North Texas Association of Real Estate Investors
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PAST PROGRAMS at Monthly General Meetings.
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" How to Raise Private Money Matt Scott Nationally recognized as the country's top-expert on raising funds for real estate investing. December General Meeting - TUESDAY - December 15, 2009
Our Special Christmas Present for You is a Christmas Party Several Guest Experts will be joining us, including - Bryan Dunklin, real estate attorney,r/e law professor These individuals are well known and respected as local investing experts because of their long-standing, successful careers in the local investing market. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in a wide range of investing topics. You will be able to quiz them for their knowledge and recommendations on areas such as - buying, selling, holding, financing, rehabbing, managing, legal and regulatory issues, liability and asset protection - and much more. December General Meeting - TUESDAY, December 15 " EVICTIONS: Laws and Procedures " Since 1994, Judge Al Cercone has also served on the faculty of the Texas Justice Court Training Center, which provides the required continuing legal and judicial education for all Texas Justices of the Peace. He also serves as a mentor judge to peers in need of guidance or supplemental education, for theTexas State Commission on Judicial Conduct. In 2006 he was approved by the Texas Real Estate Commission to be an MCE instructor. As a successful business owner for more than 28 years, Judge Cercone brings a no-nonsense approach to the court. His wealth of experience and knowledge enhance his ability to better understand the cases over which he presides, and to influence the customer service demonstrated by his court, which has ultimately produced a significantly renewed confidence in the "Peoples' Court." If you have been a local investor, and especially a landlord, for any period, you are probably already familiar with Judge Cercone and know exactly why - You won't want to miss this most interesting program! General Meeting - Thursday, October 22 WHERE IS THE MONEY ? John graduated summa cum laude from Yale with a B.A. He received a Ph.D. in economics from John's presentation will provide perspective on developments in housing, the financial crisis, and their impact on the economy. The presentation will discuss factors behind the boom and bust in housing markets and finance. John will also discuss the impact of slower home price appreciation on consumer spending, and provide a little perspective on real estate markets and the economy in Attendees may be interested in three free web articles on the mortgage and financial crisis that are co-authored by John and some of his colleagues at the Dallas Fed: • The Rise and Fall of Subprime Mortgages (Nov. 2007): http://dallasfed.org/research/eclett/2007/el0711.pdf • From Complacency to Crisis: Financial Risk-Taking in the Early 21st Century (Dec. 2007): http://dallasfed.org/research/eclett/2007/el0712.pdf • Fed Confronts Financial Crisis By Expanding Its Role As Lender of Last Resort (Feb./March 2009, with DiMartino & Renier): GENERAL MEETING - Thursday, August 20 featuring The Real Estate Attorney: Monthly General Meeting - July 9,2009 You're invited for a fun session of ( networking that focuses on your areas of special interest ) You'll connect with like-minded investors, landlords, vendors and professionals who share your areas of interest, such as - Foreclosures * Short-Sales * Subject-to Rehabbing * Buy-&-Hold Networking is the main thing that we're all about. This will be organized networking, in small-group Each table will focus on a different topic - an 'area of interest'. We'll have multiple sessions during the evening, so that you can participate at more than one table. You'll have a chance to explain what you're doing, and what you need, and what questions you have. You'll get some answers, learn some ideas, and make at least 15 new connections in the process. - focused on the topics that fit your special needs. It doesn't get any better than this. You can't get this much, this good anywhere else. Bring your questions andideas, a good note pad, and lots of business cards, and come prepared for fun. Hear and meet - IN PERSON The Gloomy Headlines about Real Estate - they are about national statistics and the dramatic problems in other regions. What you need to know are the REALITIES of Real Estate in Your Market - this market - Dr. James Gaines Research Economist - Housing and Land Development, General Meeting - Thursday, October 16, 2008 Dr. Ravi Batra, Professor of Economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, is the author of five international best sellers. He served as Chairperson of the SMU Economics Department from 1977 to 1980. In October 1978, due to dozens of publications in top journals such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory, Review of Economic Studies, among others, Dr. Batra was ranked third in a group of "superstar economists," selected from all the American and Canadian universities by an article in the respected journal of Economic Enquiry. In 1990, the Prime Minister of Italy awarded Dr. Batra a Medal of the Italian Senate for writing a book which correctly predicted the downfall of Soviet communism, fifteen years before it happened.
Without Private Lenders -
The NEW RULES for Raising Private
Money in Texas "
presented by
You are invited
A Fun and Informal Evening
featuring a
Including a Special Buffet of
Heavy Hors d'oeuvres and HolidayTreats
and
A Networking-Style Session of
" Ask-the-Expert "
Relax around a table and chat with respected local real estate investing experts. Have an
opportunity to, one-on-one, ask your questions and discuss the current issues -
"What's going on with...?," "Where can I find...?" "What do you think is the
best method for....?",
Scott Horne, investor, rehabber, hard money lender
Arnie Abramson, investor, landlord, property manager
Tom Henderson, notes buyer, owner financing consultant
Mark Fedderson, investor, rehabber, hard money lender
Each expert will host a separate roundtable. You'll be able to move around at your leisure, and participate or just listen in. And, of course, as always, you will also have the option to visit and network with your friends and fellow investors. (If ou haven't been to a meeting in a while, this is a great occasion to come catchup with friends and wish them Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2010.)
