PLEASE NOTE: We ran out of room at the hotel for all the folks who RSVP'd for the 2 Guest Passes to the Wealth Builder Summit, so Robyn made arrangements with the hotel for a bigger room. However, there are only a few seats left, so RSVP for your passes while supplies last. When they're gone, they're gone!

Hey everyone, in case you did not hear the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT we made last week about the upcoming Wealth Building Summit, it's worth repeating... On February 3^rd-5^th, Robyn Thompson, Ron LeGrand, Alan Cowgill and Ryan Bush will be in Atlanta for a 3 Day Wealth Building Summit!

This news gets EVEN BETTER... even though tickets to this Wealth Summit are $199 per person, because of our close relationship with Robyn, she has given me some compIimentary tickets to share with YOU and your +1 guest, but you must act fast! We only have a limited number of tickets left because of the demand. RSVP Now to secure your seats to this exciting event!

This is 3 full, action and information packed days with 4 experts who will be showing you many of the crucial strategies you need to implement in your real estate investing business to maximize your profits and reduce your risk in today's ever changing real estate market. When these passes are gone, they're gone so RSVP Now and don't miss it!

Read more about the event at AtlantaREIA.com >>

Attend the all new, 4 day, Breakthrough Real Estate Investing Academy on November 3rd - 6th in Atlanta where you'll discover the latest BREAKTHROUGH real estate investing technologies, tools and techniques to make your investing business easier and more profitable than ever! You'll have two prominent, successful local investors, Don DeRosa and Duncan Wierman, both playing at the top of their games, sharing their secrets with you so you can break through whatever is preventing you from growing your business exponentially.

You'll learn techniques that will catapult your real estate investing business like running inexpensive, automated marketing programs to get your phone to ring instantly. Or tools that will help you get your life back like using Virtual Assistants to offload time-consuming tasks. These guys pack their seminars with content, and this one is literally overflowing! Read more...

Atlanta REIA Members can register today for only $99 and bring a guest for only $50 more! Non-Members can attend for $199 OR Join Atlanta REIA first as a Silver Member for $100 and then regisgter for the event as a member for only $99. Seating is very limited so Register Now!

If you are interested in making quick money by “Wholesaling” properties you have to join us on our next Training Opportunity Webcast! On Thursday, November 3rd, at 7:00 PM ET, our special guests will be Than Merrill & Jon Steingraber from A&E’s “Flip this House” on “How to Make Money Wholesaling Real Estate – A No B.S. discussion on what current opportunities are BEST in today’s market.” Than and Jon wholesale a ton of houses each month and on the webcast they're going to show you exactly how they run their business as well as how you can get started making money wholesaling distressed properties right here in Atlanta. Register for the webcast now and don't miss it! Read more...

Haves and Wants is a weekly investor's networking, brainstorming and deal making jam session hosted by Joe Thompson and held at 5 Seasons Brewing located at 5600 Roswell Rd (map) inside the Perimeter at the "Prado" in Sandy Springs from 1:30 PM till approximately 3:00 PM. This group is all about doing deals and making money right now. If you are a real estate player or want to be, this is one meeting you don't want to miss! Read more→

My good friend and mentor, Ron LeGrand, the Nation’s Leading Quick Turn Real Estate Expert, is back in Atlanta and has invited you to join him at his new Fast Track to Wealth Seminar on November 5th to help you discover that right now is the best opportunity to make an obscene amount of money in real estate and how you can be a part of it.

We are in the "Perfect Storm", contrary to what you hear on the news, because unusual chains of events have come together to create an economic climate for real estate investors, both beginners and seasoned pros, like Ron has never seen in his 27 years in the experience. If you don’t take action now, and get on the bandwagon, the greatest opportunity to create wealth on The Fast Track may pass you by before you even know what happened.

Ron promises this 1-day Fast Track Event will be a career-changing one, and from what I know of him, it will be. These are a few of the things he has told me you’ll be learning. Read more...

Our next What's Hot in Real Estate Investing Webcast is on Tuesday, October 18th at 7PM ET with website designer and internet marketing expert, Jens Beatty, on his WordPress LeadTheme 2.5. As you know, many real estate investors and small business owners use WordPress to power their websites and blogs because of it’s flexibility, ease of use and its ability to achieve great search engine rankings without a lot of technical know how. Because of the ever increasing interest in WordPress, Jens has created a fantastic WordPress theme that focuses on something that most WordPress themes do not… generating leads. His WordPress theme is called LeadTheme and it was designed specifically to make it super quick and easy to get your website online and generating leads. LeadTheme 2.5 is also designed to work with popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google +. Read More...

