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Where: Mercer Island Community Center
When: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Doors Open: 6:00pm

Hey Bigger Pockets Community. We are holding a Bee-hive Networking event this month. We’d love to have you join us. Our meetings are FUN and full of active investors doing deals all around the Puget Sound area. If you have never attended one of our main events then please be our guest for free to your first meeting! Just register online and use promo code “bigger” at checkout. 

http://reaps.memberize.com/clubportal/EventDisplayNew.cfm?clubID=173&EventID=215402&mo=3&tDate=%7Bd%20%272015%2D03%2D22%27%7D

Our main event is held monthly on the 4th Thursday and is open to the public. Most of these meetings will be at the Bellevue Red Lion Hotel but this month we are hosting a special networking event in Mercer Island. Members can attend this meeting free. Guests are $20 online or $25 at the door. If you have never attended one of our main events then just use coupon code “guest” at checkout to register for free for your first meeting.

What is Bee-Hive Networking?
Only the greatest, most successful, most dynamic and most popular new networking activity ever created. It is a business building activity that allows you to find exactly what you are looking for in a very short period of time. There are no elevator speeches, no selling, and no fears or discomforts.

Why should you attend this event?

REAPS is growing! That means we have a influx of new talent in our community and that's a GREAT thing for our long-time members and our new members alike. Come find out who knows the people you need to know! If you have a product or a service that you think would be a great fit for our members, come use the HIVE to find the right customers. If you are a new investor you are trying to build your team. Come use the HIVE to find the best referrals for your new team. If you are an experienced investor and a long-time member of REAPS then come and find NEW deals, NEW money, and NEW talent to refine your team.  

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How does Bee-Hive Networking work?

Attendees will be broken in to groups of 5 people each. For each round, there is one QUEEN BEE and one WORKER BEE in the group of 5. The QUEEN BEE tells the WORKER BEE what he/she is looking for (Examples - Looking for real estate investors, hard money lenders, a joint venture partner, etc.). The WORKER BEE then goes around to the other "hives" (group of 5 people) and asks each group, "Who knows of any real estate investors, hard money lenders, people who want to partner on a deal, etc?" If someone in the HIVE knows a real estate investor, hard money lender, or someone who wants to partner on a deal, etc, he/she hands the WORKER BEE a business card. At the end of the round (traditionally 5 minutes), the WORKER BEE comes back and hands the QUEEN BEE dozens of cards from people that can help him/her find real estate investors, hard money lenders, joint venture partners, etc. It's that simple and it works EVERY TIME!

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Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St
Mercer Island, WA

Where: Bellevue Red Lion Hotel
When: Thursday, February 26, 2015
Doors Open: 6:00pm

Hey Bigger Pockets Community. REAPS welcomes Brian and Lynette Wolff as our guest speakers this month in Bellevue, WA. We’d love to have you join us. Our meetings are FUN and full of active investors doing deals all around the Puget Sound area. If you have never attended one of our main events then please be our guest for free to your first meeting! Just register online and use promo code “bigger” at checkout. Here’s the link:

http://reaps.memberize.com/clubportal/EventDisplay...

What happens at a REAPS meeting? A lot! Doors open at 6:00pm in to our amazing networking room. Meet vendors and other members and see what kind of people join REAPS.  Food is served and the company is great. Pose a question about real estate to any of our volunteers at the Genius Bar or attend our Orientation at 6:30pm where we cover all the reasons why REAPS is one of the best Professional Associations in the nation for real estate investors. At 7:00pm our make your way into the ballroom for our jam-packed main meeting with your host and President, Katherine Swanberg. Watch as members announce what they have and what they need during the “Haves and Wants” round.  Learn about the current real estate market during our Market Update. Then, stick around to see our guest speaker. We look forward to having you as our guest.

Brian and Lynette Wolff will be teaching number 2 of 8 full-day trainings for us on Saturday February 28th. For registration and details click here. Remember you can attend ONE Saturday training per year with your membership for FREE.

Many of you may already know the Wolff Couple, Brian and Lynette, since they’ve spoken for us during Ron LeGrand's bootcamp last year.  For over 10 years they’ve been teaching students all across the country about the 8 Real Estate Investing Deals that make big money.  Over that time the Wolffs have worked alongside respected guru Ron LeGrand, creating investing systems with him and also teaching his events.  Lynette and Brian have over 40 years of combined experience in real estate, both starting as Realtors.  In new home sales Lynette set the Arizona state record for 41 homes sold in one month (she’ll teach you how to use urgency and the right scripts to sell your houses fast)!  Brian was the #1 Salesperson in the nation for Ameriquest Mortgage, and he also managed an office for them (now he’s an expert in structuring Pretty House financing). 

