All Forum Posts by: Mathew Owens

@Sean DeRue you need to understand accounting, economics, law, marketing, sales, etc all of the different parts of running a business. You don’t need college for that. You can learn all of these things on your own with way less of a cost. The only reason you go to college is if you want to work for someone else. Otherwise it’s pointless because you can learn everything you learn in college plus way more with self education and actually doing the business.

TOPIC: Investing in Non-Performing Real Estate Notes

DATE/TIME: Thursday, June 27th at 6:30pm

PRICE: $25 at the door

LOCATION:
Cerritos Library Conference Center
- 18025 Bloomfield Ave., Cerritos, CA 90703
- Parking is free
- Take elevator to the 3rd Floor
- Skyline Room A

AGENDA:
6:30 - Networking
7:15 – Non-Performing Notes
9:00 - Networking

SPEAKERS:

JASMINE WILLIOS

Jasmine R. Willios is an advocate for responsible investing and a real estate agent with extensive experience in turnkey BMV (below market value) properes. She’s currently the managing director of the Notes
Assistance Program©, which provides expert guidance and opportunity to both SDIRA and non‐performing note investors. Her companies provide additional security and education on real estate investing, specifically with non‐performing notes and retail flips. From me to me her firms services are procured by the IRS to do note appraisals as she has gained quite the reputation in the non‐performing note industry.

She began her career spending seven years on Wall Street, where she started as an equity trader with Joseph Stevens a small boutique firm where she was introduced to trading. Ms. Willois was then picked up by Morgan Stanley Dean Wier and worked both of the World Trade Centre and Financial District in San Francisco, CA as an investment banker and left the industry after losing colleagues in the world trade center attacks.
After returning to Southern California, Jasmine worked as a loss mitigation specialist with GMAC Home Comings a well‐known note servicer. It was here that she got her first exposure to the distressed mortgage industry. Bit by the bug she left corporate America to chase the freedom and returns the full me real estate investor boast about.

She started two very successful real estate investment clubs, Lady Landlords of San Diego© and Lady Landlords of Orange County©. At one of her networking events she met a gentleman who would later connect her with a position as a relations manager for American Home Recovery Fund. Jasmine has been a licensed real estate agent in California since 2004 and continues to do traditional sales and short sales for a small group of private clients.

NATOSHA MCKINNON

Natosha spent six years in the United States Air Force as both an Enlisted Computer Programmer and as a Contracting Officer. During her time serving our Nation she was able to complete a bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management. After being Honorably Discharged from the military she took a job with a large consulting firm as a Contracts Manager where she was responsible for billion-dollar government projects. A large portion of her responsibilities were contract regulation, negotiations, proposal writing and budgeting. In addition, she was the Vice President of Sonoran Technology where she ran the accounting, HR and Contracting departments. She also acted as a program manager for 80% of the company’s projects and assisted with business development.

Natosha fell in love with Real Estate after purchasing her first home at age 23. She rented out the two other rooms and realized her mortgage could be paid for, in addition to some cash flow. From there she purchased another home, opened a Lease Option company, a wholesaling company and, most recently, a non-performing Note company. Currently she is serving as an advisor and trainer to the Note Assistance Program (NAP) where she trains Clients and helps to find, secure, manage and create exit strategies for assets while managing her own portfolio of non-performing notes. She specializes in joint ventures where the exit strategies range from re-performing cash flow to retail profit splits.

Natosha spends her free time volunteering for Big Brothers Big Sisters, a local women’s shelter, a local homeless shelter and a local retirement community.

HOSTS:
Mathew Owens - OCG Properties owner, CPA

Mathew is the founder of OCG Properties, LLC, a company that specializes in equity and cash flowing real estate investments. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a bachelors degree in economics with an emphasis in accounting, earning his CPA license while performing audit and taxation engagements at various CPA firms, and worked primarily on large real estate clients. He currently specializes in value add cash flowing residential and multifamily real estate investments having purchased and renovated over 500+ properties. Mathew works with investors in multiple ways to acquire real estate in high cash flow markets around the country. He also helps investors develop various cash flow streams through syndications run by professional operators, promissory notes and other real estate related assets.

