Parking or COMPLEMENTARY Parking Passes to park across the street
Atlanta REIA Members & Guests, Please RSVP on Meetup.com
Guerilla Marketing Workshop on June 24, 2017
Posted on June 13, 2017 byLow Tech, Low Cost Marketing Tactics to Generate Motivated Buyer & Seller Leads
Dustin Griffin & Don DeRosa
When it comes to making money as a real estate investor, nothing is more important than the ability to generate high-quality buyer and seller leads. After all, if you have no buyers and sellers to talk to, your skills as a savvy real estate investor never even come into play.
If you are going to be a successful investor, you must be a successful marketer! The good news is, generating motivated buyer and seller leads is pretty easy with a little time, effort, creativity and a reasonable monthly marketing budget.
In this special one-of-a-kind workshop, Dustin Griffin and Don DeRosa will show you those proven, effective, affordable methods you can use for little to no cost to generate waves of valuable leads day after day and month after month to achieve your financial goals.
Learn Low Cost, Low Tech Marketing Tactics to Generate Leads such as:
- Developing Your Marketing Plan on a Limited Budget
- Branding Your Business
- Prospecting for Leads vs. Advertising for Leads
- Many Different Low Tech, Low Cost Lead Generation Strategies & Techniques
- Using the Internet, Websites & Online Resources
- Using Voice Mail Systems
- Using Live Operators & Virtual Assistants
- High Tech Marketing Examples
You will also learn:
- Which traditional marketing methods really work and which are a complete waste of time and money!
- How to generate all the motivated buyer and seller leads you need to run a successful home buying business without spending a fortune!
- How to determine exactly how many seller leads you need to achieve your short term cash flow needs and meet your long term financial goals… and then go out and get them!
- How to tap into the power of the Internet to generate tons of new leads… plus, how to turn any website into a lead-generating machine!
- How to triple your current seller response rate by using a proven 2-Step Marketing Technique!
- The most affordable and most effective direct and mass marketing techniques to reach motivated sellers who need to sell and tenant/buyers who want to buy or rent, regardless of their credit!
- How to gain instant credibility and establish your company as trusted experts who can solve problems and help prospects buy, rent or sell their home quickly!
- How to market to the widest possible audience of buyers and sellers even on a shoestring budget!
- And Much, Much More!
If you’re at all disappointed with the amount of money you’ve been earning in your investing business and are fed up with all the time you’ve been spending trying to figure out how to get more leads and do more deals… then come Join us at the Guerilla Marketing Workshop Training Series. Here we will teach you how to dominate your local real estate market both offline and online to generate all the motivated buyer and seller leads you need to run a successful home buying business using many free or affordable marketing techniques.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the marketing skills you need to know to start generating an endless stream of real estate buyer and seller leads for little effort and little expense. Register now before this event sells out!
Guerilla Marketing 1.0 takes place on Saturday, June 24th from 9AM to 6PM at 3125 Presidential Pkwy, Atlanta, GA. We would love to help you take your Real Estate Investing to the next level by generating all the motivated buyer and seller leads you can handle! Read More→
Learn About Mobile Home Investing at Mountain REIA on June 6, 2017
Posted on June 5, 2017 byOne of the BIGGEST Surprises in Real Estate Investing
with Beth Fasnacht
June 6th @ 6:30PM, Golden Corral Cumming,
2025 Market Pl Blvd, Cumming, GA
$2 Charge for ALL Attendees.
Where can you get the BIGGEST yields as real estate investors? And by biggest yields, we’re talking 80% per year and higher! Would you believe – and I’m a bit embarrassed to say this – it’s with mobile home deals. That’s right, we’re talking trailers in trailer parks! Don’t believe this? Come to Mountain REIA on Tues June 6th and let mobile home expert Beth Fasnacht show you the unbelievable returns you can get for your money!
Beth will share with you:
- How to find the right mobile home to buy
- Which mobile home deals should you avoid
- How to work with park owners
- How to find sellers
- How to buy a “trailer”
- How to sell a “mobile home”
- What to do if the buyer doesn’t pay you
- Answers to Your Questions and much more!
RSVP Now and join us for Mountain REIA at 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 6th at The Golden Corral in Cumming at 2025 Market Place Blvd. in Cumming. Come join us for this fun, informative event. See Y’all There!
Everyone can attend for $2.00. Show up at 6:30 PM to eat and network before the meeting officially starts at 7:00 PM. Buying your own meal is optional but highly recommended and greatly appreciated since Golden Corral allows us to use their meeting room.
Atlanta REIA Members Please RSVP on Meetup.com
There will be lots of learning and lots of networking. Bring
your deals and your haves, wants and needs to the event.
Let’s Make a Deal Over Lunch on June 7, 2017
Posted on June 5, 2017 byLet’s Make a Deal!
with Don DeRosa, Barry Beers & Guest Panelists on June 7th @ 1PM at Hudson Grille in Sandy Springs, GA
No Charge to Attend for Members or Guests
The Let’s Make A Deal (LMAD) group is back with an ALL NEW format that is all about making deals happen! Let’s Make a Deal is subgroup of the Atlanta REIA that will meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday at 1:00PM and the 2nd & 4th Wednesday at 6:30PM at the Hudson Grille located at 6317 Roswell Rd NE, Sandy Springs, GA (map). This group is all about making deals happen at the meeting which means Buying, Selling and Trading Wholesale Deals and Creative Real Estate Deals before, during and after the meeting!