So please join us, and enjoy the festivities, and take your seat at the table for some interesting discussions.
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We are very priviledged to welcome as our honored guest and
Featured Speaker
The Honorable
Judge AL CERCONE
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Place 1
First elected in 1992, Judge Al Cercone presides over one of the busiest and most productive courts in Texas. His judicial duties include overseeing tens of thousands of civil and criminal cases annually,
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The #1 Hottest Topic Among Investors Today.
WHERE IS THE MONEY ?
Trying to buy with owner financing can often be trumped by another buyer who's waving a cash offer. When that happens, you can miss out on those historic opportunities-of-a-lifetime that are passing in front of you. On the other hand, when you're selling, a cash deal (mortgage financing) can make your life a lot simpler and keep you in the action to get your share of that flow of great opportunities that are happening now.
So, if cash is the key, we're back to that question -
The good news is, we've assembled a special panel of very knowledgeable advisors who have the answer(s) for you. But this isn't any ole panel.
This is not a group of sideline observers, making speculations and assumptions, and quoting from the headlines. The experts on this panel are out there in the thick of it, on the front line in today's market - as the lenders of various stripes (hard money, bank money, conventional mortgages, etc.) who are actually lending money and making deals - today.
They will tell you, first-hand, the true realities - what's happening, what kind of deals are actually being made - and funded - and how it's being done - and by whom. They will give you the crucial perspective needed for your success - it's an understanding from the point of view of the folks who have the money you need, and can get it to you, so you can make those great deals - now, while the market is still the best you will probably ever see in your lifetime. Plus, they will be setting aside plenty of time to answer your tough questions - so bring'em on!
That's why you don't want to miss our very special -
"Where is the Money?"
featuring invaluable strategic information and advise,
presented by a
Select Panel of Guest Lenders:
Pacific Union Funding
MONTY BUSCH,
Summit Lending
MARK DRANSFIELD,
Brazos Bank,
FRANK FREISENHAHN,
DFW Investor Lending LLC
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General Meeting - Thursday, September 17, 2009
featuring
John Duca, Ph. D.
Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor
of the
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
of Dallas
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Owner Financing: All the Answers
From all angles - by the experts who know!
OUR EXPERT PANEL
BRYAN DUNKLIN
The Experienced Buyer/Seller:
ARNIE ABRAMSON
The Note Professor:
TOM HENDERSON
Bring your toughest questions.
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Interest-Group Networking
Hard Money * Wholesaling * Flipping Retail * Insurance
Structure & Entities * Owner Financing
It's the #1 benefit of having an investor club - the #1 reason that we come together - so that we can connect with other investors and landlords, and with the vendors and professionals we need for our success team.
round tables.
It will be a fun, informal 90 minutes of
AAAA Quality Networking
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The Most Quoted Authority on
Texas Real Estate
General Meeting,
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Special Guest Speaker
at the
presenting
The Latest Expert Analysis, Projections and Insights
regarding
The
- 2009 & Beyond.
General Meeting -- Thursday, May 21, 2009
Featuring Guest Speaker
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General Meeting - Thursday, April 16, 2009
featuring
Profiting from the "Crisis":
Now is the Time - This is the Opportunity
presented by
Eddie Speed
"Subprime Crisis"... "Mortgage Meltdown"...
You've heard it all. And you know it's only going to get worse. But there is a silver lining. It's the opportunity for real estate investors to turn the "Crisis" into gold - by tapping into the rapidly expanding market of seller financing.
Seller financing is filling the void created by the mortgage freeze. Unable to find buyers who can qualify under the current conditions, sellers are increasingly turning to carrying the loans themselves.
O Selling, Buying and Brokering Good Notes.
~ As more and more sellers turn to carrying the loans for their buyers...those notes become available for
sale... and for you to capture big profits!
~ Real estate investors have a big advantage - because it requires little additional knowledge for you to
deal in notes.
~ By creating real estate notes, investing in them, or simply brokering, investors can make substantial
money with minimal expense.
Eddie Speed is the president of Colonial Funding Group, LLC, the founder of NoteSchool™, and the author of Streetwise Seller Financing. He is a nationally recognized expert in the note industry both in seller-financing and buying non-performing bank loans. Having purchased more than 30,000 notes totaling more than a half a billion dollars in the past 25 years - an industry record, he has seen virtually every scenario imaginable. As the recipient of the 2006 Industry Achievement Award, Eddie is in great demand as an acclaimed speaker, mentor, and instructor. His expert training has propelled some of the industry's most successful brokers to phenomenal levels of career achievements.
General Meeting - Thursday - March 19, 2009
What's really going on in the 'smoke-filled rooms'? Life-changing developments for investors are about to be written into law. Our future hangs in the balance. Our necks are under the axe. What are the issues? Who are the players? What's probably going to actually pass, or not, and what will it mean for you
and your business?
