Feb 08

How To Start A Real Estate Investment Club

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Real estate investment clubs are an excellent way to buy, sell, and learn when it comes to real estate.  A good real estate club will allow you to find other investors to do deals with and make the whole process faster.

Build a Great Real Estate Investment Club

By Steven Gillman

A good real estate investment club helps its members find investment opportunities. It also helps bring people together in profitable partnerships. It can be a place to find alternative sources of financing as well. Here are some tips for making your club work like it should.

Get The Right Members

There is no need to keep anyone from joining your organization, but you don’t want it to be nothing but beginning investors who haven’t yet bought a single thing. To be a valuable tool, an investment club need experienced investors too. To get them to join you may have to contact them directly. Talk to real estate agents to see who is actively investing in the area and sent them an invitation or call them on the phone.

First, let them know the club exists. Many investors understand the value of these organizations and will join as soon as they hear about them. Otherwise you might offer free membership for the first year, just to get them to join. Explain that even though you have many new investors, these “newbies” can find properties that they can’t afford or are afraid to invest in, and experienced investors can take advantage of these.

Have The Right Activities

If you don’t already have an “I have/I need” routine, start one. This is a time when every member announces what they have or what they need. For example, at a meeting of our real estate investment club in Tucson a few years ago, a member mentioned that he had good cupboards he had removed from a house he was upgrading. He made a little selling them to another member, and that investor saved perhaps a couple thousand dollars versus buying new cupboards for his fixer upper rental.

At another meeting a man mentioned that they had a great house to flip but didn’t have the money to do the deal. He wanted to sell the contract. I later overheard him negotiating the sale with another investor. He would make a few thousand for having found the deal, and the other investor hopefully made at least $20,000 fixing and flipping the property.

These “haves” and “needs” were written down on an overhead projector along with the person’s name and phone number. Members took notes religiously. On the “I need” side there were regularly investors who needed financial help with investments, providing great opportunities for those who had more money than time to invest.

Once per month seems to be a good schedule for meetings for a real estate investment club. Guest speakers and special presentations are a great way to make them more interesting, but always leave room for members to mingle with each other (this is one of the primary values), and for the “I have/I need” session. Membership dues should be reasonable, generally just enough to cover the rental of the space, minor advertising, perhaps coffee and cookies or some other snack.

Copyright Steve Gillman. To see a photo of the house we bought for $17,500, and to get a free Real Estate Investing Course, visit: http://www.HousesUnderFiftyThousand.com

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Feb 05

Real Estate Lease Option Strategy

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Real estate lease options are one of the greatest strategies to use in a down housing market.  You have a buyer in the home rather than a renter which, in most cases, means the property will be better cared for.

Real Estate Lease Option Break Through!

By: Mark Walters

One of today’s most profitable real estate investing tactics is using a combination of leases and options. Here’s how it works:

You are an investor who buys and sells rental homes for profit. There are many ways to negotiate the purchase of a home. Of course, you can always make a purchase offer that includes your cash down payment coupled with a new mortgage loan.

Even with low down payments few investors have enough cash to do more than one or two deals.

No, it just not practical to tie up cash in each deal of you plan on buying 8 or 10 investment properties. These days many investors find a motivated seller who will listen to a more creative offer. The investor explains why it is in the seller’s best interest to lease the home to the investor with an option to buy in some set period of time. Often the term of the purchase option will be from 1 to 5 years.

At some point the investor will want to sell a property to get to the cash profit. One of the ways to sell a home for top dollar is to sell it on a lease with option to purchase. Often the investor can offer a buyer with weak credit the opportunity to buy a home when no one else will.

Because the buyer has a low credit rating the investor is entitled to a little more profit for taking the risk. This enables the investor to price the home 10% or 15% above market value and get a monthly payment 10% or 15% above normal.

The buyer is happy. They are able to own a home and begin building equity. The investor is happy. He makes a greater profit and the tenant/buyer treats the home as if they own it… as they can within a few months.

