2007 Past Events

Jan 11, 2007 - 7:00 pm

Scheduled speaker : Donna Kocurek, "The Network Queen"
Topic : The Investor's Ultimate RE 101 Tool Box

  • Donna began investing in 2002 and quickly began making deals with sellers of older homes and "subject to" investing in excess of 1 million dollars.
  • Over the past four years, Donna has personally been involved in over 300 real estate transactions! Her expertise is in Rehabbing Homes, Bird Dogging and Marketing. She is a Full Time Real Estate Investor, Mortgage Loan Originator, Mother and is a Grandmother of two!
  • Donna has recently begun speaking at real estate groups around North and South Carolina where she teaches new investors how to find deals through direct mailing and other techniques. She is involved with several real estate investing groups and currently holds 12 lease option properties and is actively helping other investors to reach their investing goals

Feb 8, 2007 - 7:00 pm

Scheduled speaker : David Vanhoose
Topic : Four Pillars of Successful Foreclosures Investing

Dave VanHoose is the founder of ForeclosuresDaily.com, which gives foreclosure investors the tools, training and technology to stand out in the market. Our goal is to be the #1 national provider of foreclosure information, resources and training.

  • Sold more than $1 million in real estate in 3 years
  • Developed system for strategic investing
  • icensed athletic coach
  • Former head trainer of the Tampa Bay Storm
  • Won the 1993 arena football championships
  • Cigarette boat racing club member

David will show you how to:

  • BUY EASY

    Find motivated sellers!

    • No money down / no credit
    • Courthouse auctions
    • Bankruptcy properties
    • Targeted marketing

  • BUY SAFE

    Control Your Investment

    • Flawless contracts
    • Make the most of Land Trusts
    • Risk-free financing

  • BUY SMART

    Discover Insider Secrets!

    • Take full advantage of market trends
    • Short Sales
    • Subject To

  • BUY WEALTHY

    Maximize profit potential!

    • Lucrative upgrades
    • Savvy selling
    • Terrific turnarounds

Mar 8, 2007 - 7:00 pm

Scheduled speaker : John Dessauer
Topic : Divide and Conquer- Creating Mega Wealth with Multi-Families

  • John Dessauer John is a self made millionaire, dedicated to helping others to achieve financial independence so they too can achieve their dreams.
  • John began his professional career in the environmental industry as a field chemist. He inspected military bases throughout the United States to identify hazardous and non-hazardous waste, and devised plans to transport and dispose of the waste materials safely. Through tenacity and a strong work ethic, John transformed his field experience into a highly successful sales position and worked his way to the top of the ladder as a national sales representative.
  • Working too many hours to achieve and maintain this success, and at the risk of not spending enough time with his family, John quickly took action to change where he was in his life. In 2000, he quit his corporate sales position one morning and that afternoon he started up his own national environmental company, ICON Development Corporation. The company provides consulting, transportation and disposal services, recycling program for companies all over the United States. Working with small companies to Fortune 500 companies, John grew this company exponentially by capitalizing on his experience and knowledge in the industry. Within 14 months he exceeded $5 million in gross revenues! After selling the companies contracts and retaining the corporate structure, ICON Development Corporation is today developing real estate from single family houses to impressive residential and retail towers in urban areas. “Investing is all about strategy and designing the appropriate strategy to meet your dreams.”
  • Concurrent to starting up ICON Development Corporation, he inspired to create passive income and achieve complete financial freedom so that he could spend more time with his family. In 2000, John also founded Cribs, LLC a property management firm. Through innovative and creative investing techniques that he developed, John turned this company into a million dollar business in just over a year. Cribs, LLC includes management in multi-family housing units, office buildings and small retail centers.
  • After developing two multi-million dollar companies John embarked on his third successful company The Dessauer Group, Inc. – teaching real estate investing as your gateway to life freedoms. Through The Dessauer Group, John has expanded his business to include delivering educational, inspirational and motivational products and presentations on investing and developing your freedoms. He has presented throughout the world and has shared the stage with such notables as John Childers – world renowned speaker, trainer and author, Robert T. Kiyosaki; Author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Dolf de Roos; author of Real Estate Riches, Robert Allen; author of Multiple Streams of Income and Nothing Down, Mark Victor Hansen; Chicken Soup for the Soul series creator, author, wealth coach, and lecturer. Not to mention the motivational side of the business which has enabled John to speak with notables as Susie Orman, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and the mogul him self Donald Trump! As a matter of fact, The Donald said in the New York Post that John was a real estate expert you must meet!
  • His goal is to help people invest in real estate with an outcome that positively changes their lives and brings about their life dreams. “I’m doing this because its more than just money, the big payoff for me is time. I can leverage my time a lot more with our real estate company and be able to teach other people to do what I did, not only to develop passive income but more importantly to develop residual income that comes in monthly. Once they have this financial freedom, all they will have to decide is what to do with all the time they will have and whether it’s to spend it with a loved one, to develop a new business, to help people who are less fortunate, travel, etc. The fun comes in when they’re making these decisions.”
  • John continues to create businesses including Circle 23 Corporation and restaurant holding company that will be expanding it’s Circle brand throughout the Midwest through corporate and franchised stores. The Lost Weekend, LLC, a vacation rental company that owns and manages vacation rentals such as Lake getaways, Caribbean houses and condos, and soon to be skiing destinations.
  • John has a B.S. Biology and a B.A. Business Administration from St. Ambrose University, in Davenport, Iowa.
  • For more information about John:

