All Forum Posts by: Chad Gallagher

This month Pottstown Meetup speaker will be Paul Sloate, of Green Drake Advisors, to talk about where we are in the current economical cycle, and more important what you can do about it.

With real world experience from investments in over 2,000 companies over the past 30 years, Paul possesses a unique perspective on the reality of strategy, markets, technology, positioning, and competition, and on how the economy truly works. Currently serving as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Green Drake Advisors, he has spent over 30 years advising individuals, families, businesses, and institutions on wealth management, wealth planning, and global economics, serving in senior roles with companies such as Wellington Management and BlackRock Financial Management.

Mr. Sloate has appeared on TV on numerous occasions to share his expertise with the public and hosted Money Matters TV for many years. In addition to his time given to sharing his knowledge, Mr. Sloate has served on industry bodies such as the Financial Accounting Policy Committee of the Association for Investment Management & Research.

Outside his work, Mr. Sloate is highly involved in the Philadelphia community. He supports numerous non-profit organizations, serves on the Advisory Board for Whetstone Technologies, serves as a judge for the annual Wharton Business School start-up competition, serves as co-founder of a non-profit creating technical vocational schools for inner city youth, and lectures often in the Philadelphia area on investing and economics.

Should be a pretty interesting talk!

We will be in the back of Blackjax in Birdsboro. 630PM for networking, drinks, and food. 7PM for the content!

Deal analysis, tax planning and accounting, finding the money, legal issues, contractor best practices... you name it, we've done it (or we'll find someone else who has!) Hope to see you there on July 29th!  Totally free!

RSVP Here: 

https://www.meetup.com/Pottstown-Real-Estate-Investing-Meetup/events/fcfpfpyzkbmc/

Understanding if your marketing is working is just as important as understanding the need to market in the first place.

Beka Shea is a marketing maven. She has studied marketing across the US in the real estate investing space and will be covering what types of marketing yield the biggest ROI so you can get the biggest bang for your buck.

Nothing will be held back as we talk specifics of how to execute marketing campaigns of a few dozen dollars to several thousand dollars.

This will be an amazing meeting you will want to take notes on.

Bring deals to discuss. Bring cards to hand out. Bring questions to ask. Bring ideas to share. Bring a mind ready to learn. Bring a friend. And come as you are, we are open to all, of any experience level. We have full time investors, people looking for the elusive first deal and all spots in between.

The meetings are held at the Red Lion Hotel 4751 Lindle Road Harrisburg, PA 17111

RSVP Here: 

https://www.meetup.com/LIMG-Harrisburg/events/gmrdnyzkbhc/

The Mission at Cashflow Ninja is to empower and inspire people to discover how to generate their own income and manage, grow and protect their own wealth in the new economy.

Traditional education systems do not teach the financial literacy we need in the new economy and it does not teach the skill sets we need to generate our own income and manage, grow and protect our own wealth.

The current model of the traditional education system also cannot adapt and react at the speed necessary in the Information Age to enable people to be competitive in the new economy.

M.C. Laubscher is a wealth strategist, educator, and financial freedom fighter. He is the President and CEO of Producers Wealth and creator and the host of the popular and top-rated business and investing podcast, Cashflow Ninja.

His purpose and mission is to help producers and creators create, protect and multiply their wealth in ANY Economy without getting ripped off by Wall Street & their governments.

M.C. challenges existing societal belief systems and misinformation around concepts such as money, saving, investing, wealth and retirement.

The meetup is hosted at the Trenton Hive Co-Working office by Matt Faircloth, who literally wrote the book on Real Estate Syndications, and Chad Gallagher, owner of SlateHouse Property Management and BiggerPockets blogger.

5:30 --- Roundtable with Matt Faircloth. Small circle Q&A about anything on your mind about real estate
6:30 -- Networking
7:00 -- Speaker Content kicks off!

Come meet like-minded folks who invest in and around Central NJ. Free to attend, priceless info and networking available.

Hope to see you soon!

RSVP here: 

https://www.meetup.com/Trenton-Real-Estate-Investors-Meetup/events/sprszpyzkbgc/

Stefen - You should really reach out to Kristine McCreary.  Ping me if you want an intro.  That's literally exactly what she does. 

We have a really interesting meetup Tues night. We have learned a TON from the folks at CR Property Group, so we are going to have them talk Tues night, June 18th, at the Lebanon meetup. These guys are REALLY sharp. Check out these #s....
-- Over 250 rehabs a year (combo of flips and rental rehabs)
-- Avg rehab size of $45K
-- Have done over 3,000 rehabs in their company history. That's insane.
-- Avg profit per deal $15K
- Combo of sub-contractors, project managers, full-time employees, and a boat load of tech to make it all work well

The guest speaker will be Chad Garner, one of the project managers at CR Property Group. He's great because he's in the trenches on the rehab front -- dealing with all the craziness everyday to keep things on budget, quality high, and done on time.

