What’s Happening at Atlanta REIA for the Week of July 15, 2013

Monday is the Beginning Investors Group with Dustin Griffin who will be teaching you multiple ways to generate leads for your real estate investing business. Tuesday is the Onsite Renovation Group which is a networking and educational group for new and seasoned rehabbers that meets this month at a property located at 651 Holderness St SW in Atlanta, GA. Wednesday is the Atlanta REIA North Meeting which will be discussing making offers and turning leads into deeds. Thursday is by Joe Thompson’s Haves & Wants Meeting at 5 Seasons Brewing in Sandy Springs, GA.

As a new or “new again” investor, are you generating enough motivated buyer and seller leads each month to survive and thrive in today’s competitive real estate market? Are you generating at least 25-50 leads per month from your marketing efforts? If you’re not generating this many leads or more, you should join us for our next BIG Meeting to learn how to generate all the motivated buyer and seller leads you can handle.

Dustin Griffin will be speaking at the Beginning Investors Group (BIG) on Monday, July 15th at 6:30 PM at Hudson Grille located at 6317 Roswell Rd NE in Sandy Springs, GA on many of the Guerilla Marketing Strategies and Techniques that he and other successful real estate investors use to generate a steady flow of leads for their real estate investing businesses. You will learn…

• What is Marketing?
• What is Guerilla Marketing?
• How can one dominate their local market online and offline on a budget?
• Marketing in 7 Easy Steps
• Multiple ways to consistently market your business
• 12 Tips for Search Engine Domination
• And much more…

Come join us and learn how you too can totally dominate your local competition online and offline with little effort and a relatively low budget using new and traditional marketing techniques, a little creativity and the power of the Internet. This meeting is FREE for Atlanta REIA Members. Guests and Non-Members can pay $20.00 at the door or RSVP Online for $10.00. If you Join Atlanta REIA before attending or at the door, you can attend at no charge.

WIN A CRUISE: All participants who attend the BIG Meeting on July 15th will entered into a drawing for a chance to win a *Complimentary 2 Day Cruise to the Bahamas with Caribbean Cruise Line! *You must be present at the meeting to win. The 2 day Cruise does not include port fees, transportation and taxes.

On Tuesday, July 16th at Noon, the Onsite Renovation Group meets at 651 Holderness St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310. This Month at Onsite we’ll be visiting a gut-out project deep in what used to be the ‘red line zone’ but has been experiencing incredible rejuvenation thanks to investor activity. The project is an early-make bungalow with visions of grandeur and profit. The project has just gotten started, so come with your best questions about framing and be amazed at what original knob and tube wiring looks like!

The Onsite Renovation Group, led by Aaron McGinnis of Craftbuilt Properties, is an new educational and networking group that focuses on the acquisition, renovation and retail resale (fix and flip) of single family residential homes inside the I-285 perimeter and the in-town neighborhoods. The purpose of this 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 of each month at NOON at an active renovation site, build site or rental property which will vary from month to month. There is currently no charge to attend these meeting.

On Wednesday, July 17th at 6:30 PM at the Atlanta REIA North Meeting we will becovering the following important topics for beginning, intermediate and advanced investors…

• Multiple ways to buy or control property
• Prescreening leads in seconds
• Separating Suspects from Prospects
• Analyzing Deals
• Calculating Seller Cost to Sell
• Calculating the Seller’s Equity
• Creating Multiple Offers in Minutes
• Answering Your Questions
• And much more…

Atlanta REIA North is a of the Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance that meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D, Buford, Georgia in North Gwinnett County just a few miles from the Mall of Georgia. Like the Main Atlanta REIA Monthly Meeting, this subchapter will be led by Dustin Griffin and will focus on a wide variety of cutting edge real estate investing strategies with a special emphasis on Internet Marketing and Technology for the modern day “High Tech Investor”. Atlanta REIA Members can attend for FREE and Non-Members may attend for $10 each at the door or Guests can RSVP Online for Only $5!

After the conclusion of the Atlanta REIA North Meeting (after 9:30 PM), we will be reconvening at the Mall of Georgia located at 3250 Woodward Crossing Blvd in Buford, GA for the “Meeting after the Meeting”. We may arrive late if the Atlanta REIA Meeting runs late. So please come eat, drink, network and have fun with us as hang out late into the night!

Haves and Wants is a weekly investor’s networking, brainstorming and deal making jam session hosted by Joe Thompson and held every Thursday at 5 Seasons Brewing at the Prado from 1:30 PM till approximately 3:00 PM. This group has been meeting for over 6 years and is all about networking, sharing information, doing deals and making money right now. Be sure to bring lots of your business cards and flyers and be prepared to promote your business and/or your haves, wants and deals with our group. If you are a real estate player or want to be, this is one meeting you don’t want to miss!

5 Seasons Brewing is located at 5600 Roswell Rd (map) inside the Perimeter at the “Prado” in Sandy Springs. The all natural, organic food at the 5 Seasons is excellent and the hand-crafted beer is even better! Come out and eat, drink, network and share your deals with us! There is no charge to attend this meeting for Atlanta REIA Members or guests. Please come early and stay late. We would love to have you!

The real estate market in the Atlanta Metro Area has changed dramatically in the last 6 months. It has gone from a buyer’s market to a seller’s market due to the inventory shortage.

• Hedge Funds are stepping all over each other purchasing foreclosures and are running up the prices.
• The “courthouse gang” is now being routinely out bid by kids with cell phones and iPads who are receiving their bidding instructions from people we never see, who are sitting in front of multiple computer screens hundreds or thousands of miles away from the fray.
• Listed REO’s are often selling well above the list price. When a new listing hits the market, within 24 hours there are multiple offers and the house is put under contract.

With all this excitement going on, it’s the perfect time to get together and examine other possible investment strategies and that is exactly what we are going to do at our next Atlanta REIA Wild Wild West Monthly Meeting led by Leslie Mathis.

Please join us on Monday, July 22nd at 6:30 PM at the Cherokee Cattle Company located at 2710 Canton Road, Marietta, GA (map) where special guest speakerGordon Catts will discuss this important topic. Gordon brings decades of valuable insight to this topic. Bring your questions, concerns, answers and insights for discussion with the group. Atlanta REIA Members can attend for FREE, and bring a guest for FREE this month. Non-members are only $5.00 cash at the door. Door Prizes, Give-aways, and a great time!

After the conclusion of the Atlanta REIA Wild Wild West Meeting (after 9:00 PM), we will be stay put at the Cherokee Cattle Company Restaurant and Bar for Late Night Networking, what we call the “Meeting after the Meeting”. This is where great friends and great deals are made! So please come eat, drink, network and have fun with us as we close the restaurant down at 10 pm. Don’t miss this great opportunity to meet and bond with folks that are actively doing deals in today’s market. See you there!