2005 Past Events
Jan 22, 2005 - 7:00 pm
Scheduled speaker : Barry Powell
Topic : Guaranteed Approval Program
- Barry is the Director and CEO of Guaranteed Approval Program, Inc., President of Guaranteed Approval Realty, Inc., and Vice President of HR Funding Group
- Barry is an international speaker and simultaneous closing expert. He has successfully completed over 2,000 transactions and has been a licensed real estate broker in Texas for over 25 years
- He has international real estate experience, including transactions in Asia, Central America, South America, and Europe. He is the founder of the GAP (Guaranteed Approval Program) Simultaneous Closing System
- www.gapworld.net
Mar 24, 2005 - 7:00 pm
Scheduled speaker : Robert Shemin
Topic : Guaranteed Approval Program
Robert Shemin speaking to us in March!
Robert is an Attorney, Private Real Estate Investor, and Educator, and he will be speaking on Making Big Profit$ in Real Estate Investing. Note that this meeting will be held in the Saluda Shoals Environmental Education Center, which is not our normal meeting location!!!
Robert Shemin MBA, JD is recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on real estate investing and has taught thousands across the world the techniques and strategies that helped him amass a fortune through real estate investing and to retire at an early age. In just 7 years, Robert has purchased over 140 houses, duplexes and apartments and has sold over 450 properties using the investing techniques and methods he has personally developed. Robert has built a real estate empire worth millions, all in the Nashville, Tenn. area.
Not only is he one of the country’s most successful real estate investors, he’s also a leading expert in the critical areas of land-lording and asset protection. He has flipped over 100 properties, renovated more than 200 houses and duplexes, and owned and managed more than 150 rental properties--many of which he still owns and manages today.
As an author, Shemin has written 7 best selling books including “Secrets of a Millionaire Real Estate Investor,” “Secrets of Buying and Selling Real Estate Without Using Your Own Money,” and others.
There is limited seating for the event, so those planning to attend should arrive early to guarantee a seat!!! The Auditorium at the Environmental Center can only hold 110-115 max, and we're expecting a crowd!!
May 26, 2005 - 7:00 pm
Scheduled speaker : Jim Hitt & Philip Parham
Philip's Topic : Real Estate Investing Saved Me From My Dead End Job
Jim's Topic : Using Self Directed IRAs to Purchase Real Estate
"SUPERCHARGE Your IRA" with Jim Hitt
For more than 30 years Jim Hitt has been commited to all aspects of real estate investing. Considered a genius by most who associate with him, he's a helpful resource for investment knowlege giving without expectation.
Starting in the mortgage business in California, he got turned on by all the options available to do a deal. He prides himself in doing no money down deals even when he's got plenty. He is thrilled by creative financing. He loves doing deals for fun!
He's developed, owned & managed multi-unit properties & commercial buildings. He's in the middle of developing a complex of modulars in Asheville by involving other investors. It's a formula that he's had success with in the past.
Jim resides in the Asheville area of North Carolina & serves on the Board of CREIA (Carolinas Real Estate Investors Association). He has given his time teaching in area REIAs like Asheville, Spartanburg & Greenville on a regular basis. He's headed up the number one most popular Finance Focus Groups in both Asheville & Spartanburg (www.entrustcarolinas.com) for well over a year. For this dedication, he's charged nothing to club members & nothing to the clubs.
Currently, Jim has been teaching how to use your IRA to invest in real estate to earn tax free income. He is an Agent for Entrust & is certified to help investors turn their IRA into a self directed IRA. Come SUPERCHARGE your IRA with Jim Hitt.
May 26, 2005 - 7:00 pm
June 23, 2005
Scheduled speaker : Lou Castillo
Philip's Topic : Million $$ Strategies to Real Estate Riches
Come hear Lou give a preview of the Saturday boot camp he will conducting on June 25 with us. Lou will touch on topics such as:
- Wholesaling As-is
- Subject-To Purchases
- Private Lenders
- Estimating Rehab costs
- Lease-Option
- and more...
July 28, 2005 - 7:00 pm
July 28, 2005
Scheduled speaker : Jason Dillard
Topic : Become a Full Time Dad Wholesaling Properties
Jason Dillard is from Greenville, SC where he is a full time Real Estate Investor. Jason was stuck in a “Dead-End”, low paying job with no room for growth, until he recognized that Wholesaling Real Estate offered him the financial and personal freedom that he was searching for.
He went from Janitorial Manager to Real Estate Investor in just two short months with the methods that he teaches. At the young age of 27, Jason has created a successful Real Estate Investing business allowing him the opportunity to become a Full-Time Dad.
Come learn how you can make a living with Real Estate Investing without money, credit, or risk.
