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Learn About Social Media and Identity Theft at the Small Business Group
Posted on August 9, 2011 byWho’s Plugging into Your Business?
Social networking sites have exploded in popularity in recent years, as it provides a fun, convenient way to remain connected with friends and family, and also provides a novel avenue for corporations to connect with consumers. However, organizations must be well-versed in the underlying risks of this form of communication, and should proactively approach management of these sites from both a security and employee usage standpoint.
Do you know the 5 different types of Identity Theft?
Learn more at the Small Business Group
August 11th at 3:30 PM
5 Season’s at the Prado
Super Smart High Tech Home Buying & Selling Workshop – Part 2 – Aug 2, 2011
Posted on August 8, 2011 by
On August 2, 2011, Dustin Griffin hosted the 2nd installment of the Super Smart High Tech Home Buying & Selling Workshop Series for 2011 which is being held online and recorded for the first time ever. In Part 2 of this workshop, Dustin covered how to setup and use your domain specific emails and check them online with SuperSmartDomains.com webmail or with Microsoft Outlook. Anyone can attend this live workshop for FREE by registering here and Atlanta REIA Members can login here and watch the Workshop Replay below. Read More→
How to Find Private Money Lenders at Cash Cow Commercial Group
Posted on July 27, 2011 by
This month’s Cash Cow Commercial Group Meeting, on Thursday, July 28th at 11:30 AM, is Part 3 of a 7 part series on “How to Find Private Money” to fund your commercial and residential real estate deals.In Part 1, Steve Brown covered how to discover private lender leads a the courthouse. In Part 2, he covered how to structure your deal before you present it to your potential lender. In Part 3 this month, Steve is going to show you how to talk with people you meet, pre-screen them quickly and how to talk to them for a minute or two to get an appointment with them to talk about your deal and getting the money. Steve is going to give you a script and show you how he used his business cards to generate lender interest and get appointments. If you need private money to fund your deals, this is yet another excellent meeting that you don’t want to miss!
The Cash Cow Commercial Real Estate Group is a new educational and networking subgroup led by Steve Brown for new, intermediate and advanced investors with a serious interest in purchasing commercial real estate. The group meets on the 4th Thursday of the month at 11:30 AM at 5 Seasons Brewing located at 5600 Roswell Rd (map) just prior to the Haves & Wants Meeting. Read more→
The Beginning Investors Group Starts This Wednesday at 6PM
Posted on July 25, 2011 by
Have you been a “real estate investor” for several months or even years without doing your first deal? What is holding you back? Fear? Lack of money? Credit Problems? Lack of Focus? Are you afraid you will screw it all up? If so, there is a new investor group for you… “BIG”, the Beginning Investor Group! This group focuses on the defeat of fears, or act in spite of them to do that very important first deal. We want to help you break through those mental barriers. Inspire you to act. Crystallize your focus.
BIG meets once a month, the fourth Wednesday of each month and our first meeting is on Wednesday, July 27th at 6:30 PM at 5 Seasons Brewing in The Prado in Sandy Springs. We will have experienced local investors speaking on relevant topics to help unlock that mental block. We will also have mentors that can take you by the hand and walk you through that first deal. Read More→
Don’t Miss the Atlanta REIA West Meeting Tonight on Determining Property Values
Posted on July 25, 2011 by
Just a quick reminder to join us at Cherokee Cattle Company TONIGHT at 6:30 for the West Meeting of Atlanta REIA! We are in for a really special treat with our guest speaker Gordon Catts, who has absolutely a wealth of knowledge about the real estate investing business. He has been investing in Atlanta real estate for many, many years, and is a HUGE part of the strong backbone of our ATLANTA REIA. He will speaking on “How to Determine Property Values In Today’s Market”. Do you count the foreclosures when determining comps? How far back do you go to pull the comps? What services are available out there, both free and paid, that are reliable sources for comps? He’ll be answering these questions and more tonight! Think we can learn something from him? I know I’ll be there with pen and paper, taking all the notes I can! This is not to be missed! Click here for more details. Read More→
Determining Property Values at Atlanta REIA West on July 25, 2011
Posted on July 24, 2011 byDo you know how to determine accurate property values in today’s market? If you are getting ready to buy a property, do you know what it’s worth? There seems to be a lot of confusion on what constitutes a “comp” or comparable. With short sales and foreclosed properties making a large impact on current market values, it’s critical to know have to evaluate property values so you can avoid paying too much in this buyers’ market.