Join us on the webcast and download LeadTheme 2.5 for FREE!

This month at the Atlanta REIA North Meeting on Wednesday, October 19th at 6:30 PM at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D in Buford, Georgia, Jim Hitt of American IRA, will teach you how to use IRA's to invest in real estate. Jim will teach you how to use your Roth IRA to buy real estate tax free, how to lend money on real estate deals, how to borrow money from private lenders using their IRA and much more. Please join us at Atlanta REIA North to learn more about investing with IRAs!

Immediately after the Atlanta REIA North Monthly Meeting at approximately 9 PM, we will reconvene at the Mall of Georgia Tilted Kilt located at 3480 Financial Center Pkwy in Buford, GA for the meeting-after-the-meeting, AKA Late Nite Networking. We hope you will come out and eat, drink, network, learn and have fun with us and keep the investing conversations going late into the evening!

Haves and Wants is a weekly investor's networking, brainstorming and deal making jam session hosted by Joe Thompson and held at 5 Seasons Brewing located at 5600 Roswell Rd (map) inside the Perimeter at the "Prado" in Sandy Springs from 1:30 PM till approximately 3:00 PM. This group is all about doing deals and making money right now. If you are a real estate player or want to be, this is one meeting you don't want to miss! Read more...

This Thursday at 7PM ET, Don DeRosa will take the coolest tech tool out there - the iPad - and walk through step-by-step, how to use it to evaluate and structure real estate deals with the greatest of ease.

Don's going to walk through two of his recent deals and cover:

• How he got the lead
• How he evaluated the deal
• How he decided whether it was a buy and hold, or a fix and flip
• How he determined his repairs, and captured them for competitive bids
• How he determined how much he could offer
• How he negotiated with the seller
• How much he'll make on it
• and much more!

...all the things you need to know to get a deal done right in this market.

Don will also share the iPad apps he used - both "out of the box" from the Apple store, and those he tweaked a bit (he'll show you how he tweaked 'em to make them powerful investor tools), to see whether he had a buyer lined up already, to track determine repairs, and ultimately to get the contract done - on site - absolutely paperless! It's just too cool!

This is a Training Opportunity Webcast you won't want to miss. Whether you use an iPad or not, you'll get some great, current, local real estate education, tips, and insights from an expert, right in our own backyard, who always shares a ton of his knowledge. Learn where he's buying and why - so you can cash in on the amazing deals right here in your market. Register Now!

You really want to take advantage of this hot Buyer’s market, you know it’s a great time to be involved in real estate, but there’s something stopping you—something BIG. You just don’t know where to get the money to do your deals! Well we’re about to fix that-come join us at Atlanta REIA West on Monday, October 24^th at 6:30 PM and discover various ways to get access to CASH to do your deals. We’ll expose you to some pretty creative and non-conventional methods to fund your deals. This is one you definitely don’t want to miss, because its common knowledge that the one with the cash gets the best deals!

We have assembled a panel of REAL money sources for you. This group of lenders and experts has never before been brought together like this! Meet Jim Hitt with American IRA, a real source of a wealth of information on private money lending. Meet David Dick, a Hard Money Lender right here in the Atlanta area. Meet Tim Gibson, a Senior Loan Officer with the #1 Ranked Independent Mortgage Lender for Purchases in the U.S. Meet Jim Gibson, a Reverse Mortgage Specialist hand-picked from the masses to represent this very unique product. Attend Atlanta REIA West and meet them all, live and in person. These four people have access to millions of dollars to lend to people just like you. Read More...

PLEASE NOTE: This FREE Workshop will fill up fast since it is limited to the first 30 people who RSVP. Register now to reserve your seat!

Short Sale Expert, Bob Massey is back at Atlanta REIA teaching a FREE workshop for Atlanta REIA Members on Saturday, October 22nd from 9AM to 1PM at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D in Buford, Georgia. This will be a two part workshop. The first will be on the foreclosure process in GA, the law and how it affects the agent, the seller and the investor.

The second half of the workshop will be to discuss real estate agents and their role with investors. This will NOT be the same presentation that Bob did at the September 2011 main meeting nor the Short Sale Webcast he did with us on October 6th. This is going to be all new material in a workshop environment where your will get tons of education about how to work with agents during the entire short sale process, from start to close.

Most investors have heard the phrase Lease Option. A few have even used a Lease Option when trying to rent a property to a tenant/buyer. But practically no one understands what the Option part of a Lease Option is, or realizes that Options are the safest way to create HUGE bundles of real estate profits!