Atlanta REIA Members Please RSVP on Meetup.com
Each month we will have a 3-4 person panel who will quickly pre-screen your deals and decide if they want to buy them from you on the spot. If someone on the panel wants your deal, you can have it under contract before you leave the meeting. If everyone on the panel passes on your deal, you can make it available to the entire audience. If we don’t have time to present your deal to the panel and the audience, after the meeting is over there will be plenty of time to network with other buyers and sellers and share your deals.
Your Property Flyers – In order to analyze your deals quickly, please put as much the following information on your Property Flyers as possible:
- High, Average and Low After Repair Value (ARV)
- Asking Price
- How Much is Owed on the Property?
- Amount of Monthly Mortgage Payments on the Property and the Interest Rate
- If Behind on Payments, How Much?
- Repairs Needed and Estimated Cost of Repairs
- Annual Taxes
- Annual Insurance Amount
- Property Details such as Bedrooms, Baths, Square Feet, Year Built, Construction etc
- Seller Situation and Reason for Selling
- Photos of Property
Here is our schedule which is subject to change from time to time, especially around the holidays. Be sure to check our calendar for the most update dates and times.
- 1st Wednesday at 1:00PM at Hudson Grille
- 2nd Wednesday at 6:30PM at Hudson Grille
- 3rd Wednesday at 1:00PM at Hudson Grille
- 4th Wednesday at 6:30PM at Hudson Grille
If you are a new or experienced investor looking looking to buy or sell houses, this group is for YOU! Be sure to bring your deals, property flyers, business cards, contracts and Let’s Make a Deal!
You can also join our Let’s Make a Deal Facebook Group and post your deals here:
How to Find the Best Tenants with Pam Storm at South Atlanta REIA
Posted on June 5, 2017 byFinding The Best Renters
with Pam Storm
June 7th @ 6PM, Club E,
3707 Main Street, College Park, GA
$15 CASH cover charge for everyone who attends
which includes a light meal
One of the ways to wealth in real estate is to purchase properties and then allow renters to move in and pay for the property instead of you. However, there can be some headaches if you allow the wrong renter to move in. If you want a step by step process to find the best renters, then come to Atlanta REIA South on Wednesday June 7th. Pam Storm of Rent Marketplace will share with you some expert tips to screen and move in the best renters.
Pam will cover crafting rental acceptance criteria, mitigating risk and staying compliant. Pam has over 15 years of experience tenant screening, software and analytics. She has helped facilitate over 16 million screening tenant transactions. She also invests and manages a few of her own rental properties. If you want to know how to have to have the best tenants, come let Pam show you on Wednesday June 7th.
RSVP Now and join us for this Atlanta REIA South/Multi-Family Real Estate Meeting at 6PM on Wed, June 7th at The Club E at 3707 Main St. in College Park. Come join us for this fun, informative event.
There will be lots of learning and lots of networking. Bring
your deals and your haves, wants and needs to the event.
Atlanta REIA Members Please RSVP on Meetup.com
The Atlanta REIA South monthly meeting, led by Reggie Jackson and Gordon Catts, is held on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6PM at Club E Atlanta located at 3707 Main Street, College Park, GA.
The Multi Family Investing Focus Group Meeting, led by Carla Gamper and Gordon Catts now meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6PM at Club E Atlanta located at 3707 Main Street, College Park, GA.
The Profit Newsletter June 2017 Edition
Posted on June 5, 2017 by
The June 2017 Edition of The Profit Newsletter, the official newsletter of the Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance, is now available for download. There are 50 pages this month full of upcoming meetings, workshops, webcasts, educational articles and other valuable information for your real estate investing pleasure and success. Download it and check it out!
The Profit is Atlanta REIA’s digital, interactive newsletter for serious real estate investors delivered as an Adobe PDF file to read on your PC, Mac, Smart Phone, iPad or other mobile ready devices. Many of the articles and ads in The Profit contain many hyperlinks you can click to get more information online! The high res version of The Profit is “print ready” for those who want to print the newsletter on their home or business printer.
Be sure to Subscribe to The Profit by Email or Subscribe to The Profit by Text so you don’t miss a single issue.
Get Started in Real Estate Investing Without $$$
Posted on June 5, 2017 by
If you’d like to invest in real estate, but you can’t afford to buy property – don’t despair! Think about renting from owners who are saddled with ‘inconvenient property’ and negotiating the right to sub-lease their property to others. This is Master Leasing – the leasing of a property from an owner and then sub-leasing that same property to a tenant. I believe Master Leasing is the most economical way to get started in the real estate business today. It is a way to produce an immediate income stream without large amounts of capital.
Master leasing is an incredible tool, which can benefit both owners and investors.
It will lose an owner less than he is losing with a vacant property and it will insulate him or her from dealing with sub-tenant occupants. Master tenants are not agents of the owners, but rather entrepreneurs who are professional landlords. This gives a master tenant the flexibility to tailor a lease to the specific needs of each owner. They do not offer a ‘one size fits all’ solution, as do most property management companies. Since they are not agents working for the owner, the owners cannot be held vicariously liable for any of the actions master tenants take with their sub-tenants. This alone can reduce the owner’s liability dramatically. Read More→