Often the trick is to find a buyer who is worthy of such a deal. Eureka! There is now a service, LeasePurchaseLeads found on the internet, that has list of tenant/buyers that are motivated, ready to move, already have a down payment, understand how a lease purchase works, and are serious about moving in?

To narrow it down even further, the tenant/buyers on the LeasePurchaseLeads list tell you exactly what kind of house they need, and where it needs to be. The investor then looks the list over and selects the ones with the highest down payment, and/or the ones that are ready to move right now looking for a home like the investor’s. There’s no fee to join the service and no fee to look over the list of potential lease option buyers. The investor only pays a nominal fee to get the name and phone number of anyone on the list that seems to be an ideal buyer.

If you’ve ever had to spend time search for suitable lease option buyers you’ll recognize the value of this service. It will cut your vacancy time factor way down.

Long live the lease option strategy!

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Feb 04

Is The Fed Helping Or Hurting The Housing Market?

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There have been many predicts surrounding the housing market. Some say the worst is over and we are recovering now. Others say the worst is yet to come.  The truth is it all depends on how involved the Fed wants to be. Take a look at this article and you will see what I mean.

Is Residential Real Estate a Ticking Time Bomb?

I know we all believe the housing bubble has already popped and all things real estate are over. One might think this post should be from 2006 from the title. But it’s not, this post is from 2010 and below are the reasons for the question.

First is the latest SIGTARP report saying the Government has become the mortgage market with U.S. taxpayers shouldering the risk. From the SIGTARP report we have a 100% government mortgage market at this point.

SIGTARP reports 100% of Ginnie Mae MBS are backed by FHA/VA/USDA, 100%. The current financial support for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is $1.4 trillion dollars. Look at the actual risk exposure of the above table of government backed GSEs, their MBS exposure, their funds and relationships. There is not enough taxpayers or bail outs in the world if those MBSes implode. I have to wonder if every single person in the U.S. was just given a home for free, if it would not be cheaper. Seriously.

Fannie and Freddie now have an unlimited bailout and it is estimated they have lost $400 billion dollars. The plan is to purchase $1.25 trillion mortgage backed securities from these two GSEs until the end of March.

The number of homeowners who are strategically walking away from their mortgages is up to 10% this year. We also have the percentage of home ownership to the general population back to slightly below the year 2000 levels. Recall the overall population is increasing about 2.3 million each year.

Note we might have $448 billion in GSE losses, $48 billion more than estimated just last month.

New Home Sales for December 2009 were 7.6% below November. Bear in mind there is an $8000 tax credit for first time home buyers plus a $6500 dollar tax credit for existing home buyers. These expire at the end of April 2010. The first tax credit expired at the end of November 2009. We also have actual rates low with no end in sight at least in signaling of the Fed rate.

Foreclosures for next year estimates vary, but seem to solidify at 3 million. 2009 foreclosures were estimated at 2.8 million.    –more

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Feb 03

Real Estate Marketing Is Not What It Used To Be

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Phil Sextion giving some FlexMLS TipsLong gone are the days of agents working together to sell each others listings. Now with the growing popularity of the Internet, home buyers turn to the Internet as the first source for finding a home.

How Real Estate Marketing Has Completely Changed in the Last Decade

By: Joe McFerrin

The success of Real Estate Marketing like all forms of marketing hinges on your ability to produce leads that may turn into actual customers later on. And you have to do this consistently on a daily basis – maybe even on Sundays. Real Estate Marketing is a demanding practice that has to turn into a habit with you. This means you have to be truly committed to Real Estate Marketing for it to work.

If your Real Estate Marketing effort has been fairly successful, you will be able to see leads turning into prospects like clockwork. If it doesn’t, the only sound you will hear in your office is the hum of your air-conditioner and your fingers tapping on your desk waiting, and waiting, and waiting. That is the last type of scenario you want to be in.

You may not know this but there are actually researchers who specialize in the field of Real Estate Marketing too. Of course, Real Estate Marketing has always been about being able to close a sale of a real estate property, but there actually some other trends that come into play in real estate sales, if you take the time to analyze Real Estate Marketing trends.