At this month’s Atlanta REIA West Meeting on Monday, July 25th at 6:30 PM at the Cherokee Cattle Company located at 2710 Canton Road in Marietta, Gordon Catts will be discussing what constitutes a comp, how to quickly determine a property’s value as well as providing valuable resources to help you find comparables. We will be discussing… Read More→
Atlanta REIA Main Meeting – July 11, 2011
Posted on July 10, 2011 byVendor Trade Show & 1 Year Anniversary Celebration
Attention Atlanta REIA Members, friends, followers and guests,
The Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance is very excited to announce that on Monday, July 11th at 5:00 PM, we will be having a very special Atlanta REIA Main Meeting & Vendor Trade Show to celebrate our 1 Year Anniversary. We will be meeting at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North located at 7 Concourse Parkway in the Bernstein Ballroom overlooking the hotel pool.
This meeting and celebration is all about YOU, our members, business members, local speakers, trainers and subgroup leaders who have supported us throughout out very successful first year! Their will be plenty of opportunities for you to promote yourself, your deals and your business to our other members and guests. In order to draw out a crowd, we are keeping admission free for members and guests and have a very exciting line up.
If you haven’t joined Atlanta REIA as a member yet, now is your chance to join and save big! If you attend our July 11th meeting live and in person, you can join as an Atlanta REIA Silver Member for only $60 (Save $40) and add a spouse for only $25 more (Save $25) for your first year. Again, you must attend our event live and in person to get this special discount.
If you cannot attend our meeting on July 11th, you can Join Atanta REIA as a Silver Member Online now through Monday for $80 (Save $20) and add a spouse for $30 (Save $20) for your first year.
*This special offer is not eligible for Goodwill Ambassador referral fees.
If you own a business that caters to real estate investors and other real estate professionals and haven’t joined Atlanta REIA as a Business Member yet, now is your chance to join and save big! If you attend our July 11th meeting live and in person, you can join as an Atlanta REIA as a:
- Silver Business for $100 (Save $50) for 1st yr + partner for $50
- Gold Business (2 partners) for only $200 (Save $150) for 1st yr
If you cannot attend our meeting on July 11th, you can Join Atanta REIA as a Silver Business Member now through Monday for $125 (Save $25) and add a partner for only $50 more for your first year. You can Join Atlanta REIA as a Gold Business Member now through Monday for $300 (Save $50) for your first year which is good for two business partners.
Click here for more information on Atlanta REIA Business Memberships.
*This special offer is not eligible for Goodwill Ambassador referral fees.
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- Don DeRosa on iPad Investing
- Pete Youngs on Rehabbing Right & Lead Certification
- Andy Heller on REO Investing & RealtyJoin.com
- Steve Brown on Commercial Real Estate Investing
- Russ Hiner on Wholesaling & Negotiations
- Mark Durham on Creative Financing
- Leslie Mathis on Overcoming Fear
- Catherine McFarland on Goal Setting
- Karen Bershad on Small Business Strategies
- Chris Littleton on Landlording in Today’s Market
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Don’t forget, for Monday, July 11th only, the Atlanta REIA Main Monthly meeting will be held at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North located at 7 Concourse Parkway (map) near I285N and GA400. Free parking is available for members and guests in the parking lot conveniently located behind the hotel.
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iPad Workshop Replay (Part 2)
Posted on July 9, 2011 by
Everyone has probably heard about the hot new iPad 2 by now. You’ve probably also heard Don DeRosa talk about how its not just a cool new toy, but an integral tool he uses to run his real estate investing business. You’ve probably already seen many investors actively using their iPad at our Atlanta REIA Meetings and Networking Events to take notes, take pictures, play music, videos and webcasts, send and receive emails and keep track of all our upcoming events and more.