Raymond Tsai - Team RT - Team Leader, Keller Williams Signature Realty Broker Associate

Raymond Tsai has been in the real estate industry since 2007. With 10 years of experience focusing in cities in southern California, Raymond has mastered the markets of residential properties including single-family homes, PUDs, condos and townhouses. Over the years, Raymond acquires professionals to his team and ensures his mission statement is well met: complete customer satisfaction. He believes the key to achieve high customer satisfaction is to be thoughtful and truthful at all times. In year 2014, he founded Team RT where he formed a group of professionals including buyer specialist, staging designer, marketing specialist, transaction coordinator and property manager to further assist his clients' needs of selling, buying and investing in real estate.

TOPIC: Build Profits By Creating SoCal Housing

PRICE: $25 at the door, $20 Pre-Sale

CLICK HERE FOR PRE-SALE

LOCATION: THE POINT 830 S. Sepulveda, Suite 200, El Segundo CA 90245

AGENDA:

6:30 - Networking - The Point

7:15 - Introductions

7:25 - Panel discussions - Build Profits w/SoCal Housing

9:00 - Networking - The Point

PANELISTS:

Will Barnard

William Barnard, President of Barnard Enterprises, Inc. and founder of multiple real estate investment companies, has been a real estate investor since 2004 investing in nearly every aspect of real estate. Over the years as the real estate market changed, so did his investing strategies. Currently he buys single family properties in Los Angeles County to redevelop and sell. He is also the CEO of his construction company which builds custom homes as well as commercial projects. Other previous investment strategies include land development, spec building, notes, buy and hold, and much more. He does millions of dollars in real estate transactions each year. As the principle of the transaction, William has sold over $60,000,000 of single family properties in the LA area alone and most of it has been funded by his portfolio of private money investors.

Brian Fung

Brian Fung was born and raised in Honolulu, HI. He grew up doing repairs and managing his family’s rental portfolio. After graduation from Towson University, Brian moved to the South Bay. He started remotely rehabbing and managing a private investor’s rental portfolio of 100 single family homes in the Midwest. After stabilizing the private investor’s rental portfolio, Brian was looking for more ways to become a better real estate investor. He read an article that gave him a valuable piece advice – if you want become a great investor, become a lender so you can meet other investors, learn from their successes and failures, and how they structure their deals. Soon after this article, Brian was hired as an Account Executive with Civic Financial Services, a South Bay-based institutional lender with $2 Billion in originations within the last 4 years. Brian works with investors to provide financing for fix and flips, rental properties, and value-add multifamily properties.

Andrew Raitt – Founder of Verono, LLC

› 12 years of real-estate development experience with over 60 projects sold since 2012 that include extensive renovations, new ground up construction of multifamily/single family homes and land assemblage through entitlements of Multifamily and Small Lot Subdivisions projects.

› Recently completed the entitlements for 7 separate Small Lot Subdivision projects in the City of Los Angeles totaling 96 Homes.

› Currently in development and construction of 149 apartment units spread across 11 projects.

› Leadership role for development/ entitlement projects at Cenergy Power (A Top 5 US Solar Development Company).

› Responsible for obtaining over $40 million in entitlements for solar utility projects in the Central Valley.

› Sales Manager at IBM. Responsible for more than $17 million in annual sales.

2019 FIBI ALL-CHAPTER SUMMER NETWORKING EVENT!

Over 300 RSVP’s Expected!

➢ May 29, 2019 6:00 PM
➢ The Grand Long Beach Event Center

$30 Cash Cover Charge at Door (Includes hors d’oeuvres – cash bar available)

CLICK HERE TO PRE-PAY ONLINE

Fellow Investors,

To celebrate Summer and to help facilitate networking among our FIBI chapters, the For Investors By Investors (FIBI) Network is hosting the 2019 FIBI All-Chapter Summer Networking Event on May 29th starting at 6:00 PM. The Summer Networking Event will be an informal event with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar, and is being hosted at the The Grand Long Beach Event Center. In case you weren’t able to join us at our previous semi-annual Networking Events, it’s worth noting that we anticipate that we will have over 300 RSVPs for this event thanks to our growing FIBI Network in SoCal. We sincerely appreciate everyone’s support of and interest in the FIBI and we look forward to seeing you at the event.