One aspect of Real Estate Marketing is that majority of people who have a home to sell opt to contact a real estate sales specialist to guide them. But there are some who opt to sell their homes through their own efforts without the assistance of a real estate sales specialist. People who fall into the latter category are usually those who have extensive experience already in selling their home.

A Real Estate Marketing professional is often selected based on his reputation among previous clients and his peers in the industry. Real Estate Marketing professionals may be offering full-service brokerage services (which means such their company or agency can provide a full range of real estate services to the home seller); or limited services (into which discount brokerage services fall); and lastly minimal services (which allow home sellers to participate more actively in the home selling process.)

Appropriate Real Estate Marketing includes having to conduct the selling process under a limited period of time; being able to look over sales contracts and corresponding purchase offers with a keen eye; handle documents and contracts; conduct negotiations with any buyers; and host scheduled showings. This is why your Real Estate Marketing specialist has to charge a commission on his services – real estate sales specialists have to earn a living too while earning a profit. And this is also why some people opt to handle the entire Real Estate Marketing process themselves – they do not want to pay a percentage-based commission to the Real Estate Marketing specialist if they can help it.

Another trend that is making Real Estate Marketing harder is that there are now more people in the industry than there ever were. This makes Real Estate Marketing a more competitive prospect these days for the average real estate sales specialist.

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Feb 02

Real Estate Investing Grants

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the house is getting thereThe government is spending money like a kid in a candy store and because of this there are opportunities to take advantage of the many grants that are available for real estate investing.

Real Estate Investing Grants

By: Charles Petty

It was just recently when the concept of investing in real estate has flourished to so many people. But then again, this business has already been popular some time ago and has become an enormous economic activity of the community’s livelihood. However, there was no given title to this sort of industry and the practice was no less than scientific and systematic. Even so, since people see how buying and selling of properties have made them some money, the continuation and outsourcing of real estate became a market bearing profit endeavor.

The trade goes on and people agreed to its existence. Due to its democracy, extreme competition and several activities were engaged. The introduction of grants in real estate was due to the thought of making people enter into the hype and provide the necessary support to those who aspire financially and hope that money is easier in this sense.

Real estate grants are pretty much as important as setting a deal with someone. For the real estate world, this is the source of finance. The industry can attain tremendous growth only if it is watered with sufficient funds. Grants have a competitive nature wherein only a few qualified people succeed in achieving it.

The people behind these grants or those who fund it would be the state or otherwise a private company, some welfare institutions are involved too. Majority of the grants are not accountable from tax exemption as stated by the laws of the United States. As a rule of thumb, some of these grants require the person to trade with the organization giving the grant. If given by the government, the person being offered by the grant will be required to comply with numerous formalities.

A lot of real estate grants are used to encourage an investment. However, you have to be reminded that the amount you will receive from these grants are not enough to fulfill a completed investment. Even if a person receives a big amount, it is still advised to increase the capital by collecting the funds through other viable sources. Since the real estate world poses such a challenging situation, grants are made for the sole purpose of increasing the investment.

Real estate is such a fruitful business however, there are numerous risks surrounding it. For beginners, grants are very much important in order to help them get a running start. Grants greatly influence a person’s interest in real estate. Still for the novice, grants are also available in different forms like lower interest loans. The objectives in giving these grants are advantageous. If the person given the grant suffers from a certain loss due to different aspects, his or her risks can be shared.

If the person wasn’t able to invest due to freezing of funds or if the person was not able to invest to the desired amount, grants will be very beneficial to reach his or her goals. If profits are received, grants will aid in appreciation of capital and further encourage him or her to invest more in the future.

For real estate investors, grants can be truly helpful. Aside from finance, grants add up to the investor’s credibility. When he or she has credibility, it will be easier on the part of the investor to find prospective tenants and clients. Introduction of grants like professional training and technical assistance are also proposed.

If these proposed grants are implemented successfully, it would greatly contribute to the growth and development of the trade in an instant.

