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Wholetailing! Getting the Most Out of Your Rehab

Are you struggling to maximize your rehab, while spending the least amount of money? Are you always going over budget, and past schedule on your flips? Have you wondered how to make the numbers work in upscale neighborhoods and cities?

Join Nick Aalerud and Matt Perry as they dive into the world of how to Wholetail and maximize your rehab. Nick is a successful wholesaler, rehabber, property manager and best-selling author, who has over 15 years of experience.

Matt, one of our returning speakers is native to Massachusetts and has experience nationwide on flips, wholesaling and buy and hold real estate. With a combined 20 years of real estate, Nick and Matt have gotten buying down to a science.

You will hear:

• How to estimate the "light" rehab costs
• Most frequent mistakes when performing a wholetail
• The best types of markets and towns to wholetail in
• General time frame of a wholetail

Who: All are welcome

What: We have the best real estate investing networking group in Massachusetts, and the highest percentage of seasoned investors. No sales pitches, no selling speakers, no multi-level marketing, no memberships. $10 per person at the door, cash, PayPal or credit card

Where: Burlington Marriott, Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA

When: Tuesday, February 11th, 6 PM Networking, 6:30 PM Program starts

Free Parking and lots of It!

Making Money Moves with Accounting Loopholes and Tax Strategies!

Have you ever thought to yourself, "How can I pay less to the government and make more money in my business?" Well if you have, this is the event for you. Starting out the New Year, we will show you creative strategies that you can use to save on taxes, and generate more revenue.

Welcoming our very own Black Diamond speaker, Marina Draper will walk you through the numbers, loopholes and plans she uses with her clients to transform their businesses. Marina has been a Tax and Accounting Expert for over 10 years, as well as a real estate investor. 2 years ago, she founded Real Estate Accounting Pro, a boutique accounting practice focused on helping real estate investors with their finances. Marine and her team have helped numerous investors in and out of Massachusetts to lower their taxes with proper tax strategies and retirement planning tools.

Marina will be covering a wide variety of topics such as:

Choosing the right entity for your type of real estate investing (it matters!)

Cost Segregation & Accelerated Depreciation - turning 27-year depreciation into 5

1031 Exchange - the best friend of every Multifamily investor.

Bookkeeping & Tracking: Why it's critical and how to make it easier.

Overlooked business deductions - how real estate investors lose thousands of dollars in taxes without even knowing.

Lots of Q&A so come prepared.

Please bring your experiences and questions to share with the group, because as always, the presentation is interactive.

Who: All are welcome

What: We have the best real estate investing networking group in Massachusetts, and the highest percentage of seasoned investors. No sales pitches, no selling speakers, no multi-level marketing, no memberships. $10 per person at the door, cash, PayPal or credit card.

Where: Leo's Ristorante, 11 Leo Turo Way, Worcester, MA

When: Program starts Tuesday January 21st, 6:30 PM Networking, 6:00 PM

Making Money Moves with Accounting Loopholes and Tax Strategies!

Have you ever thought to yourself, "How can I pay less to the government and make more money in my business?" Well if you have, this is the event for you. Starting out the New Year, we will show you creative strategies that you can use to save on taxes, and generate more revenue.

Welcoming our very own Black Diamond speaker, Marina Draper will walk you through the numbers, loopholes and plans she uses with her clients to transform their businesses. Marina has been a Tax and Accounting Expert for over 10 years, as well as a real estate investor. 2 years ago, she founded Real Estate Accounting Pro, a boutique accounting practice focused on helping real estate investors with their finances. Marine and her team have helped numerous investors in and out of Massachusetts to lower their taxes with proper tax strategies and retirement planning tools.

Marina will be covering a wide variety of topics such as:

Choosing the right entity for your type of real estate investing (it matters!)

Cost Segregation & Accelerated Depreciation - turning 27-year depreciation into 5

1031 Exchange - the best friend of every Multifamily investor.

Bookkeeping & Tracking: Why it's critical and how to make it easier.

Overlooked business deductions - how real estate investors lose thousands of dollars in taxes without even knowing.

Lots of Q&A so come prepared.

Please bring your experiences and questions to share with the group, because as always, the presentation is interactive.

Who: All are welcome

What: We have the best real estate investing networking group in Massachusetts, and the highest percentage of seasoned investors. No sales pitches, no selling speakers, no multi-level marketing, no memberships. $10 per person at the door, cash, PayPal or credit card.

Where: Leo's Ristorante, 11 Leo Turo Way, Worcester, MA

When: Program starts Tuesday January 21st, 6:30 PM Networking, 6:00 PM

With all the hard work that are family of investors carry out during the year, we believe there is a time look back, and delight in our accomplishments. As per tradition, Black Diamond will be hosting our annual holiday party at the Burlington Marriott.



