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Hi All,

The next meeting of the San Jose Real Estate Investing Club will be September 27th, 2017. Our guest speaker will be Bay Area flipper/developer, Juan Diaz.

Please sign up and pay for this event at our web site http://sanjoserenc.com/next-meeting/ $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

As always, a copy of the audio and slide deck are included in the price of admission.

Topic: Learn how to Become a Successful House Flipper with Local Investor, Juan Diaz

Speaker: Juan Diaz

About the Meeting: Whether you are a seasoned veteran or new investor, you will learn some new tricks and insights at this meeting with Juan Diaz. Juan will share knowledge he has gained from his 12 years as a real estate investor. He will discuss how he got started, what to do/not do, how he finds and funds his deals, handles contractors, etc.

About the Speaker: Juan Diaz is a full time house flipper and developer in the Bay Area focusing on Oakland/East Bay. He grew up in the same Oakland neighborhoods that he has been developing and improving as a real estate investor. Juan has been an entrepreneur since he was a kid when he was selling gum out of his backpack. He dropped out of high school and ran a carpet cleaning business, then a car restoration business. He has been a real estate investor for the past 12 years and has bought and sold over 400 properties.

Meeting Agenda

7:00 Networking

7:15 Market update

7:25 Haves & Wants

7:35 Guest speaker

9:00 Networking

Keywords:

South Bay, South Bay Meetup, Bay Area, Meetup, Meet up, Meet-up, San Francisco , Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, South Bay, Peninsula, Walnut Creek, Fremont , San Jose, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Fremont, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Gilroy, Santa Cruz

Hi All,

The next meeting of the San Jose Real Estate Investing Club will be August 23rd, 2017. Our guest speaker will be Keith Tomao, CEO Conventus Lending.

Please sign up and pay for this event at our web site http://sanjoserenc.com/next-meeting/ $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

As always, a copy of the audio and slide deck are included in the price of admission.

Topic: Finding the $$$ for your deals - Keith Tomao, CEO Conventus Lending

Speaker: Keith Tamao, CEO Conventus Lending

About The Speaker: Prior to founding Conventus Asset Management, Keith was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Co. in the Mortgage and Asset-Backed Securities department. He has over 20 years of experience in the Fixed Income markets holding senior roles at leading global financial institutions, most recently as Head of West Coast Fixed Income at GS.

As the founder at Conventus Asset Management, Keith designed the credit box around which Conventus would write loans, set up the operations and diligence department, established 3rd party relationships with important vendors, and underwrote and closed approximately 600 transactions in 24 months. Keith received his BA in Environmental Economics from Hobart College where he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

About the Presentation:

Making money in real estate is the American Dream! But, as you know, it takes money to make money.

The good news? It doesn’t have to be YOUR money!

“It is much easier to put existing resources to better use, than to develop resources where they do not exist.”
― George Soros

Leverage, or using other people’s money, is one of the secrets to wealth and one of the biggest benefits to becoming a real estate investor. At our next networking event on Wednesday, August 23rd, we will have Keith Tomao discuss the exact steps to help you get your transactions funded!

Meeting Agenda:

7:00 Networking

7:15 Announcements, "Haves & Wants"

7:30 Market update

7:45 Featured Speaker

8:45 - onward: Networking

Hope to see you next week!

Jeff

Keywords:

South Bay, South Bay Meetup, Bay Area, Meetup, Meet up, Meet-up, San Francisco , Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, South Bay, Peninsula, Walnut Creek, Fremont , San Jose, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Fremont, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Gilroy, Santa Cruz

When I first got into this business a highly successful investor and real estate coach I used (Yes, I know. Using a coach is heresy, blah, blah, blah) changed the course of my business with a ton of great advice. One of the many things he told me was, "You need to be like a politician running for election. Tell EVERYBODY you know or meet what you are doing." Following that one piece of advice got me my best deal ever. 

About a year ago my wife and i were having dinner at a friend's house and the friend (knowing what I do) said he had a childhood friend (let's call her 'Lisa') who was the executor of her uncle's estate. The uncle, unbeknownst to the family, was a hoarder. The beneficiaries (Lisa's aunt, uncle, and mother) lived out of town and out of state. Lisa, who lived 45 minutes from the property, was getting overwhelmed dealing with the house and process. My friend told me where the house was and asked if I was interested, to which I responded, "Hell yes! Have her contact me." A few months passed before Lisa reached her maximum pain tolerance, but she contacted me. By that point she was pretty sick and tired of dealing with everything and was ready to do a deal. I got this for a great price and  on disposition got more than anybody in their right mind would have imagined. Did I get lucky? Damn right. But I also put myself in a position to get lucky by telling EVERYBODY what I do. The tale of the tape and some before-after pics are below.