This event will be held in the usual FIBI philosophy of providing informal meeting environments without any sales pitch whatsoever with the goal of helping investors to network with and learn from others. Unlike other FIBI meetings and due to the large attendees that we expect, this meeting will not include a speaker or panel discussion but will simply be an informal networking event. Please note that there will be a $30 cover charge payable in cash at the door to help cover the costs of the event center, as our goal is to break-even while providing everyone with a great night of networking.

Come, enjoy the food and drinks, network with like-minded investors and develop all of the resources you need to be a successful real estate investor this year.

DATE/TIME
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 * 6:00-10:00 PM

LOCATION
The Grand Long Beach Event Center
4101 E Willow St, Long Beach, CA 90815

PRICE
$30 Cash Cover Charge at Door (Includes hors d’oeuvres – cash bar available)

PARKING
Parking is free

TOPIC: Optimizing Your Real Estate Operations

PRICE: $25 at the door, $20 Pre-Sale

CLICK HERE FOR PRE-SALE

LOCATION: THE POINT 830 S. Sepulveda, Suite 200, El Segundo CA 90245

AGENDA:

6:30 - Networking - The Point

7:15 - Introductions

7:25 - Panel discussions - Optimizing Your Real Estate Operations

9:00 - Networking - The Point

PANELISTS:

Dek Bake - New Western Acquisitions

After Graduation from Texas Tech in 2006 Donald “Dek” played with the New York Giants as they won Superbowl XLII against the New England Patriots, in what has been quoted and seen as the most notable win of the franchise history.
Dek has brought to real estate his competitive drive & commitment to excellence. He has specialized in residential investment properties, completing over two thousand transactions throughout California and Texas.
His insight, experience, and in-depth knowledge of the real estate allow him to resolve the most complicated transactions. His work Ethic and sense of high integrity fuel a rewarding 10-year career as a real estate Investor. His team has embraced the southern California market and has purchased almost 700 single family homes in the greater Los Angeles area over the past three years.

Kaaren Hall - uDirect IRA Services - President/CEO

Despite being in the midst of a recession and mortgage market collapse, Kaaren Hall founded and made a resounding success of uDirect IRA Services. The single mom discovered a strategic way to put her 20+ years in mortgage banking, real estate and property management to use. The soluon was an untapped market for both her skills and for investors – self‐directed IRAs. Through uDirect IRA, she has guided tens of thousands of Americans through the process of diversifying their investments using self‐directed IRAs. Learn more about Hall and her thriving company at uDirectIRA.com

Sensei Gilliland

Founder of real estate education, investment and consulting company Black Belt Investors, Sensei Gilliland has become one of the most respected educators in the industry.

After becoming one of the top ranked martial artists in the country, he discovered the huge rewards of investing in real estate for himself in 1995.

Making thousands of dollars on that first deal, he was hooked, and scaled his investments and operations to wholesaling, rehabbing, and rentals properties.

Today Sensei is a national speaker, private consultant and active investor who has trained thousands of investors from coast to coast to generate cash and wealth through real estate.

TOPIC: Effective & Efficient Property Management

DATE/TIME: Thursday, April 18th at 6:30pm

PRICE: $25 at the door

LOCATION:
Cerritos Library Conference Center
- 18025 Bloomfield Ave., Cerritos, CA 90703
- Parking is free
- Take elevator to the 3rd Floor
- Skyline Room A

AGENDA:
6:30 - Networking
7:15 – Property Management
9:00 - Networking

PRESENTATION BY:

Robin Reed - Concept 360 Property Management

Robin Reed is a licensed California real estate broker and CEO of
Concept 360 Property Management. With a background in
commercial real estate finance, investment and development, she is
experienced in all real estate asset classes. Having secured over
$200 million in both debt and equity for her clients.
She opened Concept 360 Property Management to share her true
passion and combined experience as a Broker and Investor with her
clients. By helping them reposition their assets, they maximize their
value by decreasing expenses and increasing income.
A passionate real estate investor herself, she enjoys helping her
clients build wealth through real estate investing.
Robin is actively involved in several real estate trade organizations,
including NARPM (National Association of Residential Property
Managers) and is always aware of the pulse of the current real estate
market. An Orange County native, she holds a B.A. degree in English
and Comparative Literature from Chapman University.

