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Vendor Membership Information

About Upstate CREIA: Our local chapter was founded in April of 2002, our goal was to bring those interested in real estate investing together. Our focus has been to educate our membership to be successful investors and to work to assemble a variety of vendors who understand the needs of our investors.

Monthly Meeting: Upstate CREIA meets in Greenville every 3rd Monday at the Embassy Suites, at 670 Verdae Blvd., off I-85 at Exit 48B. Coffee and networking begins at 6:30 pm; the meeting begins promptly at 7 pm. Attendance at our monthly meetings is currently between 150 to 250 people. We encourage vendors to bring business cards, brochures, special discounts for members, etc., to our monthly meetings. Please come a little early to set up.

Vendor Benefits:

• Website listing: Your company will be listed in our on-line business directory along with a link to your website. Our web address is: www.UpstateCREIA.com

• Yahoo Groups: Our association sponsors a Online Networking list with over 1,000 interested investors who have voluntarily registered to receive these emails. The list is used for our investors to exchange property information, provide referrals, and ask/answer questions among investors. Our list members include first time buyers to experienced investors with millions of dollars of property, both residential and commercial. As an associate member, you will be allowed to post up to two emails per month using this powerful resource in order to advertise your company's services. This replaces the need to obtain and maintain a mailing list and snail mail your information to this targeted group of people.

• Vendor Table at monthly meetings: We provide a designated vendor area along with tables where you can set up promotional material.

• Coffee Sponsorship: Opportunities are available to sponsor the refreshments at one of our meetings. We post signs acknowledging the sponsorship and announce the sponsor at the beginning of the meeting. In addition, we provide 10 to 15 minutes for the sponsor to do a topical presentation and explain how their company can assist investors in their business. The cost of the sponsorship is $100.

• Additional opportunities are being planned to provide more exposure to you and your products and to give you the opportunity to "get in front of" our members. We are currently working on a Vendor Night, either stand alone or in conjunction with a regular meeting, to provide Vendors with an opportunity to present themselves and to enable extensive networking.

Membership fees: Associate Membership is $400.00 per year. As a vendor, you may have two business associates designated to represent your company. Additional associates may be added at a rate of $50 per person. We will supply vendor badges printed with the designated names.

DISCLAIMER: Upstate CREIA (Carolina Real Estate Investors Association) 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.