Visit Jason on the web: www.jasondillard.com
August 25, 2005 - 7:00 pm
August 25, 2005
Scheduled speaker : Graham Treakle
Topic : Successful Short Sales
Graham Treakle was born in 1975 in Charlottesville VA., where he lived with his parents and two younger brothers until he went to college. Graham attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he met his wife Donna. Two years later, Graham transferred to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and graduated with a major in political science. Over the course of the next several years, Graham worked at three (3) of the country 's largest banks. Donna is a NC native from Asheville. She graduated from the NC Teaching Fellows Program from UNCG, majoring in Art Education. Donna taught high school Art in the Guilford County and the Davie County Schools Systems before becoming a fulltime Mom and real estate investor.
Graham and Donna have four children under the age of five, three daughters and one little boy. They run a successful real estate business from their home, and have been active real estate investors since 1998. They specialize in helping people who are in difficult situations, such as foreclosure, divorce, separation, or job loss. People in these situations need to sell their homes quickly. Graham and Donna have found that organization is the essential element to success. They have created several organizational systems that help Donna manage both the children and the business at the same time.
Graham bought his first foreclosed property three months after graduating from college. “I learned in college that about 90% of millionaires start in the real estate business, and I have followed that model ever since. On my very first investment property I bought and sold it in less than 15 days, and made over $12,000.” Since then Graham and Donna have bought and sold over 75 houses.
“For several years we focused on buying and selling low end homes to other investors. We would buy a distressed property, fix it up, and then sell it as a rental property. We then met Jeff Kaller in High Point, North Carolina and were introduced to the world of pre-foreclosures. We worked with Jeff for about six months, and learned that by working with higher dollar homes we were able to make larger profits. Jeff moved his Mr. Preforeclosure business to Florida. Shortly thereafter, Donna and I began to develop our own systems, which have proven to be successful. We continued our real estate business by concentrating on buying and selling bread and butter homes that are in foreclosure.”
Graham and Donna have had tremendous results in obtaining short sales on properties that are in foreclosure. Graham used his experience as a banker to create a system that addresses the short sale strategy from a banker’s perspective. Using this system, Donna negotiated a short sale on a property that was appraised at $123,000 down to $68,250. “Negotiating this short sale was a great experience for me. It proved we had a winning formula in negotiating short sales that I could do this while being at home with the kids and make good money too. During our career, we have helped many others negotiate successful short sales.”
Nov 17, 2005 - 7:00 pm
Scheduled speaker : Ray Fernandez
Topic : How to Effectively Negotiate Real Estate Deals
Ray has in excess of thirty years as a negotiator and salesman in the Finance Industry. He has studied with the Harvard Negotiation Institute and trained in seminars with such stalwarts in the field as Herb Cohen and Jim Camp.
He is presently a Mortgage Banker with National City Mortgage and co-hosts two Radio programs about Mortgage Finance, Real Estate and Negotiation. Join him November 17, 2005 "How to Effectively Negotiate Real Estate Deals."
Feb 24, 2005 - 7:00 pm
February 24, 2005
Scheduled speaker : Pete Youngs
Topic : Rehab 101
- Pete Young's is a successful investor; business owner, author, and lecturer dedicated to helping others become successful as investment and real estate entrepreneurs
- Part of Pete Youngs' expertise is teaching people how to rehabilitate properties for a fraction of the normal estimated cost. His knowledge and ability to get the highest quality results for the lowest possible price earned his companies such prestigious renovation contracts as the living quarters at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games, Courtyard By Marriott Hotels, two different contracts within international communications giant MCI, Publix Distribution Center, and hundreds of single and multi-family homes nationwide
- Pete Youngs shares his contractor knowledge with investor and homeowner alike, teaching you how to put THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS into your own pocket.
- Pete Youngs knows that buying discount properties insures a lower purchase price, and will teach you valuable contractor techniques to lower your fix up or maintenance costs by 50% or even 75%! You will literally add THOUSANDS to your net worth and equity position whether you own just one home or one hundred homes
- Pete's success has launched him to featured speaker status at numerous national investment conferences. Pete's REHAB 101 package continues to receive awards from various entrepreneurial organizations
- WWW.PETEYOUNGS.COM
Apr 28, 2005 - 7:00 pm
April 28, 2005
Scheduled speaker : Donna Bauer
Topic : Note Buying
Donna Bauer, nationally known as the original NoteBuyer™, has personally mentored hundreds of individuals to achieve their own financial and personal independence. She is one of today’s foremost authorities on note buying. As the mother of 4 boys, she was the typical soccer mom. In search of a vehicle that would offer her financial security without sacrificing cherished time with her children, Donna realized that discounted notes and mortgages was the answer. Whether you have cash of your own or don’t have a dime to your name, note buying is the perfect tool to safely earn huge profits without the time intensive headaches of real estate management. And so, utilizing over 10 years of experience in real estate investing and working right off her dining room table, Donna paved her road to wealth by buying and selling discounted mortgages.