HOSTS:
Mathew Owens - OCG Properties owner, CPA

Mathew is the founder of OCG Properties, LLC, a company that specializes in equity and cash flowing real estate investments. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a bachelors degree in economics with an emphasis in accounting, earning his CPA license while performing audit and taxation engagements at various CPA firms, and worked primarily on large real estate clients. He currently specializes in value add cash flowing residential and multifamily real estate investments having purchased and renovated over 500+ properties. Mathew works with investors in multiple ways to acquire real estate in high cash flow markets around the country. He also helps investors develop various cash flow streams through syndications run by professional operators, promissory notes and other real estate related assets.

Raymond Tsai - Team RT - Team Leader, Keller Williams Signature Realty Broker Associate

Raymond Tsai has been in the real estate industry since 2007. With 10 years of experience focusing in cities in southern California, Raymond has mastered the markets of residential properties including single-family homes, PUDs, condos and townhouses. Over the years, Raymond acquires professionals to his team and ensures his mission statement is well met: complete customer satisfaction. He believes the key to achieve high customer satisfaction is to be thoughtful and truthful at all times. In year 2014, he founded Team RT where he formed a group of professionals including buyer specialist, staging designer, marketing specialist, transaction coordinator and property manager to further assist his clients' needs of selling, buying and investing in real estate.

TOPIC: Syndicating Successfully

PRICE: $25 at the door, $20 Pre-Sale

CLICK HERE FOR PRE-SALE

LOCATION: THE POINT 830 S. Sepulveda, Suite 200, El Segundo CA 90245

AGENDA:
6:30 - Networking - The Point

7:15 - Introductions

7:25 - Panel discussions - Syndicating Successfully

9:00 - Networking - The Point

PANELISTS:

Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith is the co­founder of Elevation Capital Group. Elevation Capital Group, and its affiliates, (“Elevation”) are well regarded as a leader in the alternative real estate investment space and cycle-­resilient real estate
strategies. Elevation focuses exclusively on niche property types such as Manufactured Housing Communities and Self­Storage. With more than $500 Million dollars of combined acquisition value, Elevation is a leader in its respective industries, having launched seven investment vehicles comprising over 175 assets across more than 30 states.

Ryan graduated from the University of Tampa with a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science. An athlete, he was highly recruited for both baseball and basketball and was drafted as a senior in high school by the Baltimore Orioles, and again in college by the Anaheim Angels. Mr. Smith pursued his athletic talents by playing baseball throughout his college experience and ultimately made a decision to pursue business rather than a career is sports.

Ryan is currently on the board of Young Life College – UCF, is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Christian Foundation’s Orlando chapter and is active within his community. Ryan lives in Orlando with his wife and co­ founder of Elevation, Jamie, and their four children.

Anthony Horgan

Anthony Horgan is a partner and co­founder of Reliance Law Group LLP. He started his career with the international firm of Skadden Arps, where he primarily represented public companies including Wynn Resorts and Oakley in connection with securities offerings and their public disclosure obligations. Wanting to become more involved in the strategic aspects of his client's business, Anthony transitioned to private practice, where he now focuses on advising companies throughout their development cycle, from initial formation to fund raising, operations and eventual exit. He advises operators on syndicated fund formations for a wide variety of business models, including property acquisition, development, operations and sale, as well as debt funds. In the past year, Anthony has helped more than 25 of his clients raise capital, with total transaction value exceeding $180,000,000.

Hunter Thompson

Hunter is a full-time real estate investor and founder of Cash Flow Connections, a private equity firm based out of Los Angeles, CA. Since starting CFC, Hunter has helped more than 200 investors allocate capital to over 100 properties, which have a combined asset value of more than $350,000,000. In connection with these investments, he has worked with some of the most experienced and well- respected asset teams across the United States and Canada.