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Feb 01

Many Real Estate Agents Are Losing Their Licenses

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Hey It´s a Realtor in her PlazaWhen the housing market started to fall, many real estate agents started looking for creative ways to sell homes.  Some of them legal and some of them were not legal.  Many agents unknowingly committed fraud and other crimes because they listened to peers and “investors” that had new creative methods of making money with real estate.

The trend in California is reflected across the nation.  Some of those who lost their license were guilty, and other were innocent.  You see, in order for a real estate agent to be investigated there must be a complaint.

The local Realtor boards are more concerned with image than with truth.  If a public citizen files a complaint about a real estate agent, there will almost always be some sort of disciplinary action.  It could be a $100 fine if there wasn’t anything done wrong, or the person’s license could be revoked if they did something wrong.

I know this because I was a real estate agent for many years.  I never had a complaint filed against me, but I have known people who have.  The person filing a complaint is right and rather than risk damaging the image of a Realtor, the agent must pay.

I am not saying that they are not guilty. Because I was a real estate agent I was able to get to know many other real estate agents. Some of them are good honest people, while many others are slimy scorpions that will stab you in the back while smiling to your face.

Many of those scorpions were top producers which always amazed me.

Foreclosure Scams Trigger Record License Revocations in California

California is cracking down on licensed brokers involved in alleged foreclosure modification scams.

To date, the California Department of Real Estate reports over 775 licensees had their license revoked or simply surrendered their licenses while facing accusations.

The downturn in the real estate market is a big reason disciplinary actions are up.

“With so many people struggling to stay in their homes, foreclosure rescue and loan modification scams have risen dramatically,” DRE Commissioner Jeff Davi says.

“And what is even more unsettling, a majority of offenders involved in loan modification scams are not even licensed, which limits a consumer’s ability to obtain restitution or verify the legitimacy of a business.”

Over the past two fiscal years, the DRE averaged 446 license revocations and 59 license surrenders.

In 2009, license revocations jumped over 50%, to 672, while license surrenders jumped nearly 80% to 105. The 122 cases that resulted in license suspensions in 2009 remained relatively unchanged from the 125 license suspensions averaged in the past two fiscal years.

In 2009, the DRE initiated over 2,000 investigations involving loan modification complaints, which represents 25% of all cases set-up.

The DRE issued over 180 Desist and Refrain orders to nearly 348 different respondents performing loan modification services, ordering them to stop or change their business practices.

Of the 348 Desist and Refrain order respondents, approximately 60% were not licensed and ordered to cease licensed activity – which included offering loan modification services.

In addition, nearly 100 real estate licensees have been accused of violating the real estate law in connection with loan modification complaints. Many of the completed cases have been referred to law enforcement agencies for criminal prosecution.

In order to help inform consumers to stay away from the bad actors, the DRE posts on its website all the recipients of Desist and Refrain orders and Accusations in loan modification complaints along with a copy of the order.    –more

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Jan 28

How To Stage Your Home

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Deer HeadEveryone knows appearance is one of the most important parts of selling a home behind location.  Staging your home to sell will increase the perceived value and result in more offers.

Stage Your Home to Sell

By Sonia C Llesol

Staging shows your home at its very best. Home staging enables your property to look like a model home. Staging can be a big task for you as a seller. There are many benefits of staging your property and offers possibility of many offers and shorter number of days that it will stay in the market.

This method is a sure fire way to get top dollar offer for your property as you prepare it for selling. Homes that are professionally staged looks better in internet marketing and advertising. Following are the benefits of staging to sell:

1. Staging will result in more offers and showings for your house since realtors acknowledge hoses that are staged as premium listings.

2. Appraisers will likely assess staged houses at its full value compared to those that are not staged.

3. Building inspectors and homebuyers view these properties as well kept than others in the market.

4. Staged properties sell at a higher price and sells faster. Ninety-three percent of staged homes sell on average in a months time or less compared to the national average of 161 days on the market. It sells seven percent more than unstaged homes, which means an extra $21,000 on the purchase price of a property listed at a price of $300,000.

