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Note: This event is the same as the Hard Money Lending Event on 5/10 - but with an updated title & workshop details.

Interested in learning how to flip houses in the Bay Area but think it's impossible to find deals? If you're looking for financing, partners, and off-market projects - this is the event to attend!

Highlights include:

• We will have a panel of speakers guiding the workshop, including an experienced flipper (BP Member Sean Pan), real estate agent (Houston Garcia), and hard-money lender (Conventus Lending).
• Current market trends & future forecast on the Bay Area real estate market, long-term and short-term.
• Our exclusive list of off-market properties and pocket listings, which is updated weekly. These properties are only available to a select group of investors.
• Options and resources on how to finance investment/flip projects.

Learn how you can make your money work for you, not the other way around. We will show you how to get started flipping houses, fund your real estate deals, how to access our off-market properties, and more.

Please note that this event is intended for real estate investors, not industry professionals. Active real estate brokers and lenders are kindly asked to not attend.

As a real estate investor, you often hear the words: hard money. But what does it really mean to obtain a hard money loan? How is hard money different from a regular bank loan? What are the advantages of using a hard money loan?

This is the perfect event to attend if you are a real estate investor, developer, flipper, or owner of a multifamily building - however, anyone with an interest in real estate is welcome! Hard money loans are typically used for:

• Short-term property flips
• Initial acquisition costs
• Rehab work/improvements

Our guest speaker will be Conventus Lending, a hard money lending company based out of San Francisco. Conventus matches your borrowing goals to loan terms that are ideally suited for your project - often funding loans within 5 days in 14 states.

In addition to information about hard money, you will also be introduced to a variety of investment opportunities in the SF Bay Area - particularly our weekly list of off-market properties, which are perfect for investors. If you're interested in finding financing, partners, and off-market projects in San Francisco and beyond - this is the event to attend!

Please note that this event is intended for real estate investors, not industry professionals. Vendors are kindly asked to not attend.

 https://www.meetup.com/Real-Estate-Investing-Wealt...

Follow the link on here! We host a meetup 1-2x a month. If  you're interested in learning about any specific topics, feel free to suggest them!

I host a monthly meetup in SF for real estate investors if anyone's interested. Otherwise, I'm in for the meetup as discussed above!

FACT: We have had 393 earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area in the last 12 months.

(Source: https://earthquaketrack.com/v/sf/recent).

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Extreme weather like the recent hurricanes and flooding in Houston and Florida, the earthquakes in Los Angeles and Mexico City, and fires throughout Los Angeles, Washington and Oregon will get increasingly common according to new scientific research.

Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, floods, and fires... how do you manage the risks of these and other natural catastrophes and their impacts on your real estate investment portfolio?

Schedule

6:30 Pre-Meeting Networking

7:00 Opening + Announcements

7:15 Panelist Intros

7:30 Moderator Q&A

8:30 Audience Q&A

9:00 Post-Meeting Networking + After party

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PANELISTS:

Greg Anderson

Broker Member @ Tolman and Wiker Insurance Services, LLC

http://tolmanandwiker.com

Greg Anderson specializes in larger all lines commercial, manufacturing and technology accounts. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Education and has pursued doctoral-level studies in Human Organizational Development. Greg is the past president of the American Heart Association Oxnard Chapter and is a board member of ACT Today! His prior associations include: Principal of Nesen, Anderson and Company Insurance Services; Los Angeles Sales Manager and Regional Training Coordinator for Employers Insurance of Wausau; Casualty Underwriter and Senior Claims Representative for Aetna Life & Casualty, Buffalo, New York; and Senior Claims Representative for Continental Insurance Company, Buffalo, New York. Greg joined Tolman & Wiker Insurance Services in 1992.

Michael Barschig

Executive Vice President, AmWINS Insurance Brokerage

http://www.amwins.com/about-us/our-company

Michael Barschig started with Fireman's Fund in 1970 in their underwriting training program and continued with property/inland marine underwriting working for various surplus lines insurance carriers through 1985 when he moved to surplus lines brokering with Swett & Crawford specializing in property/inland marine/ocean marine – current position is Executive Vice President, AmWINS Insurance Brokerage of California, LLC

Surabi Menon

Senior Director @ ClimateWorks Foundation

http://www.climateworks.org

Surabi Menon is a seasoned professional in the energy, economy, policy and environment space. Specialities: Expertise in climate mitigation, social and environmental impact investment, sustainable development, research and advisory, thought leadership, change management, strategy, program management

Climate scientist (PhD) with an MBA in sustainable management, interested in creating ventures that offer social, environmental and financial returns. 

Landlords, developers, and real estate investors of San Francisco, know your rights!

Join us for a free workshop hosted by Houston Garcia of Vanguard Properties. Our special guest speaker will be Clifford Fried, Partner of Fried & Williams, LLP. With over 32 years of experience, Clifford focuses his practice on leasing law, rent control, and occupancy issues. He has also handled hundreds of trials and appeals in his career.

Our presentation will highlight questions concerning:

• Tenant Buyouts

• Eviction Control

• Rent Control

There will be time for Q&A after the 45 minute presentation. We'll be doing introductions at 6:15PM. The presentation will begin promptly at 6:30PM sharp - don't be late!

Please be aware this event is intended for real estate investors and landlords, not real estate industry professionals.

Overview

As commercial property goes, self-storage has none of the sex appeal of a gleaming office building or a ritzy shopping mall. There are more than 50,000 self-storage facilities in the U.S. — nondescript warehouses filled with cubicles where Americans keep the belongings that don’t fit into their homes. But even though self-storage is about as unassuming an industry as you can get, it turns out to be a pretty solid investment — often better than other kinds of real estate.

Notes

We kindly ask that any active real estate brokers/agents, salespersons, or individuals who are pitching products to refrain from attending our meetups.

Our meetups are high-quality and are well-attended, so as a courtesy to fellow attendees and panelists, please try to arrive early in order to guarantee a spot! Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Interested in attending.

Are the meet ups ever in SF and Peninsula area? I live up here, so Milpitas is often quite a trip away. 

Hello everyone! I just joined and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Houston Garcia, I am a SF Bay Area native. Recently graduated from SCU, passed the BRE exam in November of this year, and earned my Realtor designation as well. 

I'm pretty new to the active world of real estate, so I'm hoping to gain some tips on how to build up a steady stream of clients from a solid database. My goal is to achieve financial freedom and pay off my student (and personal) loans by the end of next year. Thanks in advance for welcoming me to BiggerPockets!