Hunter is also the host of the Cash Flow Connections Real Estate podcast, which helps investor learn the intricacies of commercial real estate from the comfort of their home, car, or office.

Contact:
[email protected]
CashFlowConnections.com

TOPIC: Flipping Houses 101

DATE/TIME: Thursday, March 28th at 6:30pm

PRICE: $25 at the door

LOCATION:
Cerritos Library Conference Center
- 18025 Bloomfield Ave., Cerritos, CA 90703
- Parking is free
- Take elevator to the 3rd Floor
- Skyline Room A

AGENDA:
6:30 - Networking
7:15 – Flipping Houses 101
9:00 - Networking

HOSTS/SPEAKERS:
Mathew Owens - OCG Properties owner, CPA

Mathew is the founder of OCG Properties, LLC, a company that specializes in equity and cash flowing real estate investments. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a bachelors degree in economics with an emphasis in accounting, earning his CPA license while performing audit and taxation engagements at various CPA firms, and worked primarily on large real estate clients. He currently specializes in value add cash flowing residential and multifamily real estate investments having purchased and renovated over 500+ properties. Mathew works with investors in multiple ways to acquire real estate in high cash flow markets around the country. He also helps investors develop various cash flow streams through syndications run by professional operators, promissory notes and other real estate related assets.

Raymond Tsai - Team RT - Team Leader, Keller Williams Signature Realty Broker Associate

Raymond Tsai has been in the real estate industry since 2007. With 10 years of experience focusing in cities in southern California, Raymond has mastered the markets of residential properties including single-family homes, PUDs, condos and townhouses. Over the years, Raymond acquires professionals to his team and ensures his mission statement is well met: complete customer satisfaction. He believes the key to achieve high customer satisfaction is to be thoughtful and truthful at all times. In year 2014, he founded Team RT where he formed a group of professionals including buyer specialist, staging designer, marketing specialist, transaction coordinator and property manager to further assist his clients' needs of selling, buying and investing in real estate.

PRICE: $25 at the door, $20 Pre-Sale

CLICK HERE FOR PRE-SALE: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=67FCWMY896P2E

LOCATION: THE POINT 830 S. Sepulveda, Suite 200, El Segundo CA 90245

AGENDA:
6:30 - Networking - The Point
7:15 - Introductions
7:25 - Panel discussions - Preparing for the Downturn
9:00 - Networking - The Point

PANELISTS:
Jeremy Roll

Jeremy started investing in real estate and businesses in 2002 and left the corporate world in 2007 to become a full-time passive cash flow investor. He is currently an investor in more than 70 opportunities across more than $1 Billion worth of real estate and business assets. As Founder and President of Roll Investment Group, Jeremy manages a group of over 1,000 investors who seek passive/managed cash flowing investments in real estate and businesses. Jeremy is also the co-Founder of For Investors By Investors (FIBI), a non-profit organization that was launched in 2007 with the goal of facilitating networking and learning among real estate investors in a strict no sales pitch environment. FIBI is now the largest group of public real estate investor meetings in California with over 27,000 members. Jeremy has an MBA from The Wharton School, is a licensed California Real Estate Broker (for investing purposes only), and is an Advisor for Realty Mogul, the largest real estate crowdfunding website in the US. Jeremy welcomes e-mails ([email protected]) to network with or help other investors and to discuss real estate or business investments of any size.

Josh Satin

Josh Satin is a two time D1 college All American baseball player who was drafted by the New York Mets after completing his degree in political science from UC Berkeley in 2008. Josh played parts of four MLB seasons before retiring in 2016 and joining the Gelt team. As Director of Acquisitions, Josh is tasked with sourcing, underwriting, and analyzing all multifamily investments. In this role he has helped acquire 8 assets totaling over 2,500 units valued at close to $350,000,000. He also has been instrumental in helping Gelt enter into the mobile home park space by assisting in the acquisition of 8 parks totaling 1,000 spaces in the last two years. Lastly, Josh is a vital part of Gelt's equity raising team, helping the company to raise close to $300,000,000 in private equity from over 500 high net worth individuals since the company’s inception in 2009.