This year for the Holiday party, we will be hosting an old favorite, REAL ESTATE TRIVIA! While we are all investors in the room, someone has to hold the title as most knowledgeable. Come join us as you get to battle our your friends and other investors in categories such as:

Black Diamond Trivia – How well do you know the group
Weird Real Estate Facts
Massachusetts Real Estate Trivia
Misc.


This year is a must come and must win, bring your A game and your friends, as we will have top prizes for the winners!



Prizes TBD


Please bring your experiences and questions to share with the group, because as always, the presentation is interactive.

Who: All are welcome

What: we have the best real estate investing networking in Massachusetts, and the highest percentage of seasoned investors. No sales pitches, no selling speakers, no multi-level marketing, no memberships. $10 per person at the door, cash, PayPal or credit card

Where: Burlington Marriott, One Burlington Mall Rd, Burlington MA

When: Tuesday December 10th, 6PM Networking, 6:30PM Program starts

Networking starts at 6pm
Program starts at 6:30pm

Hi @Jason Silverman

There are a few Real Estate meetups that I recommend in the Greater Boston Area

MultiFamily Investors Network 

Which Matt Picheny and Darina Pogodina run in Newton

I along with 3 other real estate investors @Ann Bellamy @Nick Aalerud Daniel Store run Black Diamond Real Estate Investors in the Burlington and Worcester area.

There is also the Chelmsford REIA in Chelmsford MA you can attend.

There are more, but I think these are the most popular near Boston.

Have you ever considered why and who would own a Mobile Home Park? Wondering how owning dirt can create such a massive cash flow? Sick of renovating apartments over and over? Does having a built in potential exit strategy excite you?

19 years ago Kevin found his passion for real estate and began building a portfolio of cash flowing assets. Living in Central NH, Kevin has found his success in tertiary markets through several forms of commercial asset classes and has found security in his diversified portfolio. Utilizing several different forms of funding sources including Hard Money, commercial loans, LIHTC (tax credits), CDBG (grants) and other private & public sources, Kevin has been able to serve the housing needs of all income levels.

Kevin’s passion for Mobile Home Parks outweigh all other projects he has been involved with. It’s not sexy; however it is the most secure type of real estate investment you can make!

Join us November 12th and Kevin Lacasse of New England Family Housing as he dives deep into the asset class of Mobile Home Parks.

You will hear:

Mobile Home exit strategies
The extra revenue sources the Mobile Home parks can generate, that would otherwise be a problem in all other asset classes
Value add strategies
Due diligence considerations
A bonus overview of campgrounds

Please bring your experiences and questions to share with the group, because as always, the presentation is interactive.

Who: All are welcome

What: we have the best real estate investing networking in Massachusetts, and the highest percentage of seasoned investors. No sales pitches, no selling speakers, no multi-level marketing, no memberships. $10 per person at the door, cash, PayPal or credit card

Where: Burlington Marriott, One Burlington Mall Rd, Burlington MA

When: Tuesday November 12th, 6PM Networking, 6:30PM Program starts

Hey Everyone,

Looking to get some opinions and new ideas for marketing our wholesale deals. Does anyone have any good websites besides craigslist that they post their wholesale properties on?

Worcester is all about SFR and Multi-Family housing, right? Not necessarily. Have you ever been curious about the office and industrial sectors, and how do they compare with the residential sector? Is the commercial sector even profitable in Worcester? How is Worcester positioned compared to other comparable markets?

This month we are here to answer all of those questions. You will hear Harrison Klein shed light on some Industrial and Office sector of Worcester. Harrison is one of leads of the Klein Office Industrial Team of Marcus & Millichap. He is focused on the sale of office and industrial buildings in New England. In 2019 the team has already closed on a sale of over one million square feet in New England.

Harrison began his real estate career in South Florida brokering distressed assets during the past recession. This experience provided an invaluable education in proper underwriting of nearly every type of commercial real estate. In Florida, he listed and sold over one hundred properties including office, industrial, apartment, land, educational and entertainment properties.

You will hear:

-What to expect in office and industrial real estate in Worcester

-What are the typical capitalization rates and vacancies;

-What are the trends in this sub-market;
- Case studies; how did they do it?

Please bring your experiences and questions to share with the group, because as always, the presentation is interactive.

Who: All are welcome

What: We have the best real estate investing networking group in Massachusetts, and the highest percentage of seasoned investors. No sales pitches, no selling speakers, no multi-level marketing, no memberships. $10 per person at the door, cash, PayPal or credit card.

Where: Leo’s Ristorante, 11 Leo Turo Way, Worcester, MA

When: Program starts Tuesday October 15th, 6:30 PM Networking, 6:00 PM