I Survived Real Estate 2009 - Bringing together the real estate community to benefit the Orange County Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Thank you Women’s Council of Realtors Inland Valley Chapter for your support for the Komen walk as well as promotion for the event in the Inland Empire area. Your friendship over the years has meant a great deal to The Norris Group.

A special thenk you to Lori Renberg Brown with Ambergate Escrow and Mya Magleby with Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation for organizing the group! You two have been so wonderful.

Information on Women’s Council of Realtors

In today’s changing marketplace—with demanding customers and tough competition—you can’t do it alone. Not only do you need to be connected to the top professionals in the industry, but also to the cutting-edge training, real estate industry information and wealth-building strategies that will build your business and secure your future.

When you join Women’s Council of REALTORS®, you tap into powerful programs that yield tangible results for you and your business—as well as networking and referral opportunities at the national, state and local levels.

For more information visit http://inlandvalleywcr.org/

Thank you Westin South Coast Plaza for helping us with the hotel arrangements for our out fo town guests of I Survived Real Estate 2009!!! We appreciate your prompt replies and outstanding service. You’ve been a huge help in making this event a success.

For more information about Westin South Coast Plaza, you can visit their website at HERE.

If you are coming from out of town, speak with Aaron norris at 951-780-5856 for a very special rate for this weekend.

About Westin South Coast Plaza

Inspire your senses at the newly redesigned hotel, The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa. Discover a host of new instinctive, personal sensory experiences including music, lighting, even aromatic and botanicals – all intended to soothe and stimulate. A fresh lobby design, with a new front desk and vibrant eclectic lobby lounge will offer a most personal welcome.

Unwind in our newly redesigned guest rooms featuring the Westin Heavenly Bed®, flat screen televisions, and signature Westin style.

For your dining pleasure the award-winning Pinot Provence serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The new Lobby Lounge, overlooking our waterfall terrace, offers cocktails and appetizers. You may also sign to your room account when dining at many of our surrounding world-class restaurants.

A short walk through the nearby park takes you to the heart of the Orange County theatre district, including the new Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, and South Coast Repertory. Across the “Unity” pedestrian bridge lies South Coast Plaza, with over 280 of the world’s great retail stores.

Find personal and instinctive service at every turn for a total renewal experience at The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa.

Thank you so much Geraldine Barry and the San Jose Real Estate Investment Club team for your support of I Survived Real Estate 2009 from way up in Northern California! For more information about SJREI, visit www.sjrei.net.

About San Jose Real Estate Investors Association (SJREI)

Welcome to the San Jose Real Estate Investors Association (SJREI) website. We are an organization dedicated to providing the greater Bay Area a forum for the collaboration and continuing education of Real Estate Investors (REI). Over the past several years, SJREI has become a reliable source for solid, truthful analysis without the hype. It is a venue where REI of all experience levels can connect and become educated on local and national market conditions; determine where and when to invest, developing a comprehensive exit strategy for individual portfolios to minimize risk and maximize profit.

The SJREI provides current information, cutting edge market analysis, trend identification and opportunities so that the average investor can benefit from the information to minimize risk and maximize profit.  Our focus in mainly on education, due diligence, exit strategies, market timing and more.  We have a very active Association with all levels of investors which makes it interesting and educational for those who attend.

At our monthly meetings we host guest speakers who are experts in their fields, providing insightful and current information for the Real Estate Investors. In addition, the SJREI  Association meetings are an essential tool to assist with building a comprehensive real estate team for the individual investor.

SJREI Association frequently host seminars/workshops on a variety of timely real estate related topics.  As the original Association in the Silicon Valley area we have consistently provided local investors with opportunities to visit other markets, example include TX, Costa Rica, Mississippi,  Idaho,  Alabama to mention a few.  This effectively assists with determining if the markets visited are an appropriate investment for them.  SJREI also provides them with a ready-made team to manage properties in that area thereby simplifying the process so the busy executive can build wealth long-term without investing too much time trying to perform due diligence & coordinate and mange the process alone.

The SJREI strives to provide its member with the latest, up-to-date information on Real Estate investing.  SJREI has built relationships with some of the top professionals in the real estate industry who provide our members with information pertaining to building your team of professionals, tax strategies & remedies, market timing etc.  We are a one-stop-shop of resourceful information for the novice to the experienced Real Estate Investor.  Monthly meetings are a wonderful opportunity to network and build relationships with other like-minded people.

• Financing Deals
• Qualifying Sellers
• Buying & Selling
• Tax Strategies
• Creative Financing
• Property Management
• Foreclosures
• Negotiating
• Syndications/Partnerships
• Out-of-State Opportunities
• Taxes & Asset Protection
• Entity Structure
• Commercial Real Estate
• 1031 Tax Exchanges
• Property Analysis

www.sjrei.net

Thank you Philip Tirone and the Mortgage Equity group for once again sponsoring this unique and important event. You can learn more about Philip and his team atwww.themeg.net

About The Mortgage Equity Group

The Mortgage Equity Group (MEG) is in the business of simplifying the home loan process by assuming responsibility for your financial health as it relates to your mortgage decisions. We are dedicated to assisting you with the management of your mortgage, keeping abreast of interest rates, maximizing your credit score and minimizing your interest payments, and ensuring that your mortgage and real estate holdings blend well with all of your investments. We do this by leveraging a team of professionals equipped with tools, processes, and programs that make sure you meet your goals.