I learned about the power of Options from Jack Miller (God rest his wise soul!) starting back in 1999. Jack was the King of Options. His knowledge was nothing short of amazing!!!

For the first time, I’m going to share a few of the things I’ve learned from Jack over the years. The Option techniques he taught were gamechangers for Kim and me and have allowed us to rake in solid real estate profits during this down market.

Example: In 2008, a homeowner was $3,200 in arrears on his mortgage because of a job loss. He found a new job, but was struggling to catch up his mortgage. The lender was threatening to foreclose. Because of his bad credit, the bank wouldn’t lend him any money. He only owed $68,000 on a home that was conservatively worth $155,000, and didn’t want to sell or move. How would you work this deal?

Here’s how we structured a creative and profitable win-win deal with the homeowner: For $3,200 – which we sent to the lender – we bought a seven-year Option to Purchase from the owner and recorded it against the property with a Security Deed. Within seven years, we had the right to buy the property at an amount equal to the owner’s mortgage balance at the time we purchased – an amount that would be (because of amortization) something less than $155,000.

So the owner wouldn’t have to immediately move – something he greatly valued – we agreed to not exercise our Option for at least three years so long as he kept his mortgage current. In addition, we agreed that if we exercised our option, we’d give the owner 50% of our net profit when we sold the property.

In early 2011, the homeowner called. He was back on his feet and doing well. He wanted to refinance his property and get a low-interest mortgage…plus he wanted to buy back our Option. He agreed to pay us $18,200 in exchange for our Option to Purchase Agreement.

This was a true win-win deal. The homeowner was able to remain in his house and save it from foreclosure, and we turned $3,200 into $18,200 with very little effort.

Could we have refused to sell back our Option to the homeowner and exercised it instead? Absolutely! But he was a good guy with a great family. Kim and I felt that making a $15,000 profit on a $3,200 investment for only two hours of work was more than a good enough return on our investment.

Are you beginning to understand the power of Options? And this is only scratching the surface of all the ways you can use Options to control real estate!

To learn more about Options and other creative deal-structuring strategies, Dyches Boddiford and I will be teaching at Atlanta REIA on October 3, 2011.

Bill & Kim Cook are a husband and wife real estate investing team. They live in Adairsville, Georgia and have been investing in real estate since 1995. They specialize in buying single-family homes, mobile homes and mobile home parks. They also run North Georgia REIA and teach folks how to successfully invest in real estate.

Learn How to Renovate Houses with Pete Youngs

Atlanta REIA invites you to attend a full day learning how to rehab houses for huge profits with "Mr. Rehab" himself, local and national real estate expert, Pete Youngs. You probably know many investors that are making $25,000, $50,000 or even $100,000 per deal by buying properties dirt cheap, fixing them up and selling them for a big profit a few months later. But to make the big money like the pros, you need to have the knowledge and secrets of the pros.

At the Rehabbing 101 Workshop on July 23rd, Pete will teach you all of his tips, tricks and systems in a day crammed full of 20+ years of rehab and renovation experience. He will show you how to buy distressed properties dirt cheap as well as valuable contractor techniques you need to know to lower your fix up or maintenance costs by 50% or even 75% and get the absolute best quote from your contractors! Come spend a full day with Pete where you'll learn everything from minor cosmetic procedures to enhance the value of a home, to major renovation techniques that will add THOUSANDS to your equity position and net worth.

Atlanta REIA Gold Members can register now for ONLY $10, Silver Members for $15 and Guests for $20.

Rehabbing 101 Workshop
July 23rd at Doubltree Northlake, 4156 LaVista Rd, Atlanta

Here's just a few topics you'll learn during the jam-packed Rehabbing 101 Workshop... <!--more-->

	Make an extra $10,000 average profit on every deal
	Evaluate repairs and estimate costs
	Create thousands in profits while rehabbing
	Get low cost labor without losing quality
	Get contractor discount savings from 10% to 30% or more
	Manage rehabs without doing the work yourself
	Hands on training for "do-it-yourselfers"
	Turn ugly houses into $30,000 pay checks
	Do minor cosmetic repairs to major renovations
	Get forms to protect yourself on all rehabs
	Cover your assets using liability and lien waivers
	101 techniques to turn ugly houses into $$$
	Be your own general contractor and pocket thousands
	Use New Software to analyze the deal
	And much more!

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.

<!--more-->Movers and Shakers is an educational and networking group led by Gordon Catts that is designed to meet the interests of intermediate and advanced investors rather than new investors. The group meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at the 5 Seasons Brewing located at 3655 Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta, GA. The doors open at 11:00 AM and the program officially starts at 11:30 AM. Atlanta REIA members can attend at no charge and non-members for $5.00.