Perhaps you’ve recently purchased an iPad yourself and, like the rest of us, want a lesson on how to not only use it more effectively for personal use, but more importantly, use it to run your investing business from virtually anywhere, on-the-fly. If you want to learn how to the iPad to revolutionize your business, be sure to watch the Workshop Replay of Part 1 & 2 of the iPad Workshopfor Real Estate Investors with Don DeRosa that we recorded on June 22 and July 6th at our Atlanta REIA North Office.
If you missed the workshop and would like to watch the Workshop Replay (Part 1 & 2), Gold Members can register for $15 and Silver Members for $25. Click here to Register for the Workshop Replays Now! Read More→
Super Smart High Tech Home Buying & Selling Workshop – Part 1 – July 5, 2011
Posted on July 9, 2011 byOn July 5th, 2011, Dustin Griffin kicked off the Super Smart High Tech Home Buying & Selling Workshop Series for 2011 which is being held online on the 1st Tuesday of each month on GoToWebinar.com for the next few months in place of the regularly scheduled Super Smart Technology Webcast. Anyone can attend this live workshop for FREE by registering here. Atlanta REIA Members can login and watch the Workshop Replay below.
The purpose of this Workshop & Webcast Series is to teach you everything you need to know about your Super Smart Websites so you can become a more successful real estate investor by leveraging the latest technology and techniques. During this webcast training series, Dustin is going to show you how we use our Super Smart Websites, voice mail systems, live operators, virtual assistants, netbooks, notebooks, smart phones, iPads and other technologies, combined with online and offline marketing strategies to totally automate our real estate investing business so we can work less while earning much more! Read More→
Haves & Wants Speed Marketing Session: June 6, 2011
Posted on July 8, 2011 by
This was the Haves and Wants Speed Marketing Session that we recorded live at our June 6, 2011 Atlanta REIA Meeting. This is a new 30 minute session at our Atlanta REIA Main Monthly Meeting that starts at 6:00 PM on the 1st Monday of the month and is hosted by Joe Thompson. The purpose of this marketing session is to help facilitate deals by giving our members the opportunity to quickly market things they HAVE and no longer want and to find things they WANT but don’t yet have. Thanks to all those of you who participated. And special thanks to Joe for hosting the session and to Alan McDonald for recording the session and improving the quality of this video each and every month. Read More→
Learn How To Increase The Cash Flow On Your Rentals
Posted on July 7, 2011 by
This month at our Creative Financing Group (CFG) meeting on Wednesday, July 13th at 6:30 PM at Champps at 7955 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta, GA (map), local real estate expert and subgroup leader Mark Durham will teach you how to increase your cash flow and reduce your maintenance and management hassles on your rental houses.
You should definitely attend this meeting if you want to hold rental properties long term while increasing your monthly cash flow while 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 the tenant/buyer leases the house and also has an option to buy it.
At this month’s Creative Financing Group, Mark will teach you: Read More→
Top 10 Tips for Georgia Landlords with John Adams – July 18, 2011
Posted on July 7, 2011 byLandlords, Learn How to Boost Rents, Retain Tenants and Minimize Liability
Atlanta’s real estate radio host, columnist, author, and investor John Adams will be our speaker for the Movers and Shakers Meeting on July 18th starting at 11:30 AM at the 5 Seasons Brewery in Alpharetta. John Adams is a full-time investor, broker, and author of multiple books about real estate. He also writes a weekly column for the Sunday real estate section of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and has a weekly call-in radio program on News-Talk Radio 920am WGKA. John will be speaking on his “Top 10 Tips for Georgia Landlords” and how to boost rents, retain tenants and minimize liability.
If you plan on attending this exciting and informative lunch meeting, please be sure to RSVP on Facebook so that we know you are coming so that we can plan accordingly.
