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Upstate
Carolina Real Estate
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Decide NOW to learn about Real Estate Investing...
Learn HOW by joining Upstate CREIA!
Serving all
of Upstate South Carolina and surrounding areas, we are a
501(c)6 non-profit organization of business professionals with the goal of
educating and providing opportunities for networking with other
real estate investors.
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UCREIA
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A Note from the President
I am delighted to announce the following:
Joe Gibson will be joining the board and will be in charge of
Information Technology. He is also the speaker for the upcoming
one-day seminar "A Primer for Beginning Real Estate Investors."
Debbie Call is joining the board and will be the Secretary.
Debbie has been hosting the very popular Women's Focus Group
which meets four times a month, twice in the morning and twice
in the evening.
Bruce Bachtel has been a member of the UCREIA board for a year
and was recently elected Vice President for 2008. Bruce also
chairs the Membership Committee.
Dave Smythe rises to the post of President for 2008. As he's
previously held this position we can look forward to steady
leadership and lots of puns/jokes at our meetings.
Thanks to these folks, the entire board, and our volunteers for
their unwavering support and tireless efforts in growing Upstate
Carolina REIA and providing excellent educational and networking
opportunities to all our members.
Skip Miller
2007 President
Want to learn more about the board members? Go to our
Meet the Board page! |
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Monthly Meetings
When: On the
3rd Monday of the month
Meeting time:
7pm - Networking & Coffee at 6:00pm
Location:
Embassy Suites Hotel at
670 Verdae Blvd, Greenville,
SC
Hotel Phone:
(864) 676-9090
Cost: Free for
Members and $15 for Guests
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Current and Upcoming Events
For more information (if available) about
these events
Click
Here.
Upcoming Meeting
Topics:
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4/21/08 Short Session:
We will have Michael Amos and a panel of investors
to give you a small look into the methods of
"trading properties amongst yourselves" for cash,
for equity sharing, for balancing your portfolio,
for long or short time holds, etc, etc, etc. This is
a mind expanding method that you will have to think
about for a while to fully grasp its effectiveness.
Main Speaker: We are proud to have Don
DeRosa from Atlanta as our main speaker on SHORT
SALES! Don is the CEO of Springboard Real Estate
Training, a national speaker, mentor, author and
entrepreneur. He has been featured in the NY Times
Best Selling Book, the Millionaire Real Estate
Investor, as the top 21 RE investors in US and
Canada. Don has trained thousands of students across
the nation. He has bought and sold over 200
properties in a short period of time. Don's website
is
www.askDonDeRosa.com. He has a lot of knowledge
to share on short sales. Be sure to come out to hear
Don.
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5/19/08 Short Session: Various
Government programs to be discussed such as Section
8, grants, being a money partner with the government
to build housing facilities, etc. Main topic:
“Getting to the Next Level” with Jonathan Patton,
Freedom Coaching, Columbia and UCREIA vendor. Great
topic for both advanced and beginners.
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6/16/08 To Be Announced
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7/21/08 Donna Bauer, The Note Buyer
from Cincinnati, OH, will discuss making money by
buying/selling notes.
Upcoming Seminar Topics:
Did
you miss a meeting? We may have a CD for
sale of that meeting.
Click here to see the CDs for sale from past Upstate CREIA
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Focus Groups
(Free for members of Upstate CREIA, $10 per session
for guests)
NOTE:
Contact the focus group leader to verify schedule
and locations since they do change from time to
time.
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Wholesale
Focus Group -
Teaches techniques to make money in real estate
with very little or no money up front with very
little or no risk. Members must sign up
online because seats are limited to 15 per
meeting.
Click here to save your seat
Meets: 4th
Tuesday of every month from 6:30-8:30 PM at the
Thornblade Country Club located at 1275 Thornblade
Blvd, Greer, SC 29650 Phone: 864-234-5100. (Driving
directions
Note:
Members must sign up online because it is limited to
15 seats.
Click here to save your seat.
Focus Group Leader:
Jason Dillard
Email at:
jcadhomebuyers@earthlink.net
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Advanced
Investor Focus Group -
Discusses issues of interest to investors
including land lording, short sales, rent-to-own,
wholesaling, and more complex issues such as
1031 exchanges, using your IRA, etc. Different
topic each month.
Meets:
Thursday after the Monday Upstate CREIA
monthly
meeting 11:30am (lunch),
12:00 (noon) – 1:00 pm meeting, at Joy Food Restaurant located at 2435
E. North St. #1114 in shopping plaza at E. North
St and Pelham Rd. where Bi-Lo and the Fresh
Market are. (Driving
Directions)
Focus Group Leader:
Andrew Kuharsky
Email at:
Andrew@ifitshouses.com
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Financial Focus
Group -
Teaching real estate
investors how to take advantage of opportunities
within the conventional, banking and private
money lending industry. The end goal is to
control the lending process and create
successful financing strategies for your
business.
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Meets:
1st Thursday of each month from
7pm-8:30pm at SDI Funding Conference Center, 123
West Antrim Rd, Greenville (Driving
Directions) Focus Group Leader: Nick Williams
Email at:
nickwilliams@charter.net
Phone: 864-320-6493
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Women's
Investors Focus Group -
Provides a place for women investors, at all
levels of experience, to come together for
purposes of networking. Come to ask questions,
share tips and resources, buy or sell
properties, and enjoy time with other women.
Meets:
The group meets the 1st and 3rd
Tuesday of every month from 8:30 am to
10:00am at
Panera Bread, 1125 Woodruff Rd, Greenville (Driving
directions) Focus Group Leader: Debbie Call
Email at:
debbiecall@charter.net
Cell Phone: 864-593-6784
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Rental Focus
Group - Discusses issues of interest to
landlords, tenants and property managers,
including landlord/tenant law, acquisition
and/or lease of rental properties, residential
codes, rental announcements, property taxation,
grants and other sources of funds for investing
in rental property, insurance options, security
and theft of personal property related to
rentals. Different topic each month. Meets:
2nd Tuesday of each month at 11:30
am (lunch), 12:00 pm–1:00 pm meeting, at
Olympian Restaurant located at 643 Congaree Rd,
Greenville. (Driving
Directions) Focus Group Leader: Jo Peck
Email at:
SCREInvestor@aol.com
Phone: 864-232-7699
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Disclaimer
Upstate CREIA, Inc. (Carolina Real Estate Investors
Association, Inc.) is a non-profit organization with
volunteer leadership and therefore does not give legal,
tax or financial advice.
Upstate CREIA can not
investigate all members and speakers, so each person
must do their own due diligence before conducting any
business with anyone whether a guest or a member.
Upstate CREIA directs you to your own professionals for
legal, accounting, tax, and financial advice. Upstate
CREIA's purpose is to stimulate ideas leading you to
further investigation. We cannot endorse or investigate
anyone's integrity, teachings, or motives. |
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