Philip X. Tirone

An expert in residential home financing, Philip X. Tirone has a unique background in difficult-to-obtain loans, having started his career working with borrowers with stated income and/or low credit scores. Philip founded The Mortgage Equity Group (The MEG) and specializes in educating borrowers to increase their credit scores so they qualify for optimal loan programs. A non-traditional mortgage company composed primarily of team members committed to providing each homebuyer with specialized time and services unique, The MEG complements traditional mortgage services with innovative programs aimed at reducing mortgage payments and maximizing buying power.

Philip excels at developing innovative strategies to simplify the mortgage process. He authored the 7 Steps to a 720® Credit Score, a book that teaches consumers to raise their credit scores and lower their interest rate. Most recently, he created The Home Loan Maximizer™, a program that allows home-owners to purchase larger homes while maintaining the same monthly payments. His Complete Financial Navigator™ analyzes his borrowers’ needs and financial picture, thereby helping borrowers overcome barriers to achieving their real estate goals. As a frequent guest lecturer at the University of California Los Angeles, Philip has authored and delivered numerous speeches about avoiding the “Mortgage Lifestyle Dilemma,” a phrase he coined to describe an emotional buying decision that results in overextension and a life that revolves around high mortgage payments.

Philip has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times.com, Wall Street Journal, Newsday, Woman’s World Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Bottom Line Magazine, Bankrate.com, among others. He was recently featured in the New York Times bestseller, Secrets of the Young & Successful. In 2008, he will be featured in Dan Sullivan’s new book, Industry Transformers, which identifies eight individuals having a profound impact on their industry by creating meaningful ways for clients to bypass bureaucracy and red tape.

Named Arizona State University’s Man of the Year in 1994, Philip currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Lily, daughter, Ava, and son Dominic.

Lupita Solis

Lupita Solis has 25 years’ experience as a processor/underwriter for mortgage companies, always working with top producers who carry heavy volumes. She formerly financed loans in resort destinations in Mexico under the purview of one the country’s top mortgage companies. She joined the Mortgage Equity Group two years ago, bringing to the table her dedication to providing specific and focused detail to each and every client. Fluent in Spanish, Lupita is current working toward her real estate license. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and grandson.

Thank you so much Mike Cantu for you own going support for The Norris Group. Mike is widely regarded as an expert in the art of rentals and property management. He’s gone from professional skate boarder to full time, successful investor over the years. We’re very lucky to call him friend.

Thank you Nick Manfredi and the Inland Empires Investor Forum.

About Inland Empire Investors Forum

The Investor’s Forum provides a monthly meeting location for real estate investment instructors and strategists to teach. We liken our meetings to a wine tasting event. With variety comes insight and awareness of ones own preferences. There’s lot’s of ways to do this business so we expect attendees to bring their thinking caps and judge for themselves. (Go to the “monthly meetings” tab for more info regarding attending).

We buy houses and apartments with private funds. We buy from owners as well as banks and other investors. Occasionally, sellers prefer to sell with terms and we can meet that need as well. We purchase through Forum Real Estate Investments Inc., an independent real estate investment corporation. Monthly meetings provide a “forum” by which local investors both learn, share contacts & opportunities, and network with one another.

For more information visit www.ieinvestorusforum.com

The Norris Group would like to especially thank Elite Auctions, now two-time supporter of I Survived Real Estate. The Norris Group successfully auctioned its office building in 2007 and have used Elite several times since. We appreciate their friendship and service. You can hear Randy and Mike Grigg on our radio show. You can visit their business at www.SellWithAuction.com

About Elite Auction

Elite Auctions was formed out of a need to sell residential real estate more efficiently. The owners of the company are investors who buy and sell property, primarily single family homes. They have since expanded and also sell commercial property, land, farms, and ranches using their proven competitive bidding strategy.

Obtaining the highest price in the shortest period of time has always been their priority. In traditional sales, where property is listed with the hope of attracting a buyer using the MLS and a sign in the front yard, the owners found that in most markets it takes much more to get the job done quickly. “Many times we had vacant houses that were fixed up. It was critical that our carrying costs (interest on acquisition costs, labor and materials for fix up costs, insurance and property tax expenses) be reduced by selling and closing as soon as possible after the rehab was completed.

Before we assisted others in selling their property, our own real estate was used as “guinea pigs.” After two years of selling our property using the auction method and after tweaking and adjusting our marketing program, we felt comfortable selling for others.

Our goal was to sell real estate quicker and more efficiently without sacrificing the net amount our clients receive at closing (compared to the traditional list and sell method).

Several of our clients are Realtors who make their living selling real estate. Due to the fact they come to us to not only sell their own properties but also properties for their clients, we must be doing something right.

Many people think when a property is offered for public auction, the resulting price will be much lower than if it was offered at a listed price. More than likely if the property is listed at exactly the right price the marketplace is willing to pay, and the market is properly reached, the property will most likely sell quickly. The problem is most properties are not listed at exactly the price the market is willing to pay… therefore most properties don’t sell or end up selling at a lot less than their potential.

Appraisals and comparable sales are just guesses of a property’s true value. Unlike a bar of gold or a share of stock, where price is set daily by supply and demand, any piece of real estate has its own unique value. Its price has little to do with value, people make value. Real estate is worth whatever people will pay. The auction method, together with our state of the art marketing program, where much more than the MLS and a sign are used to attract buyers, allows the price to match what the property is really worth. By creating both urgency and emotional competition using the auction method, we’ve found our clients avoid selling too cheap or sabotaging a sale by listing at a price that’s too high.

Hopefully this gives you some insight into how our service is designed.

Thank you for your interest in our company. Please feel free to contact us if you want more information or would like to sell your property quickly at the highest price the market will bear.

Thank you 1 m 1 Properties and the Rossiters for thier generous donation. This is the second year the couple has graciously participated in the i Survived 2009 event.