Atlanta REIA Vendor Trade Show & 1 Year Anniversary Celebration

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 5:30 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 can attend at NO CHARGE and Guests for only $10 each. Vendors can reserve a vendor table for as low as $25 for a limited time only.

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

There will be no keynote speaker nor training sessions at this event. It will one big Vendor Trade Show and Haves and Wants Marketing Session. Later in the evening there will be a cash bar, music and networking on the patio pool side. Because of the summer heat, the dress code will be casual, the beverages cold and the music tropical and upbeat.

We highly encourage all of our Business Members and Individual Members to participate. You can do so by reserving a vendor table, bringing flyers for the flyer table, passing out business cards, doing drawings and giveaways, participating in the Haves & Wants Marketing Session and networking and having fun late into the evening.

For a limited time only, as part of the pre-registration period, Gold Members can reserve a vendor table for $25, Silver Members for $35 and Non-Members and guests for $75. These prices won't last long, so RSVP Now and join us at our July 11th Vendor Trade Show and 1 Year Anniversary Celebration!

PLEASE NOTE: Since the 4th of July falls on the 1st Monday of the month, we are moving our Atlanta REIA Main Meeting to July 11th. We are not only moving the event to a new date for July, but we are also moving the venue to the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North located at 7 Concourse Parkway in Atlanta near I285 and 400 N so please make note of the new date and location for the month of July.

Wholesaling is a great strategy for making quick cash, low risk, without the use of your credit, income, or money when done correctly. Wholesaling real estate is among the most popular investment strategies because anyone can do it — you don't need a real estate license or a lot of money to start. And once you start, it's nearly impossible to keep the money from pouring into your bank account.

This is the Atlanta REIA Wholesale 401 Workshop taught by Russ Hiner. On June 11 & 12, we will teach you the 2011 wholesale strategies you need to succeed. There is no need for you to have money out of your pocket or credit, you do no repairs or work yourself and they are usually done in a few days or weeks.

We will take you step by step through the entire process of how to Wholesale real estate. All applicable forms and agreements with filled out examples are included.

The best part about wholesaling properties is that you don't get bogged down with tenants, toilets, or holding costs. It's all about finding a motivated seller, then selling them to motivated buyers for instant profit and moving on to the next big score. Find out how to get in on the action before it's too late... register today!

Wholesaling 401 Workshop
June 11th & 12th

How to do "Subject-To" Investing
with Mark Durham & Attorney Bob Witcher

Last month, local real estate expert Don DeRosa introduced our group to "Subject-To" investing. Due to overwhelming demand from our members, this month at our Creative Financing Group meeting on Wednesday, June 8th at 6:30 PM at Champps at 7955 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta, GA (map), subgroup leader and real estate expert Mark Durham and local real estate attorney Robert "Bob" Witcher will discuss in further detail how you can buy houses "subject-to" without qualifying for a loan and with little or no money down. Attorney Witcher will discuss the forms and language you need to use to protect yourself as an investor as well as your seller.

• If you don’t have good credit or a lot of cash to invest, but want to get in the real estate investing game, you can get started by buying houses without qualifying for a loan or having a lot of cash.
• If you’re renting and want to own, or if you're tired of your current home and want to move, you can buy a beautiful new home in an nice neighborhood and possibly pay less than you are paying in rent or on your current mortgage, without going to the bank for financing.

Read more about what Mark & Bob will teach you at the meeting >>

Monday, April 25th @ 6:30 PM (HOT NEW GROUP!)

More and more these days houses are being sold "as is". Sellers and banks are not accepting contracts with the old protection contract clause of "subject to inspection" or "subject to approval of partner". These days contract contingencies are rarely being accepted. To get in the game, you have to be able to make a decision and commit to it. Do you really want to buy the house? And are you so confident that you can comfortably put your earnest money on the line?

Conquer your fears and take the guesswork out of buying houses "as-is". At our next Atlanta REIA West Meeting on Monday, April 25th from 6:30 to 9 PM at the Cherokee Cattle Company at 2710 Canton Road, Marietta, GA (map), long time successful real estate investor, code enforcement and zoning officer, Catherine McFarland, will put your fears. Catherine will show you how you can quickly assess damages and repairs to a house and determine the estimated repair costs.

Atlanta REIA Members can attend for FREE and guests for $5.00. Show up at 6:30 PM to eat and network before the meeting officially starts at 7:00 PM. Late Nite Networking starts at 9 PM in the restaurant lobby. Read more...