5. Properties that are staged appeal to a wide range of buyers.

6. These homes look better in fliers and websites. Since ninety-eight percent of potential buyers does their house hunting online before getting in touch with a realtor, staged homes have great advantage.

7. Inspire buyers to imagine themselves living in the house while molding an important emotional bond to the property.

8. Effective home staging minimizes clutter around your house. This allows extra pieces and bits in storage, especially magazines, books and CDs. It is also a good way to remove the personal touches of your home since in viewing your property, probable buyers should feel as if they already own the place and not be made to feel that they are just a guest in your home.

In staging your dwelling, it is important to acknowledge factors such as the type of neighborhood, the target buyers, the price range that prospective buyers are looking at, the budget of the seller and the amount of staging needed. Each home has its own distinction so every staging work varies. A stager should be able to tailor to accommodate the seller’s needs and budgets.

This method of selling a home fast may be as simple as making use of what you already have, doing rearrangements to make the home more attractive and appealing to home buyers or presenting quality rented accessories and furniture to enhance and bring out the best of the home or a combination of both.

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Jan 27

Buying Real Estate With a Roth IRA

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Buying real estate with a Roth IRA has many advantages.  There are a few things you should know before you do it.

Tips on Buying Real Estate With Roth IRA

By: Robert Ruby

With the stock market in chaos many people are looking at the option of buying real estate with Roth IRA funds. There have been numerous instances where a roll over IRA buying real estate has turned into a cash cow for the investor. Not every custodian will allow you to exercise this option though.

When choosing a custodian that will allow buying real estate with Roth IRA it is always prudent to compare the varying fees that they charge per transaction. Because every act from buying the property to selling it involves a fee, literally thousands of dollars of your money could be lost.

With a roll over IRA buying real estate there always has to be a surplus of cash in the account in order for you to cover all of the costs that are associated with maintaining the property. The account custodians take advantage of the situation by charging you maintenance fees on the un-invested balance in the account.

This makes finding the right company for buying real estate with Roth IRA very important. Some of these unscrupulous people take up to 45% of the interest on this unused money for what they call their maintenance fees. The fact that there is no maintenance involved does not seem to deter them from taking this undeserved profit.

Making more money for you and then keeping it is the whole point of a roll over IRA buying real estate. The reason that this program has begun to catch on is because it gives you the ability to get larger returns on your dollar than traditional investment plans do, but if you are being charged a ridiculous amount in fees then you won’t get nearly as much back.

One of the advantages that draw people into buying real estate with Roth IRA funds is the fact that your contributions are taxed as regular income. There is no capital gains tax, no income tax, and no qualified distributions tax on any of the earnings that you make from this account.

If you have a roll over IRA buying real estate is a great option for you with the right custodian. The companies that offer you a no cost set up do not give you the option to do this however. What they do is manage stocks and bonds for you, and they charge you outrageous amounts to do so.

The start up fees on accounts that allow buying real estate with Roth IRA are usually pretty reasonable, and the annual maintenance fees are determined by the total value of the account. The amount of money that you can make through using this method is limitless.

A roll over IRA buying real estate could be your ticket to the kind of financial freedom that you’ve always dreamed of. Just think of all of the worry free money that you could be able posses once you have decided that buying real estate with Roth IRA is the right financial path for you to follow.

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Robert Ruby invests in Real Estate and researches the best way to find capital for his investments. He buys property with no money down, and also uses the assets in his 401K and IRA accounts to invest in Real Estate. He invests in a company that offers turn-key investing in Real Estate. This company is different because it offers Socially-Conscious Investing To Empower Urban Communities. Go to his website at http://www.increase-ira-returns.com/ to find out more about the company that has proven itself over and over again to help grow wealth. Or go to his website at http://www.buying-cashflowing-realestate.com/ for info about credit investing.

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Jan 26

The Right Tools To Use In Real Estate Investing

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New home across the streetThere are many ways to invest in real estate and each different technique has various tools that can be used to assist in the research, purchase, and selling part of investing.

Using the Right Tools in Real Estate Investment

It is essential to learn the real meaning of real estate before we know about the tools used for making any investment in a property. In other words, let us first learn about the acceptable definition of the term real estate.

