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CT REIA

8th Annual New England Real Estate Investors Conference and Trade Show

The # 1 Real Estate Education and Networking Event of the Year!

Thousands have attended, networked and empowered their financial goals at this event over the past 8 years…

Reserve Your Seat Now at http://www.ctreia.com/events.php?a=v&i=371

If you are serious about using real estate to create both QUICK CASH and long-term financial security for you and your family, you must attend this powerful, Real Estate & Business Conference in Cromwell, Connecticut on October 29 and 30, 2011.

Real estate is still the #1 wealth builder – no other investment has created so many millionaires in America! But, not all forms of real estate investing are equally profitable! Come to this incredible Real Estate Convention and learn the most profitable real estate investing strategies for 2011 and beyond.

To Reserve Your Seat Call 860-265-4414 or visit www.ctreia.com . The first 25 VIP registrations will receive a copy of the New York Times Bestseller – “How come that Idiot’s Rich and I’m not?” All VIP registrations will receive access to Robert Shemin’s eBook “The Magic Of High-Quality Questions.”

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Guest Expert Trainers

Nyrik and Linda Huuskonen
How to Grow Your Portfolios – You Can Still Buy a House for the Price of a Car

Nyrik and Linda have successfully taught many New England investors how to purchase properties and grow their portfolios. Perhaps YOU will be their next million dollar portfolio owner! Nyrik and Linda Huuskonen started investing in real estate 24 years ago. Having only experienced an appreciating market, over-leveraging and anticipating appreciation seemed like the plan to solid investing. This however was not the case. Buying at the top of the market and experiencing the negative side of the double edge sword of leverage, created less than desirable results.

After spending a great deal of time and money in the school of hard knocks, Nyrik and Linda created a different approach. Conservative investing, with generous rates of return and no leverage were the new criteria. Nyrik and Linda personally grew their portfolio to over 50 properties and realized that many others were interested in learning how to create wealth for themselves. Nyrik and Linda crafted a learning experience for their 13 students that was the missing gap in general real estate education. Students attended weekend workshops and participated in hands on road trips that allowed for them to put the model to work in real case scenarios. Nyrik and Linda’s students have created their own portfolios collectively totaling hundreds of houses. The buy and hold market we are in now is the perfect environment to grow a buy and hold investment portfolio for many years to come.

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Chris Johnson
How to Get Free Money to Start or Expand a Business, Get an Education, or Invest in Real Estate

Chris Johnson is known as one of North America’s top speakers teaching people how to find and obtain all the Free Money they need to buy real estate, start or expand a business or get a college or university education. His knowledge and expertise allowed him to recently share the stage with Donald Trump,Tony Robbins, Rudi Giuliani, Suzie Orman and Robert Kiyosaki with over 30,000 people in attendance.

Billions of dollars are available from Federal, State and Local governments. Discover how you can get your share. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? The fact is, governments at all levels – federal, state, county and municipal have thousands of programs designed to do one thing… to handout millions of dollars to People each and every year. If you’re a business owner or entrepreneur there is free money available to start a business, expand a business, hire new employees, buy new equipment, buy new vehicles, develop new products, fund new research, plus countless other opportunities. There are grants, subsidies, zero interest loans, low interest loans and even loans you don’t have to ever pay back!

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Lee Phillips
Accumulation and Preservation of Wealth

Lee Phillips is an engaging, dynamic speaker and has spoken to over a half million people throughout the United States, Canada and the Pacific Rim helping them understand the law and how to use it to their benefit. His ability to present critical information in a clear manner has made him a highly sought after guest on hundreds of radio and television shows. Author of nine books, Lee serves on the editorial boards of professional publications and is a regular author for several columns including Broker News and Physician’s Money Digest. His book, Protecting Your Financial Future, is a Time Warner Book-of-the-Month Club selection.

The Accumulation and Preservation of Wealth set is the only legal course that takes you by the hand and shows you step by step how the rich use the law to make money. There are two sets of law-one rich people use and one everybody else uses. If you are going to be rich you have to learn the insider secrets of how the law makes you money. This course shows you how to save thousands in legal fees and fully protect yourself, your family and your business. Only a small number of people-the smart people-ever learn the secrets to shield their assets from attack. In today’s litigious society, you could lose everything you have worked your whole life for because of something your kid, your parent or your tenant does.