We'll have a bunch of pictures of their rehabs, but it'll also be a bunch of open Q&A.

If you are looking to invest in passive income properties, great meetup for you to hear about save and secure investment opportunities.
If you are a flipper or want to get into flipping, this will literally save you money.
If you are a buy and hold investor -- this will be interesting to hear about how these major rehab projects help increase ROI for buy and hold.

I hope you guys can make it, I'm really excited.
Days Inn is now a Clarion. Same location as always though, just called the Clarion now. 625 Quentin Rd Building A, Lebanon, PA

We have pizza at 630, content kicks off at 7..... Nothing is for sale and there's no charge --- just join a group of investors that are looking to meet like-minded people.

RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/Lebanon-County-Real-Estate-Investing-Meetup/events/wxsmppyzjbxb/

Our awesome speaker in June (Tues, June 11th) will be Tim Tepes. For those of you that haven't met Tim, he has a very wide background and a ton of experience in real estate with over 28 years in the industry. Tim will be speaking about how he grew passive income to change his financial future.

-- Owns a highly successful real estate brokerage, closing over 100 properties per year for both investors and home owners alike.
-- Developed new construction, rental units across multiple developments
-- Self manages a portfolio of residential and commercial units
-- Local to Lehigh Valley, Tim understands the Lehigh Valley market very well and has evolved his business as the market has changed over the years
-- Used an investment philosophy of investing in both real estate AND stocks to create passive income for his family that has grown each year

Tim is an amazing individual that everyone can learn from. This will be an amazing meetup which I guarantee will help you move faster on your own investment goals. There will be plenty of time for Q&A for specific investing questions for Tim.

Join the growing community of Lehigh Valley real estate investors. This is a free event -- a place to come meet fellow investors and get educated by a wide variety of reagional experts in various real estate topics.

630 PM for networking, 7PM for the content. Allentown Brew Works on the 2nd floor. See you Tues night, June 11th!

RSVP Here: https://www.meetup.com/Lehigh-Valley-Real-Estate-Investing-Meetup/events/ghtfxqyzjbpb/

We did a syndication in South Central PA.  We used Barley Snyder.  Let me know if you want the exact lawyer we used.  He was fantastic.  We ended up raising $2M, and he did a great job explaining all of the rules and policies we had to adhere to.  Quick turn-around as well.  

This will be one of the best meetups of the year. Josh McCallen is an amazing investor and re-developer of Resorts. Josh has spent most of his career re-developing resorts for other investors. Recently, Josh took over the Renault winery at Egg Harbor as the owner and syndicator --- turning over the winery into a top wedding destination, and vineyard again.

One of Josh's secrets is Vivamee Hospitality -- his approach to customer service and creating an amazing experience for guests.

Josh also hosts the podcast "Capital Hacking" -- where he meets with some of the smarts folks in the capital raising industry to learn their secrets. He'll share much of what he has learned through meeting with those amazing people, and raising his own syndication.

I can't wait to hear everything Josh has to share with the group!

If that's not enough --- Matt Faircloth will be doing a small group mastermind at 530 PM for those that are looking to go over any immediate investing questions they have in their own portfolios.

The event is held at the recently launched Trenton Hive -- the fastest growing co-working space and office in Trenton. 354 S Broad St.

Matt Faircloth, who literally wrote the book on Real Estate Syndications, and Chad Gallagher, owner of SlateHouse Property Management and BiggerPockets blogger, co-hosting the Trenton real estate meetup.

Come meet like-minded folks who invest in and around Central NJ. Free to attend, priceless info and networking available.

Hope to see you soon!

In May (May 20th) we will have Edwin Miller as our guest speaker to talk about a career of putting together teams to develop land and various projects. Edwin is full of stories across multiple decades of deals -- and will share what he has learned in the process. Edwin is one of the most connected and knowledgeable people we've met in terms of new construction projects.

We'll be coming live from the recently re-habbed Blackjax restaurant in Birdsboro, PA. 630 for Networking, 7PM for content. This will be an awesome meetup, we are very excited to hear everything Edwin has to share.  

668 Benjamin Franklin Highway

The meetup covers all things real estate. Deal analysis, tax planning and accounting, finding the money, legal issues, contractor best practices... you name it, we've done it (or we'll find someone else who has!) Hope to see you there.  No fee to attend!

Greg - 

I'm local to Baltimore.  Live in Canton.  I'd be happy to chat with you about this specific opportunity.  One thing I believe REALLY strongly about is that C and D properties have really high variance.  We've made some of our best investments on streets like you are mentioning.  And also some of our worst investments in that area.  So just take your time on analyzing it.  Similar to these folks points - I think you want to be conservative on vacancy rate estimates and maintenance costs just because you'll see more unit turns in that area.  But I'd be happy to go over your numbers with you as well as give you a rent estimate if you want based on other rentals we manage near there.  Just ping me.