The term ‘Real estate’ is commonly used in both the developed and developing countries. It is widely used in the US, Canada and Britain. Real estate refers to a land along with something that is permanently fixed on it — housing apartments, commercial complexes etc. It is also known as ‘Real property’ or ‘Realty’. In legal parlance, the term ‘real estate’ connotes land with fixtures but is different from the word ‘Real property’ that signifies ownership rights of the land.

You need to remember that the tools and strategies can differ depending on the geographic location and the prices prevailing at that particular period of time. So it is recommended that you use discretion and decide the right time to invest in real estate.

As you may be aware, there are several tools about investing in real estate. Investment done at the right time with appropriate tools can boost your profit expectations sooner than later.

Let us now learn about the right tools for making investments in real estate at the right time.

• Financial condition: As a first step, it is necessary for you to make up your mind about the kind of investment. Plan whether you want to make huge investment and wait for the right time to get good ROI (return on investment) on resale. Or do you intend to invest less and ensure that there is no loss in the succeeding months.
• Market scenario: It is, indeed, imperative to keep a track of the emerging market situation. This is necessary because the geographic location of the real estate and the fluctuating prices in that particular place can impact the investment and ROI both.
• Investment analysis: After you have already made the investment, it may be sometimes necessary to discuss with an expert in finance about the prevalent trends. An expert can make proper analysis of the current and future scenario about the investment in real estate. He can also analyze and explain about the corrective steps if needed.

At this stage, let us note some main strategies that you can adopt before investing in real estate.    –more

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Jan 25

Making Money Post Real Estate Bubble

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VacatedThe real estate bubble burst, but that does not mean there is nothing left in real estate to make money with. In fact many real estate investors are making more money now than they did when the bubble was still getting bigger.

Savvy Real Estate Investors Find Opportunity in Post Bubble Market

By Philip Elmes

Bubble, what bubble? After over a year of speculation and dire predictions, the “bubble” analysts and the media talked about arrived and, in most markets, has passed. East and west coast markets, Florida and elsewhere, indeed stalled and prices “adjusted” downward. In some markets prices have declined by 30% or more, a roll-back in pricing to 2002 and 2003 levels. Most experts suggest this “deflation” of prices is a healthy easing of a speculative push in home prices not related to traditional housing demand prices – speculators gaming the system.

Midwestern markets–notably including metropolitan Chicago and Milwaukee–were only lightly affected by this speculation, particularly in low and moderate income neighborhoods. While gentrifying neighborhoods will experience rising median prices, middling neighborhoods continue to appreciate at more historically validated annualized 3-4% rates. True (long term) Investors rely on little more.

The passing of the bubble marketplace psychology did affect the wholesale market in distressed housing of particular interest to savvy investors. A happy response to the popular belief that the “bubble” has burst, is the departure of those playing the speculation game in the distressed housing market. Those of us in for the long haul got our marketplace back.

And for many that marketplace of choice is Affordable Housing, housing where the cost of ownership (or housing, in general) falls within the 30-35% of household income recommended for generations to those seeking household budgeting advice. In communities across America the loss of affordable housing due to rapidly increasing property values constitutes a serious community development problem. Real estate investors and developers who are willing and able to address this problem as an opportunity will prosper.

Savvy investors understand that when it comes to Affordable Housing, the market never goes away. That market is less “interest rate sensitive” and the demand is always there. Working class families and first time home buyers will always seek out decent housing they can afford regardless of media hype focused on trendy speculation. Investors and rehabbers attending to these practical, fundamental housing needs will find a ready market.

Phil Elmes has been a real estate developer and broker since 1973. Beginning in early 2000, Elmes has conducted a real estate training and coaching program, The Urban Rehabber Program, based in Chicago. The program features monthly networking sessions, a Seminar and Workshop series, and a Membership Program featuring added benefits. It is conservatively estimated that Urban Rehabber Program participants have completed well over 1500 homes since the program’s inception. A free e-newsletter is available via the http://www.UrbanRehabber.com web site.

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