Carolina Real Estate Investors Association, Inc. is excited to announce Donna Bauer, The Original NoteBuyer who will speak abouot note strategies at the Tuesday, January 19th main meeting and Saturday, Janurary 23rd Workshop.
Happy New Year! The Note Business is Booming!
People need cash and they are selling their notes to get it. That’s why we’re excited to bring in *Donna Bauer, nationally known as The Original NoteBuyer. Many of you already know her as an award-winning educator with a passion for notes and teaching. Her step-by-step, systemized approach to note buying makes it easy even for beginners, while her advanced strategies such as controlling notes with options will really wow the experienced investors.
At the CREIA Virtual Main Meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Main Meeting beginning at 6:30 PM, Donna will present an overview of some of her favorite note strategies, including how to:
- Create Quick Cash and long-term Cash Flow with 3 Basic Note Buying Strategies—all WITHOUT your own cash or credit
- Maximize your IRA profits with part time efforts
- Safely and quickly earn phenomenal rates of returns
- Use non-performing notes as a backdoor to acquiring properties at deeply discounted prices
Click here to pre-register now for the CREIA Main Meeting with National Note Speaker, Donna Bauer!
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Are you tired of the hassles of dealing with tenants and rehabs? Donna will show you how to safely make amazing profits, all secured by real estate, but without the headaches of owning the property.
Are you a landlord looking to restructure your portfolio? Perhaps it’s time to start turning some of the tenants, trash and toilets into passive income with super high returns. Donna can show you exactly how to create notes with maximum cash out value.
Are you stuck at home with no cash flow? Then you will LOVE the Saturday, January 23rd Virtual Workshop where Donna will unveil The Original NoteBuyer’s Stimulus Plan—Make Money from Home Flipping Seller-Financed Notes.
Note holders need cash, too, and Donna has the perfect solution for them. Donna is getting bombarded by note sellers looking to cash out. This unique market requires unique solutions. She’ll cover:
- How to reach desperate note sellers
- New evaluation strategies to protect note investors
- Her exclusive new deal structure that maximizes cash to note sellers
- How to work with Donna and her investors to close more deals
Flipping Seller-Financed Notes is the fastest, easiest, safest way to make money in real estate and it is the perfect solution for this unique market. This is a very timely event that you don’t want to miss.
Saturday Workshop Onsale Now with Early Bird Pricing.
Click here to pre-register now! Or through the calendar at CREIANC.org.
Summary: Start strong in 2021 with this noteworthy training!
- First, we’re shaking up our Virtual Main Meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. From 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM, join us for networking at the CREIA Café and/or attend two optional Zoom Rooms, Goal Setting or CREIA Membership Orientation. At 6:30 PM, CREIA updates followed by Donna Bauer, The Original Note Buyer who will teach us about Note Strategies.
- Then on Saturday, January 23, 2021 CREIA Presents a Virtual Workshop: Donna Bauer, The Original NoteBuyer’s Stimulus Plan – Make Money from Home Flipping Seller-Financed Notes, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Early Bird Pricing is available now until through 11:59 PM on January 19th. Act now to save.
Membership has benefits, become a member today at CREIANC.org and save! Plus, register for each event through the CREIANC.org/calendar.
*Donna Bauer, nationally known as The Original NoteBuyer®, is one of the country’s most recognized authorities on Discounted Notes, Seller Financing, and Defaulted Notes. Donna started out over twenty-five years ago, when she was babysitting nine children for a dollar an hour per child so that she could be a stay-at-home mom. Her life was changed forever when she discovered the amazing power of note buying and made over $5,000 on her very first deal. She went on to develop her own systematized approach to making amazing profits with notes. Since then, she has shared her exclusive note buying strategies and helped thousands of individuals to create, build, and maintain financial freedom.
Register at now at https://www.creianc.org/Calendar.aspx to get the link and spend your evening preparing for 2021
See you online,
CREIA Success Team!
January 2021 Member Spotlight, Stephen “Tex” Teixeira
Please join me in congratulating Stephen “Tex” Teixeira – He has been selected as the Member of the Month for January here at CREIANC!
Stephen “Tex” Teixeira has been donating his time to assist his CREIA community and at large many years. Volunteering on the board in varied positions, Tex is also the founder and leader of the CREIA Advanced Mastermind. While Tex has been successful in many real estate endeavors, he has found his niche as Western North Carolina’s self-storage guru. Tex is willing to teach and train others about this and other topics either one on one or at educational seminars such as Real Estate 101.