Purchase price: $1,475,000

Renovation costs: $160,000

Debt service: $33,000

insurance,taxes,utilities,staging: $7000

Closing costs: $6,800

Agent commission: $124,000

Sales price: $2,250,000

Net profit: $445,000

Holding time: 81 days

A 2015 Toyota Carolla bought used in 2016 and a 2011 Toyota Sienna bought used in 2012. I've not bought a new car in 20+ years and probably never will. I hate buying depreciating assets that don't generate income. The Carolla is for short commutes, the Sienna for longer trips with our 3 kid. I love Toyotas. They last forever.  

Hi All,

The next meeting of the San Jose Real Estate Investing Club will be July 26th. Our guest speaker will be Will Barnard! 

Please sign up and pay for this event at our web site http://sanjoserenc.com/next-meeting/ $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

As always, a copy of the audio and slide deck are included in the price of admission.

Topic: The Many Roads to 7-Figures, with Will Barnard

Speaker: Will Barnard, http://www.barnardenterprises.com/

About the Meeting: There are countless ways to make money in real estate and the more options you are familiar with the better your chance of success. Our July meeting will be a great opportunity to learn from a guy who has done it all. Will Barnard has extensive experience with numerous investing methods (wholesaling, flipping, development, notes, buy and hold, etc) and will discuss how he has used various strategies to make money in real estate, the "do's and dont's", how to adapt to changing market conditions, tips, tricks, and much more!

About the Speaker: Will Barnard is a full time professional developer and real estate investor with experience in almost every aspect of real estate investing including: spec building, rehabbing, wholesaling, landlording, short sales, land development, notes, and more. He does millions of dollars in real estate transactions each year and his current focus is on local rehab projects with large value add opportunities.

Will was the co-host of his own weekly radio show "Creating Wealth Through Real Estate," he's been featured in the real estate magazine "Realty 411," and he's been a guest speaker at many real estate investing clubs, podcasts, and live events across the country.

http://www.barnardenterprises.com/

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/08/22/luxury-house-flipping-podcast-will-barnard/

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/07/09/bp-podcast-130-ten-smart-tips-for-making-1m-flipping-houses-with-will-barnard/

Meeting Agenda

7:00 Networking

7:15 Market update

7:20 Haves & Wants

7:30 Guest speaker

9:00 Networking

Jeff

Keywords:

South Bay, South Bay Meetup, Bay Area, Meetup, Meet up, Meet-up, San Francisco , Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, South Bay, Peninsula, Walnut Creek, Fremont , San Jose, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Fremont, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Gilroy, Santa Cruz

Hi All,

The next meeting of the San Jose Real Estate Investing Club will be June 28th. Our guest speaker will be Neal Bawa, COO/President Financial Attunement, Inc. Neal will be presenting 2017 Real Estate Trends (with mid-year update). 

Please sign up and pay for this event at our web site http://sanjoserenc.com/next-meeting/ $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

As always, a copy of the audio and slide deck are included in the price of admission.

Topic: Multifamily Investing and Emerging trends in real estate in 2017 (with mid-year update)

Speaker: Neal Bawa, COO/President Financial Attunement, Inc.

About The Speaker: Neal Bawa is President/ COO at Financial Attunement, a commercial real estate investment company. Together with his partner, Neal sources, negotiates and acquires Commercial properties across the U.S., for 175+ investors. Current portfolio over 1000 units valued at over $70 million.

Neal speaks at Multifamily events, IRA companies and meetups across the country. Nearly two thousand students attend his multifamily seminar series each year. Neal is the co-founder of the largest Multifamily Investing Meetup network in the U.S. (BAMF), a group of investors that has over 2500 members.

Neal is an accomplished single family and multifamily investor. Currently owns single families, duplexes, tri-plexes and quad-plexes in CA and IL. Invested in multifamily and commercial syndications in TX, NC, KS, FL, OH and IL. Taught Fundamentals of Multifamily investing, Real Estate trends and deal analysis to 1000+ students, including investors from three different IRA companies. Raised millions of dollars to buy 200+ unit apartment complex in Illinois and a yacht Club in North Carolina. Graduate of Dave Lindahl Multifamily Millions Boot camp. Also attended Brad Sumrok's multifamily events and bus tours in Texas.

