MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH MAIN MEETING
YES, WE ARE LIVE AND SIMULCAST
AT HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY
Disaster Night!
When things don’t go as planned …
Learn from the pros, follow your plan, do your due diligence and most of the time it will work out for you.
But what happens when plan A becomes plan B and takes a sudden unexpected turn? What then? We all know that investing in real estate takes not only education but endurance, creativity and openness to new ideas. New members (and old) want to hear the inner stories, the plans gone wrong, the DISASTERS!
That’s why we invented DISASTER NIGHT and asked a small group of seasoned investors to share with us at the next CREIA monthly meeting on Monday, November 8th at 5:30 p.m., Highland Brewing Company event center. The panel will share with us their war stories and what they did to turn them around, change their strategy or just plain get out. This will be a most valuable night for everyone – from those contemplating their first deal to those with years of experience. We all learn from each other continuously, which is the beauty of our organization and the networking and educational events it offers.
In addition to the panel’s shared experiences, with time allowing we will ask members who are in a current dilemma to tell the panel about their project and get some feedback on possible solutions. What an opportunity! What could go wrong?
Plus, learn how to form the right relationships, partnerships, strategic alliances, and joint ventures to scale your business NOW.
Register Here!
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IMPORTANT!!
STOP Congress from killing your IRA!
WATCH THE VIDEO
READ. REACT. ACT!
John Hyre, attorney, accountant & investor
REPLAY IN CASE YOU MISSED IT –
Then Contact Your “Congress Critters”….PLEASE.
REPLAY FROM Oct 21 2021 ONLINE MEETING
How Congress is About to Shut Down Your Business
(and what you can do about it) with John Hyre
Cincinnati REIA (REIAGC) recently opened its zoom main meeting to EVERYONE…because the topic is so important that everyone in the real estate business needs to know about it, and act on it. Title: What’s Up with IRAs and What You can Do to Stop the Carnage with John Hyre.
Unless we can do something about it, and soon, Congress will pass a bill that makes it much, much harder to invest YOUR retirement funds in real estate deals, and for your colleagues to help fund YOUR deals.
In the replay, fellow investors talk about what the bill says, how it will shut down much of the funding in the small real estate business, and what action you need to take now to stop it.
Get the REPLAY and John Hyre Powerpoint HERE.
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Meet Caroline Lewis CREIANC Member of the Month November 2021
Caroline Lewis graduated from Clemson University with a degree in Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management and a minor in Business Administration. All it took was a few days in a “real job” (aka job with salary and benefits) to realize she wanted no part of the standard American 40-hour work week hamster wheel, and that the flexibility of being a business owner was in the future for her and her husband Nick.
Over the past 12 years, their business pursuits have ranged from starting a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization taking youth groups camping, canoeing, and rock climbing, to running an arboriculture tree trimming business, a handyman service, a health and wellness business, and a product innovations company. Each business has had an important part in shaping who they are and what they want their businesses and their life to look like. In 2014 they went on the adventure of a lifetime that truly shaped how they live. They purchased an RV, and for 4 months, they traveled the country adventuring in all of the beautiful places in America. This trip transformed their life and they cannot wait to take their kids on a similar trip in a few years. If they were to sum up their trip, they would say, “Have less, so you can do more. Less obligations, less things, equals more time doing the things you love with the people you love.” That trip completely transformed their life and truly gave them a passion for seeking out residual income.
It wasn’t until 2018 that they finally found real estate and they haven’t looked back. Their only regret is that they didn’t start sooner. They found some quick success in house flipping and really enjoyed transforming something ugly, into something beautiful. Nick has his Building Contractor’s License and Caroline has her real estate license, and they make a great duo.
Currently Caroline is an active real estate agent helping clients buy and sell homes, land, and commercial buildings. She also manages all of the administrative details that go into their projects. They have a house near the airport that they completely remodeled and is just moments away from being ready to rent as their first vacation rental property. And their next project in Brevard is waiting in the wings. In July they purchased 33 acres of land on the French Broad River in Brevard where they will be building a vacation rental village of creative and unique spaces such as luxury treehouses and Airstreams. They have already broken ground and hope to have the Airstreams ready to rent by Summer 2022, with luxury treehouse construction starting just after.
CREIA has been a huge inspiration to Caroline throughout the past 3 years. Her favorite part of CREIA is the networking & training it provides. She hopes that she can inspire people to live differently, to live simply, to set goals, to not be scared of failure, and most of all, to love the journey each and every day. Life isn’t about a destination, it’s about the journey. So slow down, take a deep breath, and don’t miss the little moments.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST: Please be reminded to join our *email list at https://groups.io/g/creianc.
*Important Note: *Yahoo shut down all groups effective December 15, 2021. The CREIA Board selected a superior email and message board service called Groups.io, to replace Yahoo Groups. Here you may network, build relationships, and get to know other CREIA community members. Members may post properties, haves, wants, buy, sell, needs and other properties. To sign up is easy.
How to become a member of groups.io.
- Step 1: Go to https://groups.io/g/creianc, Scroll to the bottom to find the blue box the reads: +Apply for Membership In This Group,
- Step 2: click on that box.
- Step 3: Input your email address,
- Step 4: Hit the green box that says Confirm Email Address. If possible, please input your first and last name.
That’s it! From there the moderators will approve all active CREIANC.org memberships within 24 hours. You’ll receive communication from Groups.io. Welcome to the community.
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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. CREIA NC is committed to providing continued education, opportunities to build the community, and connections to its members.
AS Of JULY 20, 2021 CREIA IS LIVE AND SIMULCAST MEETING AT HIGHLAND BREWING COMPANY.
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Welcome to Western North Carolina’s #1 Non-Profit Real Estate Investing Community! WE'RE NUMBER ONE!
Carolinas Real Estate Investors Association, Inc. (CREIANC.org) VOTED #1 Real Estate Investors Association in Western North Carolina (WNC) by REAL ESTATE MASTERMIND GROUP (RMG). RMG is comprised of Real Estate Investors Associations across the country. We are so proud of this distinction made possible because of our community members of investors.
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.
Check us out by attending your first meeting FREE Click Here for Guest Pass -- download a guest pass for any main meeting (3rd Tuesday of each month) -- just click on any Main Meeting on the calendar on the right.
When you meet our amazing group of members, we know you'll want to become part of our community, too!
Take care of yourselves, and each other—
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