Who’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

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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→

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→

Do 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→

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.

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Landlords, 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.

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Learn about the Do’s & Don’ts for your business in the social media age, specifically for real estate investors, at the Atlanta REIA Small Business Group on July 14th at 3:30 PM at 5 Seasons Brewing in Sandy Springs.

• Some tools make more sense than others, let Jeff Sheehan show you the one’s that make the most sense
• An integrated marketing approach is the most effective way to market your business
• Social media is just one component of an overall marketing strategy
• Social media is not a cure all for your business
• Social media does not always work in producing quantifiable results
• Social media can be a time waster if you let it
• FTF networking is a vital component of whatever marketing you do
• The current profitable customer and/or client is still king!

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I’m SO excited about our Very Special Guest Speaker this Monday at the Atlanta REIA West Meeting that I almost wish we could just skip right over the weekend and get right to it!  RUSS HINER is gracious enough to come speak with us about “How to Negotiate Your Way to Success”.   What a great opportunity to learn priceless negotiating skills from one of Atlanta’s strongest real estate investors!  Russ is definitely highly qualified to speak on this topic.  Listen to this… you wouldn’t know it from talking with him, because he is not one to “toot his own horn” and he may be upset with me for even sharing this with you, but I found out through the grapevine that his background includes being a coach on the teams of such legends as Russ Whitney and  Robert Kiyosaki!  You think he may know something about negotiating that we can learn from?  ABSOLUTELY!

Let’s face it folks, whether we are buying a house from a seller, selling a house to a buyer, or simply buying something at our local retail store, what comes out of our mouth when we are negotiating on every transaction determines our financial success in life.  Those  of us who learn to negotiate the best, wind up with the biggest stacks of CA$H!  Listen, all the techniques and strategies for buying and selling real estate can be learned along the way, but it’s the negotiating that determines how big our checks are with any strategy.  So, it just makes sense that if there is one skill that we as real estate investors should spend our time and efforts learning, practicing, and continually improving upon, it’s DEFINITELY negotiating.  And Russ is going to speak on this very topic for us this Monday, June 27th at the Cherokee Cattle Company for FREE for Atlanta REIA Members, and only $5 for non-members!  No matter if you haven’t done your first deal yet, or you are a seasoned investor, DON’T MISS THIS ONE, its sure to be some of the best information you could possibly expose yourself to in order to help you get to the next level.  See you Monday! Be sure to come early to get a great seat and soak up everything Russ has to share with us.   Have a great weekend! I hope it goes by fast!

In July, Atlanta REIA is celebrating our 1 Year Anniversary! It has been a great year and we have grown our membership to hundreds of members and have dramatically expanded and improved our organization. We thank all of our members, volunteers, subgroup leaders, vendors and speakers who have contributed to our growth.

To celebrate our 1 Year Anniversary, the 4th of July and our Financial Independence Day, we are throwing our first exclusive Atlanta REIA Vendor Trade Show on Monday, July 11th at 5:00 PM at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North located at 7 Concourse Parkway in the Bernstein Ballroom overlooking the hotel pool and patio. Atlanta REIA Members and Guests can attend at NO CHARGE. Vendors can reserve a vendor table for as low as $30.

RSVP a Vendor Table Now for Atlanta REIA’s
July 11th Vendor Trade Show

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