Real Estate Investing in Texas stands on a regulatory brink:
- An Insider's Report
presented by
Bryan Dunklin
Mark McPherson
Texas State Bar Association
(and arguably the most knowledgeable individual in
the state on Texas real estate legislation)
Real estate investing in Texas is standing on the brink of a legislative slippery slope - into serious restriction, if not virtual elimination, of our profession. The threat is serious for both established investors and newcomers alike. It started with the passage of new repressive laws in the last Session which now need revision. And now additional new misguided attacts are pending for action in the current Session of the Legislature. Until now, even though we could read some of the bills, we didn't know the context or the author's goals. But now that the bill filing deadline has past and the bill analyses have been written, we can begin to really get our arms around the propositions, their potential scope and impact. So where do they stand? What can we expect? What can we do? Come find out...and tell us what you think.
featuring
(a.k.a., Raising Millions Fast & Legally)
(w/ real case studies)
- The Truth About Advertising for Investors
- Kill the Luncheon Presentations... Please!
- How to Leverage the SEC to Raise Funding
- Why Repositioning to Attract Investors Is Essential
- Reasons to Avoid the Mom & Pop Investors
- How to Attract the Affluent Investor & What Turns Them Off
- The One Secret to Deal Structuring that Appeals to Investors (12 to 1)
- How to Fund Your Company to Acquire Long-term Portfolio Properties
- Why the 'My Private REIT' or 'My Private Funding Co' Strategy
Greatly Increases Your Funding Process
- Marketing vs. Pitching - What works?
presented by
Matt Scott
With Banks and Lenders on lock-down,
it's time to turn to alternative strategies.
Here's the funding expert to help you
raise money...lots of it.
free money - for real estate investors.
GRANTS and Forgivable Loans:
Jillian Coleman Wheeler
Absolutely not. Federal and State governments have now released billions of dollars in real estate grants. There are thousands of real estate programs funded, directly or indirectly, by the government. But most investors don't even know they exist. Or, if they've heard about them, they don't know how they work, where to go for information, or what to do to get in on them.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
" Year-End Financial Clinic "
Bring your questions.
(details below)
Credit Security Group (CSG) leads the Re-Scoring World in FICO knowledge. Founder Eddie Johansson is a FICO scoring expert. He is known in credit circles as the "FICO Whisperer", also called a "FICO Freak" (which he takes as a compliment). He has counseled many investors on how to manage their FICO scores as they add mortgages. His presentation teaches investors such things as how the FICO score affects them, the best revolving accounts to use to safely park their debt, and how to successfully manage their credit. Investors will be able to immediately apply this information themselves, to enhance their lives and credit status. This is a 100% educational presentation; there is no selling. This is a public service provided by Credit Security Group. The information which they teach in this presentation for investors cannot be 'Googled' and is virtually priceless.
Credit Security Group has now invested more than 9,000 hours in programming custom FICO tracking software. Having tracked more than 100,000 tradelines, and analyzing more than 4,000 before-and-after scores, many lessons and secrets have been learned - mainly the realization of how much difference it can make if you 'know how to play'. The services which they provide increase client's scores through rapid re-scoring to close loans.
Eddie will teach you the crucial understanding of how FICO scoring is an attempt to measure perceived risk NOT negative credit records. This is a must attend strategy and protection seminar for all investors.
Bring your questions.
Then they will field your questions about specific methods, strategies and problems. This is an invaluable chance to discover opportunities, solve those perplexing questions, and generally make sure that you've dotted all the "i's" and crossed all the "t's". This is a very generous favor by these local experts to our investor community, and we're very grateful for their help. We hope you won't miss out on the benefit of this very special session.
General Meeting - Thursday, November 20, 2008
featured
Independent Investors vs. Texas Law:
What you don't know can hurt you.
presented by
Mark McPherson,
Chairman, Real Estate Legislative Affairs Committee,
Texas State Bar Association.
The state’s leading authority on current and developing
legal issues (laws, regulations, taxes) affecting
real estate investing in Texas.
featuring
The Real Estate Meltdown
and "The Economic Crisis" -
Where They Came From and
Where They Are Going !
presented by
Dr. Ravi Batra,
Professor of Economics, SMU
and internationally known bestselling author of
" The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution
Against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos "
and " Greenspan's Fraud "
Dr. Batra has been profiled and quoted in major newspapers and magazines, including the New YorkTimes, Washington Post, USA Today, Time, Newsweek, the U.S. News and World Report, and appeared on all major news networks, including CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC, CNBC, among others. Batra's latest book is "The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos".
Some Comments on
" The forecasting record of this widely respected Southern
Tom Peters,
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Leonard Silk, New York Times
" Dr. Batra writes about his subject as clearly as if he were telling bedtime stories."
Christopher Lehmann Haupt, New York Times
" The good professor has a formidable academic reputation and, from what I know, his forecasting record is impressive."
Barton Biggs, Morgan
" Batra [is] a scholar who has earned a considerable reputation as an expert on trade."
Albert Crenshaw,
" His predictions in the early 1980s of low inflation, falling oil prices and a wave of mergers-mocked for years-have proved close to the mark."
Thomas C. Hayes, New York Times
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Chip Brown, Associated Press