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Ed Rush
Discover the Marketing Power of the Internet for Your Local Business

You may not have heard of Ed Rush and that’s because Ed is not one of the “visible” internet marketers out there speaking everywhere just trying to sell a course. He really is a “secret weapon” because he’s one of the “underground” people who is one of the smartest, savviest, and sharpest people making returns online today. The reason you never heard of Ed is because people pay him a lot of funds to sit at his computer and bring in tons of new traffic… convert that traffic into buyers… and retain all of these new customers into monthly repeat buyers… which makes serious returns online.

He’s here to show you how to make more returns, take more time off, and grow a business that gets you new sellers and buyers, gets you new customers, and keeps your old customers – while you sleep. The great thing about Ed is that he wasn’t some sort of computer programmer. Ed is a former Marine Corps F-18 fighter pilot who taught himself the internet. The reason he’s been able to create such high returns is that he’s figured out how to sell information products and continuity programs online & offline.

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Scott Meyers
Step by Step System to Building Wealth through Self Storage Investing

Scott is the nation’s foremost expert in the area of Self Storage Investing. He enjoys teaching the strategies that helped him realize his dream of becoming a self-made real estate millionaire. Scott is a regular exhibitor at Self Storage Industry Trade Shows and Conventions. Scott is also the author of “The Complete Guide to Finding, Evaluating, and Acquiring Self Storage Facilities”, and a frequent contributor to numerous industry trade publications. Scott is the owner and President of his own Self Storage Investment Company, Alcatraz Storage™ Based in Indianapolis.

His students learn to maximize cash flow and create wealth the old-fashioned way. He provides valuable training and is devoted to helping students learn numerous little known strategies in Self Storage investing while developing the foundation to become successful and profitable investor.

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Robert Shemin
Ultimate Branding, Marketing, Sales Success Secrets (Session 1)

How To Profit from Real Estate in Today’s Market (Session 2)

Internationally-respected New York Times’ best selling author Robert Shemin first became a millionaire at the age of just 32. But he didn’t want to keep all of his wealth building strategies and financial know-how to himself. He’s taught tens of thousands of Americans the secrets to attracting, growing, and securing lasting wealth through his best-selling books and countless sold-out seminars held for standing-room-only crowds in cities across the United States. Once considered “least likely to succeed,” Shemin overcame severe learning disabilities and seemingly insurmountable odds to become one of the most charismatic and sought after lecturers and motivational speakers in the country, helping thousands of hardworking Americans of all different backgrounds attain total financial freedom for life even though most of his proteges had no investment experience, no financial savvy, and zero money in the bank.

Regularly sharing the podium with such financial luminaries as Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki, David Bach, Suze Orman and Tony Robbins, Shemin helped create The Learning Annex Wealth Expo and has consistently been voted the “#1 speaker” by crowds of upwards of 50,000 persons. Robert Shemin has worked with high-net-worth individuals from Goldman Sachs, helped create four companies, and, as a full-time investor, been involved in over 1,000 real-estate transactions to date totaling nearly 100 million dollars. An expert on wealth for CNN, Robert Shemin is a frequent guest on national, regional, and local television and radio programs such as National Public Radio (NPR) and CNBC’s “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch. He has also been featured in over three hundred newspapers and magazines including BusinessWeek, the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, the New York Post, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and TIME Magazine among many others.

Expert Negotiating Tools, Tactics and Strategies to Create Winning Deals – 10/01/11

CT REIA and Don DeRosa presents:
Expert Negotiating Tools, Tactics and Strategies to Create Winning Deals

October 1, 2011 – 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Four Points Sheraton. 275 Research Parkway. Meriden, CT

$29 for CT REIA Members | $49 for not-yet-members
Learn more and register at http://www.ctreia.com/events.php?a=v&i=369

* Free Added Bonus For All Attendees *
Deal Structuring online course (6 hours) – taking leads and figuring out how to make a deal out of them, combining buying and exit strategies.

In order to become a successful in life – especially as a real estate investor – you must master the art of negotiating.

Don DeRosa will show you that artful negotiating – in any area of your life – is really just coming to agreement so that each party feels like a winner.

Join Don on October 1, 2011 as he shares his state-of-the-art tools, plus the tactics and strategies he uses in every deal. And he’ll share details of deals he’s done this year, so you can see that they really work… in the real world, in this market.

