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Note: To guests who have been to our New Brunswick meetups, our new location is Linden Public Library.

Welcome! Consider this your personal invitation to join the Northeastern NJ Real Estate Investors Networking Meetup. No matter what your strategy is, we want to hear about it! It doesn't matter if you have zero, one, or one hundred properties, you are more than welcome to join us. Our meetups are open discussion, casual, and designed to provide an environment that is focused on:

1) Networking,

2) Encouragement, and

3) Learning.

We have a new location at the Linden Public Library at 31 E. Henry St. Linden,NJ 07036

Hosted by @Dan Turkel and @Marcus Lawson

There is a new American dream, one where you’re not sitting in that job you hate for the next 40 years! Learn to become financially independent. Learn to be free! Time is our most valuable resource, so claim back the best years of our lives!

Consider this your personal invitation to join the New Jersey FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) starters. This meetup is focused purely on financial independence. We go through topics such as: travel rewards through credit cards, best frugal tactics, debt repayment, retirement, index investing, real estate, and many other cool life hacks.

This meetup is a designed to bring members of the FIRE community together. We want to bring likeminded individuals together to have open discussion as well as to provide an environment that is focused on sharing.

Here's an image of our meeting in February:

Co-hosted by: @Marcus Lawson

Hi @Steven McCutcheon, it's on Thurs, 2/7 at 6:30pm.

There is a new American dream, one where you’re not sitting in that job you hate for the next 40 years! Learn to become financially independent. Learn to be free! Time is our most valuable resource, so claim back the best years of our lives!

Consider this your personal invitation to join the New Jersey FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) starters. This meetup is focused purely on financial independence. We go through topics such as: travel rewards through credit cards, best frugal tactics, debt repayment, retirement, index investing, real estate, and many other cool life hacks.

This meetup is a designed to bring members of the FIRE community together. We want to bring likeminded individuals together to have open discussion as well as to provide an environment that is focused on sharing.

Note: We will no longer meet at our New Brunswick location. We're trying out Linden Public Library this month.

This Q&A meeting, hosted by Brian Mann and Dave Corsi (MREIA VP), is open to all.  Brian and Dave have a combined 75+ years of investing, rehabbing, landlording and financing experience in the field of real estate investment in NJ.

There is no charge for the meeting, but you will be responsible for your own delicious breakfast!

The breakfast meetings are held the Saturday after our general meetings. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/65...

Agenda

6:30pm Registration & Networking

7:30pm 14th Annual Legal Eagle Night

Spend an evening with a panel of expert NJ attorneys assembled to respond to your questions. Each one specializes in a different area of real estate, ranging from single family houses to commercial properties.

Price

Free for members, free for first time visitors, and $25 for returning visitors

About the Speakers

Harry Frieland, Esq. is a Life Member of MREIA. He has spoken at our general meetings on countless occasions since the 1980s! His topics have ranged from tax sales, the NJ foreclosure process, contract language and partnerships to bankruptcy. Harry is licensed in NJ, NY, FL and is Of Counsel in the firm of Fein, Such, Kahn and Shepard in Parsippany, New Jersey

He will reply to questions concerning entities, contract clauses, tax sales, mortgage and tax foreclosures.

Paul Gauer, Esq. has 35 years as a general practice attorney including residential and commercial real estate closings, zoning, wills/estates, bankruptcy, divorce, personal injury and patent/trademark. He is a seminar instructor for real estate licensure and continuing legal education. He will reply to questions concerning closings, title and estates.

Derek Reed, Esq. has been a MREIA featured speaker for many years. He is a senior associate with Ehrlich, Petriello, Gudin & Plaza, with offices in Newark, Morristown, and NY City. Derek concentrates his practice in civil litigation with a focus on real estate related matters. He has also extensively lectured on various issues of commercial and residential leasing, R.E. law and is an instructor for Rutgers University. He will reply to questions concerning Landlord-Tenant issues and NJ Real Estate Law.

Agenda

6:30pm Registration & Networking

7:15pm Annual Roundtable Discussions

• Dave Corsi: 2019 Real Estate Forecast
• Brian Mann: Creative Methods for Acquiring Properties with No Money Down
• Frank Vitale: Planning and Achieving Your Real Estate Goals

Price

Free for members, free for first time visitors, and $25 for returning visitors

Hi all!

The listing agent wants a pre-approval letter prior to showing a house my boyfriend and I are interested in. Will having a pre-approval letter for the listing price hurt us if we want to give a lower offer after seeing the house?

Wonderful! Good luck!