Robert Fragoso

Robert Fragoso has been exposed to real estate investing from an early age. His natural acumen has allowed him to be a successful private real estate investor since the early 1990s. With over 20 of years experience on both sides of a real estate transaction, his ability to identify untapped opportunities, combined with his expertise in maximizing the potential value in properties, remain fundamental in fostering success. Today, he embodies a true love of the real estate business, embracing new techniques and creating win-win opportunities as well as assisting others tap into opportunities they could not otherwise find without his expertise.

Robert's experience includes syndicating apartment buildings, business development, networking, fixing and flipping homes, purchasing at trustee sale and spent 16 years of his career helping to build Anchor Loans as the lead originator for the company helping 100's of investors expand their business and increase their yields through real estate investments.

His experience has given him a unique outlook which crosses many boundaries as he has seen and participated in over 10,000 transactions. This helps other in communication with him avoid many of the pitfalls accompanied with real estate investing.

TOPIC: "Using Other Peoples Money (OPM) to Invest in Real Estate"

RSVP HERE: https://www.meetup.com/forinvestorsbyinvestors/events/257723426/

DATE/TIME: Thursday, February 21st at 6:30pm

PRICE: $25 at the door

LOCATION:
Cerritos Library Conference Center
- 18025 Bloomfield Ave., Cerritos, CA 90703
- Parking is free
- Take elevator to the 3rd Floor
- Skyline Room A

AGENDA:
6:30 - Networking
7:15 – OPMs to Invest in RE
9:00 - Networking

SPEAKERS:
Michael Monge - Trilion Capital

Michael Monge is the Chief Lending Officer of Trilion Capital, one of Southern California's leading hard money lender's specializing in fix and flips, bridge loans and loans for new construction. Mr. Monge has over 20 years of residential private equity investment and construction lending experience ranging from a single home to thousand-unit master-planned communities. During the past 4 years with Trilion Capital has sourced and underwritten nearly $200 million in hard money loans. His experience prior to working with Trilion Capital includes leading a regional division of the real estate private equity firm Weyerhaeuser Realty Investors (WRI), managing an investment team for KeyBank Private Equity Group home builder finance, and overseeing the resolution and liquidation of receivership assets at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Mr. Monge holds a B.S. degree in International Marketing from Arizona State University and an M.B.A. in Finance from California State University, Long Beach. He also holds a California Real Estate License.

Dennis Doss - General Manager, Doss Law

Dennis H. Doss is the owner and founder of Doss Law ALC. Licensed as an attorney since 1978, Dennis represents private and hard money lenders and carryback sellers in Orange County and throughout California. He counts many of the top private or hard money mortgage lenders as his clients.
Attorney Doss is well versed in all aspects of mortgage finance, from the entities that operate and finance real estate to the professionals who finance real estate. He is a frequent lecturer on mortgage related issues, including consumer credit, commercial credit, mortgage backed securities, private money lending and lending compliance.

HOSTS:
Mathew Owens - OCG Properties owner, CPA

Mathew is the founder of OCG Properties, LLC, a company that specializes in equity and cash flowing real estate investments. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a bachelors degree in economics with an emphasis in accounting, earning his CPA license while performing audit and taxation engagements at various CPA firms, and worked primarily on large real estate clients. He currently specializes in value add cash flowing residential and multifamily real estate investments having purchased and renovated over 500+ properties. Mathew works with investors in multiple ways to acquire real estate in high cash flow markets around the country. He also helps investors develop various cash flow streams through syndications run by professional operators, promissory notes and other real estate related assets.

Raymond Tsai - Team RT - Team Leader, Keller Williams Signature Realty Broker Associate

Raymond Tsai has been in the real estate industry since 2007. With 10 years of experience focusing in cities in southern California, Raymond has mastered the markets of residential properties including single-family homes, PUDs, condos and townhouses. Over the years, Raymond acquires professionals to his team and ensures his mission statement is well met: complete customer satisfaction. He believes the key to achieve high customer satisfaction is to be thoughtful and truthful at all times. In year 2014, he founded Team RT where he formed a group of professionals including buyer specialist, staging designer, marketing specialist, transaction coordinator and property manager to further assist his clients' needs of selling, buying and investing in real estate.