John Hyre is a tax attorney, accountant and real estate investor with 20 years of experience. He consults with real estate investors, small business owners and self-directed IRA/401k owners nationwide. He also represents taxpayers in audits and in Tax Court nationwide. He frequently speaks nationally on the topic of taxation of self-directed IRA’s/401k’s, taxation of real estate & small businesses, and asset protection. John invests in low-income single family houses, mostly in Columbus, Ohio.

Bob Townsend is a retired consultant who has 40+ years of senior level experience in product and general management, sales and marketing, content development, acquisition and distribution in the converging cable television and telephone industries. He has seen the evolving world of telecommunication competition as an industry participant and observer. He is knowledgeable about the world of convergence (technology, distribution and content). He brings a unique perspective to the business based upon hands on and senior management experience in both traditional and new media; as a consumer packaged goods marketer, a cable operator, programmer and President, Bell Atlantic Video Services.

Bob has worked as a contractor with Auction.com since coming to Atlanta in 2009.

Kimberly Dooley has been a licensed real estate agent since 2007. Immediately after becoming licensed, Kimberly worked as an onsite agent for a 150 homes subdivision. She has 8 years of experience working with individual buyers, investors, and listing homes. She specializes in working with first time home buyers, short sales, foreclosures, and new home sales.

Kimberly joined Auction.com in May of 2013 as a contract writer working at the foreclosure auction in Gwinnett County. She quickly moved to auditing and then worked as a staff manager for a year and a half. Kimberly is currently the lead for the concierge team in GA. She is a field trainer, contact for the Auction.com brokerage engagement program, and involved in the lunch and learn for real estate agents and brokers.

MPactWealth founder and Chief Wealth Strategist George Antone is a financier, investor, entrepreneur, and national best-selling author of The Wealthy Code and The Banker’s Code. He entered the business world at age 16 when his father put his knack for business to good use in several of the family enterprises.

For the last quarter-century, he has launched and operated a number of successful businesses, including The Millione Group, a business incubation and investment group, Full Throttle Venture, a private equity firm, and Wealth Classes (now MPactWealth). He also serves on the board of directors of several nationally renowned companies. Read More→

The only thing Vena Jones-Cox loves more than teaching people how to set their financial lives to rights by wholesaling houses is…wholesaling houses.

Wholesaling is a time-tested strategy that, in 5 simple steps, puts big chunks of cash into your pocket—without getting involved in risky rehabs, rental management, borrowing money, or even having to buy the properties themselves. It’s a strategy that’s both financially and personally rewarding—not to mention a lot of fun.

At the same time, she’s a huge advocate for rigorous training in the wholesaling business—Vena says, “Wholesalers who don’t know what they’re doing burn sellers, burn buyers, burn their own reputations and attract the attention of regulators. Wholesalers who’ve bothered to invest time and money in real training are the ones that make real money, build real businesses, and provide real benefits to their customers and the community.”

Following a blessedly-brief stint in corporate America, Vena began investing in real estate full time in 1989. Since that time, she’s been a principal in over 900 transactions including rentals, lease/options, note purchases, rehabs, and, of course, wholesale deals. She’s a licensed real estate broker and founder of REStructure Opportunity Fund, a privately-held equity fund that buys houses, notes and small apartment properties in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.

Vena is the past president of the Real Estate Investors Association of Greater Cincinnati, the Ohio Real Estate Investors Association, and the National Real Estate Investors Association, and the Founder of Central Ohio Real Estate Entrepreneurs in Columbus, Ohio. She lives in Cincinnati with the world’s cutest dog and evilest cat.

For over 32 years, Eddie Speed has been an active investor, leader and innovator in both Seller Financing and Non-Performing Notes. A-list corporations, Hedge Funds and the industries top producers such as HomeVestors of America have sought his expertise for decades.

His daily hands-on participation has kept him at the cutting edge of the note business and his industry vision has positioned him to play a prominent role in the changing real estate and financing landscape.

He has used his experience from purchasing more than 30,000 notes and brokering more notes than anyone in the industry, to develop training programs. These programs, which include seminars, workshops, mentorships and computer-based curriculum, have created more successful brokers and investors than anyone in the industry. Read More→

• Cape Coral Resident TC Bradley is a Number 1 Best Selling Author and has been online since 2003 when he launched his first website that sold over a million dollars online.
• Founder and President of InstantCelebrityStatus.com
• He is respected worldwide for his marketing insights and his “cut to the chase” style of doing business.
• Both his online and offline reputation is impeccable in this his 12th year online. Read More→

Maggie Groholski has an incredible “get up and go get it” spirit towards her goals.  Luckily for her, that goal is Real Estate.  Maggie grew up in Miami Florida where she first realized her interest in Real Estate and purchased, renovated and rented her first foreclosure property.  Her hands on approach and continued desire for knowledge in the industry led her to acquire her license and gear her focus toward the foreclosure and short sale market.  She has earned certifications as REO Specialist, Short Sale Specialist and Loss Mitigation Specialist.