    The Dessauer Group
    130 N West Street
    Crown Point, IN 46307
    Office 219-226-9450 • Fax 219-226-9460
    www.thedessauergroup.com

Apr 12, 2007 - 7:00 pm

Scheduled speaker : Andy Aun
Topic : Contracts, Contracts, Contracts - Buying, Selling, Lease Options. What’s New, What’s Legal, What’s Not

With extensive experience in Real Estate, Litigation, and Family Law, the scope of service offered by the firm is broad. Because Aun & McKay offers litigation support capabilities to individuals, businesses, and corporations, many clients of Aun and McKay, P. A., developed through Real Estate representation, have and do use their services in litigation, family law, and for other legal services

May 10, 2007 - 7:00 pm

Scheduled speaker : Ki Y. Shin and Brandon K. Smith
Topic : Entity Choices, Tax Consequences, Foreclosures, Bookkeeping, HOT Topics & More

  • Ki Shin and Brandon Smith are certified public accountants with Carter & Company, LLC in Greenville, SC - over 400 real estate investor clients in North and South Carolina and across the nation.
  • Brandon K. Smith, CPA, MBA has over ten years of public accounting experience mostly with a Big Four national CPA firm before joining Carter & Company. He provides consulting, tax planning, and tax preparation for well over one-hundred real estate investors nationwide and locally. Brandon is certified in both North and South Carolina, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. He earned a B.S. degree in financial accounting, cum laude, with a distinction in accounting, from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and a Masters in Business Administation from Appalachian State University. He currently serves as the Treasurer for the Upstate Carolina's Real Estate Investors Association. He enjoys spending time with his two year old twin girls and his four year old son.
  • Ki Y. Shin, CPA, MST has over 20 years of public accounting experience. He has worked for multiple Big Four national firms before joining Carter & Co. Ki is the in charge tax manager for the largest real estate investor in the nation (Apartment Investment Management Company - A.K.A. AIMCO). Although Ki has broad experience with all types of entities he has a specialized niche with real estate. Ki is also certified in North and South Carolina, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He earned his Masters in taxation degree from the University of South Carolina. Ki is a father of four and enjoys attending church.

June 14, 2007 - 7:00 pm

Scheduled speaker : Lou Castillo
Topic : Experience Lou Castillo Live

  • Warning: 80% of real estate investors don’t survive their 1st year in business. Why? Because they don’t know how to create consistent, predictable profits! They hope & wish and wait for luck to shine on them.
  • Lou Castillo used to “hope & wish and wait for luck” too. Then he discovered how to create $10,000 profits every month – Predictably. Using that foundation, he exploded his profits – doing as much as $80,000 to $100,000 in a month.
  • Listen to Lou talk about his early experiences and why much of what we’re taught just doesn’t work. He’ll show you the system he follows – why it works – and how you, too, can start predicting your profits every month. Do you want $10,000 - $30,000 - $50,000? It’s totally up to you!

August 9, 2007 - 7:00 pm

Scheduled speakers : Rodney Eimers, Chris Foster, and David Greenburger, Esq.
Topics : Million Dollar Partnerships & 1031 Exchanges & Real Estate Law