About the Presentation: Financial Attunement's Neal Bawa will deliver a power packed talk about key trends that you ABSOLUTELY MUST know about before you start planning your 2017 investments. This is a not-to-be-missed investment for both the analytical and the opportunistic investor. The presentation is fast moving, fact-driven and entertaining.

All attendees will receive access to an in-depth real estate research toolkit. The toolkit contains 2017 real estate trends videos from Goldman Sachs, Freddie Mac and CNBC. The toolkit also contains the 2017 list of best cities to invest for Single Family, from 3 well known sources. It also contains the list of best cities to invest in for Multifamily, from 5 sources. In addition, there are half a dozen articles regarding 2017 real estate trends, and 2017 reports on student housing, office, retail, industrial, hotel, affordable housing and other sectors. You will also get a list of credible websites and vendors that provide actionable, real-time research on the real estate market. Neal will also provide a list of newsletters that he reads to get his information.

Here are some of the topics that will be covered:

1. The state of the U.S. and world economy - can it support more growth?

2. The all-important job market - where are we going?

3. How are rising interest rates going to impact real estate?

4. How are demographics affecting the real estate market?

5. how did Multifamily (apartment) industry do in 2016?

6. What are the Multifamily predictions from analysts for 2017?

7. The best and worst U.S metros for multifamily in 2017

8. What is the forecast for California’s market in 2017?

9. What are the best and worst markets in California?

10. The TRUMP factor: what does it mean for real estate investors?

Meeting Agenda:

7:00 Networking

7:15 Market update

7:20 "Haves & Wants"

7:35 Featured Speaker

8:45 Networking

Hope to see you on the 28th!

Jeff

Keywords:

South Bay, South Bay Meetup, Bay Area, Meetup, Meet up, Meet-up, San Francisco , Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, South Bay, Peninsula, Walnut Creek, Fremont , San Jose, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Fremont, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Gilroy, Santa Cruz

Hi @Account Closed I'd be happy to meet with you some time and talk out of state investing. I used to invest out of state (collected properties for buy and hold, flipped quite a few as well). Technically, I guess I still invest out of state since I still own a few buy and hold properties. But I'm no longer buying or flipping out of state. PM me if you like. 

Disclaimer: I don not sell turn-key, out of state, investment properties.

Gonna be big fun! Thanks J!

Hi All,

The next meeting of the San Jose Real Estate Investing Club will be May 24th. Our guest speaker will be Anson Young, CEO of Anson Property Group, LLC.  Anson will touch on many topics including how to find and close deals in a highly competitive market.  

Please sign up and pay for this event at our web site http://sanjoserenc.com/next-meeting/ and RSVP on our Meetup site. $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

As always, a copy of the audio and slide deck are included in the price of admission.

Topic: How to Find and Close Deals in a Competitive Market with Anson Young

Speaker: Anson Young

About the Meeting: Whether you are a seasoned veteran or new investor, it can be tough to find a good deal in a hot market. During this meeting Anson will discuss the various methods he is using to get deal flow and close deals. He will present some case studies from his own business that will show how his techniques are put into action.

About the Speaker: Anson Young is a full time real estate investor and licensed agent, living and working in Denver, Colorado. Specializing in the types of distressed properties the average person runs away screaming from, his mission is to help homeowners out of bad situations and change neighborhoods for the better. Having completed hundreds of deals in his eleven year career, Anson currently focuses on fix and flip investments, watching crappy houses get turned into nice ones. Well versed in short sales, REO, asset management, foreclosures and probates, he has built real estate experience through real world hard work. A longtime contributor to the BiggerPockets community, Anson also started the first BiggerPockets local meetup group which has grown since 2012.

Born and raised in Colorado, when not working you can find Anson and his family adventuring outdoors in and around the beautiful Rocky Mountains, attending too loud rock concerts or taking a cold shower.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/09/05/virtual-investing-deals-heated-market-anson-young/

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/11/13/podcast-096-anson-flipping-wholesaling/

Meeting Agenda

7:00 Networking (bring your business cards!)

7:15 Market update

7:25 Haves & Wants

7:35 Guest speaker

9:00 Networking

I hope to see you next week!

Jeff

Jeff Pollack, Trident Equity Group | [email protected] | 650‑533‑8534 |

Keywords:

South Bay, South Bay Meetup, Bay Area, Meetup, Meet up, Meet-up, San Francisco , Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, South Bay, Peninsula, Walnut Creek, Fremont , San Jose, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Fremont, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Gilroy, Santa Cruz

Always a good time @Johnson H. Thanks for putting it together!