Hear from a Panel of CREIA Members
CREIA Panel Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 6:30 PM
Real Estate Investing in 2020: COVID Kicked Butt & We Kicked Back!
At our meeting on Tuesday, April 20th, we will bring you stories of resilience – acts of courage, creativity & tenacity.
Four your fellow CREIA members will share their stories of the difficulties (!) they faced with the COVID-19 pandemic last year, what they did to overcome those difficulties and the results of their efforts. Click here now to register and spend time with these accomplished members.
While some folks have said that 2020 was their best year ever and 2021 will be ever better, most folks need a bit of help surviving the pandemic, learning how to come out on top and then, how to plan for success in 2021. This will be a panel discussion format covering several areas of Real Estate investing to give you a broad spectrum of examples and ideas you can use – That's what CREIA is all about!
In this meeting, we will hear from the following panelists and topics.
Teresa Karnezis – Rehab Queen Extraordinaire
Ron Mashburn – CREIA’s #1 Airbnb Host
Bob Bryenton – Multi-family, Multi-investment Guru
Rodrigo Alfandor (Past President of CREIA) – Low Income Rentals and Wholesaling
Who better to help us navigate these changes?
Let’s face it – 2020 was a very tough year – and that ride ain’t over yet! Motley Fool recently reported that 38% of U.S. consumers say their finances remain negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, while 27% more are “hopeful” that their finances will recover.
Our panelists are all great examples of resiliency and toughness in Real Estate investing. They have all exhibited resilience - “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties”.
By attending this program, you may well gather a few ideas to help you also be more resilient and successful!
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 the tech side of your real estate business. 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.
April 20th VIRTUAL MAIN MEETING SUMMARY: From 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM, join us at the CREIA Café for networking and optional zoom room sessions. Presentations begin at 6:30 p.m. with CREIA business, member showcase and market update. Featured speaker presentation starts at approximately 7:00 p.m. Mark your calendars for the April 20th must attend virtual main meeting. For the month of April, all meetings will remain online. If we can meet face-to-face, members will be notified.
Plan to be prepared. See you Tuesday night— Your CREIA Success Team
Join us by going to CREIANC.org and save! Plus, register for each event through the CREIANC.org/calendar.
Meet CREIA’s Member of the Month for April 2021!
Robin Russell
Congratulations, Robin!
In recognition of your experience, expertise and your willingness to advise and help other investors, you have been chosen as CREIA’s Member of the Month for April 2021. Robin served on the board of CREIA for several years and also was on the program committee for the Henderson County Focus Group.
Robin is an Asheville native who for 65 years has called this part of the country home. She worked at Kearfott in Black Mountain for 36 years and retired four years ago and is now loving every minute of her retirement. Asked why she got into real estate, she explains that after divorcing her first husband back in 1998, she needed to figure out how to survive on her own and have a good life as she got older. On TV one night she heard Carlton Sheets, bought his program and attended his three-day workshop in Florida. She was hooked.
When she returned home, she learned about CREIA and immediately became a member. She met her husband, John, through CREIA. They started dating and five years later married. She was afraid to make that first purchase but pushed herself and bought a mobile home as her first rental. Through the next 18 years Robin and John continued to buy more rentals, including a small mobile home park, more mobile homes on land, an apartment complex and a triplex. They also flipped a couple of houses and decided that when she retired, they would sell the rentals and flip houses within her Roth IRA, a process she describes as really fun and successful. In December 2019 she and John sold all their rental properties to one investor and financed some of it for him. This was very good timing because John’s health issues would have made it difficult to handle all of their rentals, especially with the pandemic this past year.
Robin doesn’t focus on negatives though and the pandemic has not put her in as bad a place as it has many others. When Robin has a down moment with a life challenge, she changes to thinking about how lucky she is to be in the family, world and place she is now just and goes about figuring out how to move through the situation and learn from it.
Robin has loved her time in CREIA and has made so many friends and has learned so much over the years. She says that if she hadn’t been able to get input and advice from other members and attending meetings, workshops and seminars before making big decisions, she feels she certainly wouldn’t have been near as successful.
Robin says she is incredibly honored to have been able to connect with so many other CREIA members. CREIA has helped her reach her goals at retirement and to be able to live a life she never thought would be possible back in 1998.
Way to go Robin and thank you for your committment to your CREIA Community.
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Past Meetings:
Tuesday, January 18, 2021: Donna Bauer, The Original NoteBuyer, Donna Taught - Note Strategies
Followed by Saturday, January 23rd Virtual Workshop where Donna unveiled The Original NoteBuyer’s Stimulus Plan—Make Money from Home Flipping Seller-Financed Notes.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020: Pre-Foreclosure and Short Sale Expert Attorney, Steve Wilde, Esq. of Wilde Law Firm, PLLC.
Understanding the Role of Short Sales and Foreclosures as We Move Into a Time of Increased Default
Tuesday, November 17, 2020: Coach Chad Carson - Secret Negotiation Strategies: Getting YES for a Win-Win! Chad Carson shared the secrets to his success, including new negotiation strategies to get to YES for a win-win.
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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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JUST ADDED...More education coming to the comfort of your own home!
Haves and Wants with... Buy-Sell-Trade (members only)
Join us and find out what other members have (in terms of deals, money, buying ability, knowledge) and what they WANT, so that you can build relationships with them.
One of the biggest benefits of belonging to our community—is the ability to find out what other members have (in terms of deals, money, buying ability, knowledge) and what they WANT, so that you can build relationships with people who can be the peas to your carrots. The peanut butter to your jelly. The Han to your Chewbacca.
And now we are bringing it online bi-weekly. This is a joint venture in combination with members of CREIA NC and UCREIA, Wednesday, April 7 & 21 from 8:45am – 11:00am. This is a virtual Zoom meeting where you can offer deals, tell people what deals you want, ask for what you need, and say what you have.
Bring your wholesale deals or any "haves and wants, with buy sell trade. More people, more offerings of properties, goods, services, skills, etc., so more deals to be made!
Bring your success story (big or small) to share with us, so we can celebrate with you. Go to CREIANC.org/calendar to preregister.
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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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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 "General Membership 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—
Your CREIANC Success Team
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