An outdoor enthusiast, Tex worked at North Carolina Outward Bound School, a non-profit delivering challenging outdoor adventure programs and training for people of all ages and walks of life. Built around a progression that delivers powerful life lessons by encouraging participants to step safely and confidently outside their comfort zones while in spectacular wilderness areas, Tex taught technical skills necessary for survival, but also the relevant skills necessary for life. By conquering their own challenges, participants discovered their true potential and realize they are capable of more than they ever imagined.
Tex epitomizes the Outward-Bound Mission: “To change lives through challenge and discovery” in his daily life. To understand more, read the following excerpt from a Yahoo Group post regarding Tex’s efforts to pull together CREIA group to help hurricane victims in 2018. “If you can make time to pitch in and make a difference for a few of these families it will have a huge impact on them. You'll have countless opportunities through donations to churches, nonprofits, etc. Count your blessings and give generously. For those of you that can put your life on hold for a week or two and have an interest in getting your hands dirty to interact up front and personal with victims of the hurricane, you could volunteer for Habitat, Red Cross, etc. We (CREIA) could also form a small group of volunteers to go down to a flood ravaged community and take on a few projects for a few families in need. I've brought groups in for flood relief twice before and tornado relief once. It's actually a very powerful experience for the volunteers to interact directly with the victims and put sweat equity into their recovery. This is also a great way to build community in our divided Nation. Regardless of your ability to participate in a work project, please give generously. Thank you!”
Stephen “Tex” Teixeira has proven to be a true leader, honest and trustworthy. The CREIA board honors your integrity and commitment to serving others. Way to go and thank you.
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Past Meetings: December 2020

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Carolina Real Estate Investors Association, Inc. is excited to announce Pre-Foreclosure and Short Sale Expert Attorney, Steve Wilde, Esq. of Wilde Law Firm, PLLC, who will speak at the Tuesday, December 15th main meeting, beginning at 6:30 PM.
Understanding the Role of Short Sales and Foreclosures as We Move Into a Time of Increased Default
Even after all the challenges 2020 brought us, the new year 2021 will bring even more.
Changes are coming to this economy and to our lives. Continued record high unemployment will inevitably lead to missed mortgage payments, which lead to foreclosures and short sales in real estate. Who better to show us the possibilities than a very experienced attorney that specializes in short sales and foreclosures?
Here at CREIANC, that is exactly who our speaker will be for the December 15 main meeting! The meeting starts at 6:30pm.
Steve Wilde is the founding attorney of Wilde Law Firm, PLLC whose primary focus for the past 10 years has been the facilitation and negotiation of short sales in North Carolina, South Carolina and surrounding states. He is licensed to practice law in North Carolina and California and has been practicing in the area of real estate law in North Carolina for more than 20 years.
Steve was a full-time real estate investor for 10 years specializing in foreclosures. He has written extensively on short sales and foreclosures as well as writing and teaching numerous Continuing Education courses and workshops for the NC Bar and for real estate agents on these subjects. Steve presently offers a one-on-one Foreclosure Mentorship program to a limited number of clients.
Note, this is not a selling speaker presentation. Because of its high educational and networking value, register now to reserve your space. Please don’t miss this chance to learn and grow. For members and first-time visitors, it’s free to attend, but you HAVE TO REGISTER to get the link to join us! Act Now.
This meeting is ONLINE, so you need a link to join us on December 15, 2020 beginning at 6:30pm.
Register at now at https://www.creianc.org/Calendar.aspx to get the link and spend your evening preparing for 2021
See you online,
CREIA Success Team!
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November Main Meeting: Secret Negotiation Strategies: Getting YES for a Win-Win
“Affable, approachable, authentic” aptly describe this young man, Chad Carson, who has built his real estate portfolio and lifestyle around the things he most wanted in his life: a way to creatively build wealth and provide freedom for his family to travel and broaden their lives. Chad built his financial independence through tried-and-true strategies and has created enough passive income to be able to retire at 37.

Coach Chad Carson
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Carolina Real Estate Investors Association, Inc. is excited to announce Coach Chad Carson, who will speak at the Tuesday, November 17th main meeting, beginning at 6:30 pm to share the secrets to his success, including new negotiation strategies to get to YES for a win-win.
