Mike and I recently joined Keller Williams Chervenic Realty in Fairlawn and just finished holding our first Millionaire Real Estate Investor's Workshop. The material is great for beginner investors and even experienced investors can get some good info from the book.
We kind of threw the presentation together at the last minute so it was nice that Keller Williams provides a strong PowerPoint presentation. The best selling book by Gary Keller is a great "take away" piece and the accompanying workbook makes a good place for the guests to jot down notes, contact info, etc.
We put a lot of our preparation off till the last minute, and then had a major snow storm last night, so we were scrambling to get organized. We couldn't find a screen for the PowerPoint and had to present on a small wall which was a bit unprofessional. We'll be sure to set that up the day before the next presentation.
I thought our first presentation was a little awkward, but I can tell that the concept will really take off. We had 13 people attend, including two of my friends (a loan officer and title company representative.) If anyone is considering holding these monthly workshops, I definitely recommend asking some professional friends to attend to answer questions about their field. We talked about lending and title as well as the Akron housing market. No matter what anyone says about the market, investors are buying properties. Nearly 300 single family homes closed in Akron in the last 6 months for under $30,000 and that's only through the MLS. I can only imagine that a lot more sold without the aid of a Realtor.
The overall consensus on the workshop was to run the PowerPoint presentation for the first ½ hour then form a sort of "book club" where regular attendees can discuss the book and talk about their progress or set backs. There were a couple of realtors in the group, one real estate student, a couple of experienced investors and a couple of new investors so it should make for interesting future meetings. We are planning future meetings for the 3rd Tuesday of each month at our Keller Williams office in Fairlawn; presentation at 6:30 and book club from 7-8. We will also be holding this same workshop on Saturday morning at the Keller Williams office in Stow.
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