Tuesday, April 26th @ 6:30 PM (HOT NEW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP!)

The Note Buyers Group (NBG) is a new Atlanta REIA educational and networking subgroup led by Tom Boyer that is designed to teach real estate investors how to buy and sell the mortgage notes that secure a property rather than buying the property itself. The group's goal is to transact deals within the group and increase our professionalism through education in a changing credit market. The group meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM at Olive Garden located at 2467 Cobb Parkway SE in Smyrna about 1/2 mile from I-285. If you are a new investor, this is a great opportunity to pick up pointers on what to do and what not to do when investing in notes. Atlanta REIA Members can attend at no charge.

Thursday, April 28th @ 11:30 AM (HOT NEW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP!)

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. Atlanta REIA members can attend at no charge and non-members for $5.00. Read more→

Thursday, April 28th @ 1:30 PM

Haves and Wants is a weekly investor's networking, brainstorming and deal making jam session hosted by Joe Thompson and held at 5 Seasons Brewing located at 5600 Roswell Rd (map) inside the Perimeter at the "Prado" in Sandy Springs from 1:30 PM till approximately 3:00 PM. This group is all about doing deals and making money right now. If you are a real estate player or want to be, this is one meeting you don't want to miss! Read more→

Thursday, April 28th @ 3:30 PM

Brewery Tour & Beer Tasting

Immediately following the Haves & Wants Meeting, we will be having a 5 Seasons Brewery Tour and Beer Tasting at 3:30 PM. Kevin, the Brew Master, will be taking us on a tour and show us how they brew their wonderful beers. After the tour, we will be having a beer tasting sampling of five distinctive brews available. The Beer Tour is FREE, but the Beer Tasting is $10.00. As always, we hope you will come eat, drink, network and have fun with us. We look forward to seeing you there!

Thursday, April 28th @ 6:30 PM

Cashflow Game Night is a meetup where individuals can learn to take control of their financial future by playing Robert Kiyosaki's educational Cashflow 101 and Cashflow 202 board games. The Cashflow Players Group meets again on Thursday, March 24th at 6:30 PM at Champps located at 7955 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta (map). Atlanta REIA Members play for FREE. Come eat, drink, play and network with us! Read more→

Thursday, April 28th @ 7:00 PM

Thursday, April 28th at 7PM ET, Dustin Griffin, Executive Director of Atlanta REIA, and Jeff Nix, Director of Business Membership, will be doing a special Business Member Orientation Webcast on how Gold and Silver Business Members can take full advantage of their Atlanta REIA Membership. We will be giving away the following FREE BONUSES to 10 Business Members who attend the webcast live.

• A vendor table at the May 2nd Meeting
• A vendor listing in our May 2nd Meeting Bulletin (New!)
• A vendor listing on AtlantaREIA.com for the month of May with a followable backlink to your website or profile page. (New!)
• The opportunity to speak and give away a door prize at our May 2nd Meeting (New!)

These bonuses will be available only to the first 10 people who sign up with the special link we give out during the webcast. Don't miss out! We look forward to seeing you on the webcast tonight! Register for the BMO Workshop Now!

Saturday, April 30th, 2011 @ 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

The long awaited REO 101 Workshop with Andy Heller has finally arrived. The workshop will take place from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Doubletree Hotel Northlake located at 4156 LaVista Rd in Atlanta. Andy will spend all day teaching you how to profit from his proven system on "Buying REOs Low, Renting Smart and Selling High". Atlanta REIA Gold Members may attend this special event for only $10! Atlanta REIA Silver Members for $20 and Guests for $30. All those who pre-register for this full day workshop will receive a FREE, signed copy of Andy’s best selling book with Scott Frank, “Buy Even Lower”. Read more→

Saturday, April 30th, 2011 @ 9 AM

It is starting to warm up again outside and Atlanta REIA and the Fuller Center of Atlanta are cranking back up our Saturday Volunteer Workdays on Project Lakewood. We're looking for volunteers this Saturday and every other Saturday to come out and help us eliminate sub-standard housing for local area residents. We meet at 9:00 AM at 1125 Oak Knoll Terrace SE in Lakewood (Atlanta, GA) and usually work until 3:30 PM. Snacks and beverages are provided and you can bring your own as well. Join us and you will get hands-on experience as we renovate and repair homes for some of Atlanta's neediest families.

I look forward to seeing you at the meeting, webinar, workshop or networking event soon! Be sure to see our Atlanta REIA Event Calendar for more upcoming events too numerous to mention here.