Coach Carson is a real estate investor, world traveler, father of two beautiful children and husband to his wife & adventure partner.
Chad’s Three Main Beliefs:
- Invest in Real Estate.
- Retire Early.
- Do What Matters!
Learning to do more of what matters is a great plan, but for most, money gets in the way. It’s what keeps us working at a 9 to 5 job for way too long. What could you do more of if you didn’t need to work for money? Chad Carson will show us a path to get out of our own way.
Coach became an entrepreneur in 2003 right out of college with $1,000 in the bank. He had to hustle every day just to put food on the table. But when he finally learned to acquire and profit from real estate investment properties, the rat race of working for dollars finally began to slow down. And it eventually allowed him to retire early (i.e. working for money is optional).
PROGRAM CONTENT: Chad is planning to present all new content and vital strategies of doing deals and has agreed to share his secrets with our CREIA community.
- You’ll learn: Negotiating with sellers, knowing the questions to ask, practicing the skill of LISTENING to your seller, working with sellers to solve their problems and get to a YES for a win-win, Plus he’ll share more vital components of doing deals and answer your questions.
- Because life is too short, it’s time to turn to one of the best tools going to help you retire early and regain your time – Real Estate. Chad has shown he is very good at getting that YES. You can too!
Note, this is not a selling speaker presentation. Because of its high educational and networking value, register now to reserve your space. Please don’t miss this chance to learn to grow—or maybe start—a successful real estate business and do what matters. For members and first-time visitors, it’s free to attend, but you HAVE TO REGISTER to get the link to join us! Act Now.
Plus, everyone who attends the live meeting gets a special download from Coach Chad Carson, so make sure you’re there!
This meeting is ONLINE, so you need a link to join us on November 17, 2020 beginning at 6:30pm.
Register at now at https://www.creianc.org/Calendar.aspx to get the link and spend your evening with us learning to do what matters.
P.S. Contest: Look for “Coach Carson” online for a wealth of great information and to and out how he came by the name of Coach. Submit your correct answer at the main meeting for a chance to win a special gift from Chad Carson. Correct answers must be submitted at the main meeting. Winners will be selected via a random, must be present to win, drawings. As this is a virtual meeting, you must register and must be present to win to be eligible for the drawing. Don’t miss out. Come early, stay for the meeting to win on so many levels!
See you online,
CREIA Success Team!
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How to attend...Preregister now to get the link for each meeting you want to attend. Go to CREIANC.ORG and choose “Main Monthly Meeting” through the CALENDAR. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the gray preregister now button to get the virtual link. Save that link. Use that to attend on the day of your selected event. After you register, you will receive a link to register a 2nd time with Zoom. Follow the instructions and save the link.
All virtual events are open to CREIANC AND AFFILIATE members at applicable member prices. Non-members may attend main meetings with the first one on us and some focus groups for a small fee. If you are a visitor, welcome! Not a member and like what you see? Join today at CREIANC.ORG. Or Click Here.
Stay healthy, keep your chin up, and join us on Tuesday night— Your CREIA Success Team
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MOVING AHEAD…IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Note: Your Physical Health is Most Important to Us, But Your Financial Health Runs a Close Second. Regardless of what happens, CREIA NC is committed to providing continued education, networking opportunities and connections to its members. For the month of December, all meetings will remain virtually online. If we can meet face-to-face, members will be notified.
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For ~27 years, Carolinas Real Estate Investors Association, Inc. (CREIA) has been training, connecting, and supporting real estate investors throughout the region through a non-profit community of new and experienced investors.
Our members buy, sell, rehab, hold, and manage properties in the Western North Carolina area with the goal of achieving financial independence for themselves, and a better housing market for the neighborhoods in which we live. CREIANC members meet to learn the best strategies for making money in today's real estate market, share resources, and network with like-minded people from all over the region. Our monthly meetings feature the best local, regional, and national experts, and our many special-focus subgroup meetings cater to your favorite strategy or area of town.
Join, and you get tons of benefits for real estate entrepreneurs including offers and discounts from your favorite vendors and service providers to legislative action and connections with other investors throughout the Carolinas and across the country via our membership in the RMG. Plus, we have a reciprocal relationship with Upstate CREIA located in Greenville, SC.
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