Here’s just a sample of the things you’ll learn, so you can buy houses with big built-in profits and leave your seller smiling:

* The Five things EVERY negotiator must know to be successful
* How to prescreen a seller to find out what they really want, and what they really need
* Why building rapport is the most important thing you can learn – and how to do it!
* Why you should always ask for more than you expect to get!
* Why you never want a “yes” on your first offer!
* How to effectively overcome objections
* How to know exactly what to offer before you meet the seller
* How to creatively structure your deals so both sides win
* How to set up your competition so the buyer wants to work with you
* Don will also share, in detail, the tools he uses to determine whether a deal is worth going after. And he’ll tell you exactly how he uses his tools – both when evaluating the deal, and when sitting at the table with the seller, and even when meeting with his private lender.

Women Real Estate Investors In Connecticut Meeting – 09/27/11

September 27, 2011 – 6:00 to 9:00 PM
Fratelli’s Restaurant. 950 Yale Avenue. Wallingford, CT

Go Here to Learn more and Register

The Women Real Estate Investors Association, or WREIA, is an organization designed specifically for women to educate, empower and encourage women to invest in real estate. WREIA is one of country’s fastest growing and premier real estate investor associations, promoting real estate investment, responsible property and project management, and using sound, ethical business practices.

 

Fairfield County Real Estate Investors Meeting – 09/26/11

September 26, 2011 – 6:45 to 9:00 PM
Westy’s Self Storage. 2070 Kings Highway. Fairfield, CT

Learn More and Register at http://www.ctreia.com/events.php?a=v&i=365

Westy’s staff is always on hand to assist CT REIA members. Coffee, Sweets, Cheese & Crackers, delights will be served at this meeting. (You will also be pleasantly surprised to see this grand marble floor meeting room)

You asked for networking, you asked for education and you asked for inspiration in Fairfield County and CT REIA has answered the call with the Fairfield County CT REIA Quarterly Meetup.

Bring your business cards and deals – bring your team of professionals. This will be an exciting night where deals will be made.

Although you will find Fairfield County investors at all of the CT REIA events, the strong demand to bring the benefits of CT REIA to lower New Haven and Fairfield County can no longer be overlooked. With the highest per capita income in the nation, Fairfield County often referred to as the “Gold Coast”, offers real estate professionals unique opportunities that require a different approach. Each meeting will highlight topics by area experts and offer hands-on workshops to bring your investing career to the next level.

Businesses advance when like-minded individuals come together to share experiences. Claim your share of this shifting market by networking with the Fairfield County’s best investors, vendors, and educators. This is guaranteed to be an exciting event where alliances will be made deals will be plentiful.

CT REIA September 2011 Monthly Meeting With Don DeRosa – Expert Negotiating Tools and Tactics

CT REIA and Don DeRosa presents: Expert Negotiating – Tools, Tactics and Strategies to Create Winning Deals

September 19, 2011 – 5:30 to 9:00 PM
Crowne Plaza Hotel. 100 Berlin Road. Cromwell, CT
FREE for CTREIA and AOACT members | $30 for guests

Learn More and Register at: http://www.ctreia.com/events.php?a=v&i=363

Come to this month’s Meeting for a SNEAK PREVIEW of a Real, Honest-to-Goodness GAME CHANGER.

Come see the simple, easy-to-use tools you can use that will connect-the-dots, give you a HUGE competitive advantage, and all the confidence you need, in your real estate investing business.

Don DeRosa will show you how to totally change the way you do business, save countless hours of time, and get access to everything you need to run your real estate investing business, wherever you are.

5:30 – Meet the Businesses Who Can Support Your Business

5:45 – Early Bird Workshop

Deal Structuring
Hear how CTREIA members have structured profitable deals. Bring in YOUR leads and get advice from local experts! Email your deal information to: membership@ctreia.com if possible.

Speed Networking
Someone in this room could be worth $1000, $5000, or more to you. Make the right connection with someone who could lead you to a deal, a contractor, or referral. Bring plenty of business cards and be prepared to share what you are looking for.

Q&A Session:
Ask Your Burning Questions and Get Local Up-To-Date Answers.

Plus:
Bring in your deals – our experts will help you structure them. Also, hear successful deals from our members.

6:15 – More Networking with Seasoned and Successful CTREIA Members

6:45 – Deal Making and Raffle Prizes
Hear the hot deals our members are selling. Plus participate in our raffle (special thanks to Lowe’s for providing raffle prizes).

6:55 – Announcements

7:00 – Don DeRosa: Expert negotiating tools and tactics
Don DeRosa is a real estate investor, author, teacher, coach and national speaker. He is past president of Georgia Real Estate Investors Association, one of the longest running REIAs in the country. Don has trained thousands of new and experienced investors to build wealth in real estate using the same techniques that helped him build his fortune, particularly buying with owner financing, using private money, creatively structuring deals and selling quickly in any market.