The NoteBuyer’s™ Master Guide home-study course was born by popular demand as clients sought her assistance and expertise for their own investing. It is undoubtedly the most comprehensive note buying course available today, and even includes her most recent book, Cashing In On Delinquent Mortgages – an absolute must if you want to take advantage of today’s super hot pre-foreclosure market. Donna not only covers the all-popular “short sale” strategy, but she also teaches the highly effective but little known strategy of buying the defaulted note directly from the bank. (If you aren’t familiar with this strategy, you’re probably walking away from deals that you could be closing!) Her students laud her for her step-by-step, easy to understand instruction, as well as for her thoroughness and attention to detail. From novices to seasoned investors, individuals from all over the country consider The NoteBuyer’s™ Master Guide to be their “Bible” for real estate investing. Donna’s system will equip you to buy, sell, trade, and even create your own notes – not to mention empower you to acquire property at drastically reduced, fire-sale prices!
With The NoteBuyer’s Master Guide System, you will learn how to:
- Cash in on the hottest pre-foreclosure market ever – without even going through the hassle of foreclosing!
- Buy over-financed fixer-uppers for a fraction of their retail value!
- Make tens of thousands of dollars by being a “Knight In Shining Armor” to homeowners in foreclosure!
- Put an extra $5,000 cash in your pocket in the next 30 days in any type of real estate market!
- Recoup stock market losses by rebuilding your portfolio and IRA at astounding rates!
- Consistently and safely earn returns of 24% or more without time- intensive property management headaches!
- And much, much more!
People all over the country are locking in to Donna’s wealth of knowledge. She is an active member of the Cincinnati Real Estate Investors Association, as well as a former board member of both the Cincinnati Real Estate Investors Association and the Ohio Real Estate Investors Association. She has appeared numerous times on both television and radio, sharing over 25 years of expertise in the fields of real estate investing and property management, and teaching thousands of individuals how to amass tremendous wealth through mortgage investing. This is one presentation that you won’t want to miss. She’s fun, she’s lively, and best of all, Donna Bauer can make you rich!
Read Donna's article CASHING IN ON DELINQUENT MORTGAGES
Sep 22, 2005 - 7:00 pm
Sep 22, 2005
Scheduled speaker : S. Matthew Linville
Topic : 1031 Like-Kind Property Exchange
S. Matthew Linville brings a wealth of banking experience to his business development position with Bayview Financial Exchange Services, LLC, a Qualified Intermediary. Mr. Linville served one of the five largest financial institutions as a Financial Planner, Personal Trust Coordinator and more importantly as a Relationship Manager with the institution’s Like-Kind Exchange department for several years. Mr. Linville excelled in his knowledge of real and personal property 1031 exchanges including reverse and construction exchanges. He regularly worked with multi-million dollar exchanges involving complex structuring and financing issues.
Mr. Linville is an avid sportsman as well as an active local, state and international volunteer. He has worked directly to provide for the food needs of his community, assisted with hurricane and flood disaster relief response in the states of North Carolina, Louisiana, West Virginia, Tennessee and Florida as well as collected and delivered specific clothing needs of orphaned children in the Ukraine. Mr. Linville and his wife, Abigail, have been married for seven years and own a Rottweiler named Bonnie Jean.
Oct 27, 2005 - 7:00 pm
Oct 22, 2005
Scheduled speaker : Larry Goins
Topic : The Ultimate Buying & Selling Machine
The Goins Group, LLC
Larry H. Goins is not only licensed as a mortgage lender and mortgage broker in North Carolina and South Carolina, he is also licensed in both North Carolina and South Carolina as a Real Estate Broker and General Contractor. He is a member of the North Carolina Association of Mortgage Professionals and a member of the National Association of Mortgage Professionals.
Over the past few years, Larry has served as President (2003 & 2004) of the Metrolina Real Estate Investors Association in Charlotte NC, a not-for-profit organization that has over 350 members and is the local chapter of the National Real Estate Investors Association. In addition to conducting his own sold out 3 day Dream Big & Wakeup Wealthy Boot Camps several times a year, he is also an active real estate investor and speaks at various Real Estate Investment Associations about investing and finance. His latest home study course, The Ultimate Buying & Selling Machine, has been a HUGE SUCCESS, selling out 4 times within a 7-day period and the orders and testimonies keep rolling in!
Between speaking engagements and mentoring other Investors, he oversees the daily operations of Investors Rehab, Inc., of which he is a co-founder and officer. Investors Rehab, Inc. is a real estate investment company that buys and wholesales 10-15 houses per month to other investors at 70% of ARV.
Larry is also the Owner and Managing Member of Financial Help Services, Inc., a Mortgage Broker and Lender specializing in Investor Loans. Financial Help Services, Inc. offers traditional and hard money loans to investors. Together with his business partner, Wendy Sweet, he offers a unique opportunity to investors by offering complete investor services with a personal high touch that dramatically increases the company’s loan closing ratio.
On a personal level he is a member of River Hills Community Church and plays guitar in the Church Praise Team.
As a Husband, Father, Business Man and Real Estate Investor, Larry holds true to his core values and moral integrity. His personal and business motto is, “People & Principles before Profits”
