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All Forum Posts by: Brenda Chen

Brenda Chen has started 61 posts and replied 143 times.

Post: East Bay Real Estate Mixer @ EBGB Wine Bar

Brenda ChenPosted
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  • San Francisco, CA
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  •  What we'll do:
    No set agenda, a chance for local investors to network.

    WHO SHOULD ATTEND: + First time to Experienced Investors

    + Real Estate Agents/ Mortgage Brokers / Title & Escrow Agents

    + Home Inspectors

    + Attorneys & CPAs

    + Landlords / Property Managers

    + Contractors

    + Hard Money & Private Lenders

    + Anyone who wants to focus on finding FLIP deals and/or find funding/partners for their FLIP deals or simply just learn how we find our deals
  • Post: Bay Area Real Estate Trends with Neal Bawa

    Brenda ChenPosted
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    • San Francisco, CA
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    Neal Bawa will talk to us about real estate trends in the Bay Area.

    Neal Bawa is CEO / Founder at Grocapitus, a commercial real estate investment company. Neal sources, negotiates and acquires Commercial properties across the U.S., for nearly 300 investors. Current portfolio over 1600 units, projected to be at 3000 units in 12 months.

    Neal also serves as CEO at MultifamilyU, an apartment investing education company. He speaks at events & meetups across the country. Nearly 4,000 students attend his multifamily webinar series each year and hundreds attend his Magic of Multifamily boot camps. Neal is the co-founder of the largest Multifamily Investing Meetup network in the U.S. (BAMF), a group of investors that has over 4000 members.

    Neal is an accomplished single family and multifamily investor. Currently owns single families, duplexes, tri-plexes and quad-plexes in CA and IL. Active and passive investor in multifamily and commercial syndications in TX, NC, KS, OH, NV, UT, FL and IL. Taught Fundamentals of Multifamily investing, Real Estate trends and deal analysis to 1000+ students, including investors from three different IRA companies. Raised tens of millions of dollars to buy 200+ unit students housing and multifamily projects.

    Post: Any Upcoming Meetups?

    Brenda ChenPosted
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    • San Francisco, CA
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    Thanks @Arlen Chou and @Account Closed!!! yes, pls check out the link in my signature here :) would be great to see you at our events! Love Sean's meetups in South Bay too!

    Post: How To Profit In The Bay Area Without A Large Team & Overhead

    Brenda ChenPosted
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    • San Francisco, CA
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    So many agents and investors are complaining that the marketplace has shifted dramatically and that its becoming increasingly difficult to locate good deals. With a little thought and effort you can prime the pump and get your pipeline filled with opportunities that can be acted upon. This discussion will focus on how you can find the golden deals that generate golden profits and gives you total control of your time and not having to manage large teams or even having huge over head!

    We will cover:

    -How and why I got started
    -Out of state investing (pros and cons, why its not what you may think)
    -Getting traction in the Bay Area Life Changing Deals
    -Building your network and team without the overhead!
    -How to find the multiple 6 figure digits deals
    -How the perfect money to fund the deals
    -What I'm doing now, how I'm doing it and what i may be doing next

    About the Speaker:

    Jeff Pollack is Managing Partner of Trident Equity Group, LLC where he fixes and flips residential real estate in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jeff has also run
    the San Jose Real Estate Networking Club in San Jose, Ca since March of 2014. The group has over 2500 members.

    Jeff began investing in real estate in October 2011 with purchasing and rehabbing properties in strategic locations out-of-state. Early on, most properties were being added to Jeff's buy and hold protfolio of rentals. After being laid off from his day job in October 2013 Jeff became a full time investor. He has purchased and renovated over 50 properties in Texas, Georgia, and California with over $25 million worth of transactions. Some of these properties have been sold to investors or owner occupants, others to investors as Turn-key products, and several have been added to Jeff’s personal portfolio.

    Jeff holds a PhD in Microbiology from U.C. Davis. Prior to becoming a full time investor, he spent 12 years in the biotechnology industry in research & development and project management. He lives in Redwood City with his wife and 3 kids.

    Post: Investing in Multifamily Buildings in San Francisco

    Brenda ChenPosted
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    • San Francisco, CA
    • Posts 151
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    see you there @Houston Garcia!

    Post: March South Bay Networking @ elevenFifty (San Jose)

    Brenda ChenPosted
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    • San Francisco, CA
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    @Nizar Basma wow thanks for the catch! it's actually 7-9PM.

    Post: March South Bay Networking @ elevenFifty (San Jose)

    Brenda ChenPosted
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    • San Francisco, CA
    • Posts 151
    • Votes 72

    Many partnerships and deals are done not at a computer, not by just sitting there listening to a monologue, but by meeting people in person.

    Our goal is to help connect you with exactly who you're looking for in an intimate and fun environment.

    No pressure, no pitches, just friends with a common passion to share stories, successes, and more.

    Please tag local investors!!!

    You should join us if you're:

    - Looking for deals
    - Staring at a deal right now
    - Looking for others like you
    - Seeking tricks /tips from others
    - Looking for a partner / mentor
    - Looking to build your network
    - Thinking of getting into real estate
    - Seeking hard money
    - Sitting on money and want to invest it
    - Looking to bounce ideas off of other real estate investors

    See you there!

    Post: Cash Flow in the Bay Area with Airbnb and Corporate Rentals!

    Brenda ChenPosted
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    • San Francisco, CA
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    • Votes 72

    Evan Huynh will be teaching us how to maximize the potential of our properties by showing us how to earn more with corporate housing and Airbnb rentals.


    You will learn:

    The benefits of short term vs long term rentals
    The potential of income produced by short term rentals
    How to increase your passive income

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    About the Speaker:
    Evan is the founder of Propertyhop, a full service short term property management group for Airbnb listings and Corporate Housing.
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    Agenda:
    7:00 Registration and Networking
    7:30 Presentation and Q&A
    8:30 Networking
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    Light refreshments and drinks will be served

    Post: March San Francisco Happy Hour @ The Mantel Bar (Hotel Zeppelin)

    Brenda ChenPosted
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    • San Francisco, CA
    • Posts 151
    • Votes 72

    @Diana Smith wow awesome! Thanks for letting me know! :) @Brian Mitchell we usually do the first Wed of the month! :) Thanks for asking!

    Post: March San Francisco Happy Hour @ The Mantel Bar (Hotel Zeppelin)

    Brenda ChenPosted
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    • San Francisco, CA
    • Posts 151
    • Votes 72

    Awesome!! see you there @Dean West :)