Her endless desire for knowledge of her community and interest in the people within it have driven her to help whenever possible through volunteer work with various local organizations including Zoo Atlanta and Habitat for Humanity as a member of their Committee with the Atlanta Board of Realtors.

Maggie loves to travel and has had the opportunity for trips through Europe, Eastern Africa, Australia and New Zealand as well as through the United States and Canada.  Although she counts all aspects of Real Estate among her most enjoyed hobbies, she also loves food, cars and motorcycles.     

Maggie is also the leader of the new Atlanta REIA Intown Investors Group. Read More→

Jon & Stephanie Iannotti have been business leaders since 2000. With over 30 years combined experience in Real Estate Investing/Teaching, and Mentoring and over 1900 creative deals under their belts, they are considered one of the best in the industry. They have also come up with some amazing ways to structure deals that are cutting edge. They have done many deals with their student partners using these state of the art techniques which are now being taught across the country and internationally. They are the creators of ACT (Agreeable Contract Terms). This program and has totally changed many investors’ lives with the teachings and techniques. Then in 2012, due to even more changes in the Real Estate Market, the Iannotti’s came up with another System called REACT (Reverse Engineered Assignment of Contract Terms). REACT is now taking the Real Estate Investing world by storm as well as their most recent program CATS (Complete Agreeable Terms System), which was just released in October of 2014.  

Jon and Stephanie have trained with and worked with some of the biggest names in Real Estate Investing. To name a few, Ron LeGrand, Robin Thompson, Lee Phillips, Al Aiello, Ted Thomas, and many others. Not only have they mentored hundreds of their own students, they have also mentored hundreds of Ron LeGrand’s real estate students.

Seeing a great need for another Real Estate Investing Association in the Southwest Florida Region to help educate and train Real Estate Investors, Jon & Stephanie approached some of their associates and decided to form the Florida Gulf Coast Real Estate Investing Alliance. They are looking forward to continuing to bring knowledge and training to as many Investors as possible and are always continuing to keep their skills fine-tuned and cutting edge so that their knowledge can be passed to those that they associate with.   Their motto for Real Estate Investing….”Knowledge is key, Timing is crucial, Location is important and having a Mentor or Coach will keep you on the path to Success!” Read More→

Frank Iglesias is one of the Founders and Managing Partners of Working With Houses, LLC, an Atlanta area Real Estate Investment Company that primarily works in the residential renovation industry, repairing and updating properties to bring value back to neighborhoods that have been devalued by the recent housing crisis. Frank has been involved in this industry for the last four years in which tremendous change has brought much volatility. He has been able to adapt with the times and to grow his business despite the ongoing changes. He looks forward to helping you along your path to real estate investing success as so many others have already helped him along his way.

In addition to renovating properties, Frank has also had much success in the wholesale and landlord aspects of Real Estate providing him and his team a broad spectrum of expertise as they encounter an endless variety of situations to assist with. With a background in Education and Information Technology, Frank helping other real estate investors with their investing needs and continues to do so daily.

Frank is happily married to his wife Jenni and they have two children who have enjoyed the benefits Real Estate brings to the opportunistic individuals who seek freedom with their time. As a result, he has also created a product called the 80/20 VA Office to bring the 80/20 rule to be a reality in one’s life.

Shaun McCloskey is a seasoned real estate investor, author and coach based in St. Louis, MO. that has used real estate as an investment strategy and educational tool to change thousands of lives across the United States. He is the author of several real estate investing courses and is widely known for his expertise in the fields of pre-foreclosure and short sales.

Although by the world’s standards Shaun was considered to be a very successful entrepreneur, in 2007 he realized that he was working far too much and was consumed by his business. By implementing the LIFEonaire and debt free investing principles into his own life, this is now a thing of the past.

“Everyone says they want to be a millionaire, but what they really want is LIFE! The American Dream says that more money equates to a better life, however, I know a number of people that have made millions of dollars and are also miserable. I know because I was one of them. I want to show you how to have both money and LIFE.” Read More→

Mark and Anne Lackey are well known around Atlanta and across the nation as Real Estate Investors, Authors, Speakers and Educators as well as Realtors. Whether listing a luxury home, showing out of town buyers where to live or buying for himself, Mark and Anne’s work, play and life are all about Real Estate. Late 1999 while working a J.O.B. (Just Over Broke) in Corporate America, Mark and Anne made the decision to start a real estate investing career and they have never looked back. Their first month in the business, they purchased 4 rental homes and still own all 4 today as high cash flowing rentals.

Today, Mark and Anne own and manage close to forty residential properties in their own account, and manage 160 rentals for other investors. Each year they find, fix-up and flip for a good profit four to six properties. Together they own and operate Atlanta Housing Source and Rental Home Atlanta. They do everything together. They coach and train hundreds of investors on joining the ranks of successful real estate investors and can found on the stage at local investing events, on the radio as a guest with Jeff Davis GM at 1160 WCFO (where he and Anne had a successful 2 year radio show dedicated to real estate investing) or promoting his latest Amazon Number 1 e-book. He and Anne have written three books and developed multiple training modules in the area of Real Estate Investing. Read More→