Then the Wolffs found Ron LeGrand and creative Real Estate Investing.  They got their life back and made more money than ever.  They’ll show you how YOU CAN TOO!  They continue to have a thriving investing business today, and they’ll demonstrate how to duplicate their amazing Automation Systems so you can work less and make more. The Wolffs believe that “The System is the Solution.”  Brian comes from a family of engineers, and he’s taken that “thinker brain” attention to detail and applied it to all his Checklists for Real Estate Investing.  He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Minnesota and wrote movies in L.A. for years, and he used that experience to put together powerful Scripts for every Closing Call and every objection you face as an investor.  That automatically gives you so much confidence!

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Lynette brings so much energy and enthusiasm to every event and every call.  Her motto is “Take Action!”  After she teaches you how, you’ll be raring to Take Action yourself and close more deals!  She loves making the LIVE Closing Calls that the Wolffs are famous for, that make their students cash money! The Wolffs teach in such a warm and conversational tone, they make it very easy and enjoyable to learn.  They even show real-world investing scenarios role-played up on the screen, and everyone role plays and gets involved.  Lynette also loves to give out lots of free stuff, shirts and cups and other goodies, plus 3 grand prizes worth thousands of dollars.  People call the Wolffs the best entertainers in the business, they definitely get everybody up and moving!  While the Wolff Couple are both funny and lots of fun, they are also deadly serious about teaching you exactly what it takes to make big money the quickest and easiest ways. The Wolffs focus heavily on teaching the Key Habits of Successful Investors, and how you can install them in your own business immediately.  One of the crucial concepts they stress is that “Habits Determine Destiny.”  The Wolffs’ 8 Step-by-Step Checklists for every kind of deal are renowned and revolutionary for your business.  So is their massively time-saving “Quick Start Daily Plan”, which keeps you perfectly focused on developing the right Habits in your first 30 days.  The Wolff Couple also understand how success truly has more to do with the emotional side of the business than the mechanics of it.  They know that the one main thing that holds people back is Fear, so they teach a special session on the “20 Surefire Techniques to Master All Fear.” 

The Wolffs love helping their students overcome any and all obstacles to reaching their goals.  They truly care about their students, and their mission is to help investors everywhere “Take Action!”  Successful Investors all across America use the Wolff Couple’s proven Systems, Scripts, and powerful Checklists every day to make big checks.  You definitely do not want to miss the amazing Wolff Couple!

REAPS Members free when you pre-register
Guests: $20 online, $25 at the door
Promo Code: "bigger"

Bellevue Red Lion Hotel
11211 Main Street
Bellevue, WA

Where: Bellevue Red Lion Hotel
When: Thursday, January 22, 2015

Hey Bigger Pockets Community. REAPS welcomes Robyn Thompson as our guest speaker in January. We’d love to have you join us. Our meetings are FUN and full of active investors doing deals all around the Puget Sound area. If you have never attended one of our main events then please be our guest for free to your first meeting! Just register online and use promo code “bigger” at checkout. Here’s the link: January Meeting

Robyn Thompson the “Rehab Queen”
Learn How to Quick Turn Houses That Need Renovations into
Fast Cash in Today’s Fast Paced Market!

Robyn is the nation’s leading expert on buying properties from motivated sellers at deep discounts, renovating them at lightning speed and selling them quickly for huge chunks of cash. Robyn has shared her knowledge with thousands of real estate investors. She is coming REAPS to teach cutting edge strategies that will produce huge profits in today’s competitive market. Robyn has rehabbed over 355 properties in her 16 years of investing.

***Robyn will be teaching a full-day training at our first of seven 2015 Saturday Education Series. Click here for details and registration.****

Robyn started 15 years ago with no job and $500. She now runs 5 high profit businesses that have produced millions of dollars in assets and she will share all of her business techniques on how to run a business like a business not a hobby so we can all make more money and work less hours. We look forward to seeing you at this great event!

Pre-Register for another chance to win a door prize!

What to Expect at Our Main Meetings:

Our main event is held monthly on the 4th Thursday and is open to the public. Most of these meetings will be at the Bellevue Red Lion Hotel. Members can attend this meeting free. Guests are $20 online or $25 at the door. If you have never attended one of our main events then just use coupon code “guest” at checkout to register for free for your first meeting.

What happens at a REAPS meeting? A lot! Doors open at 6:00pm in to our amazing networking room. Meet vendors and other members and see what kind of people join REAPS. Food is served and the company is great. Pose a question about real estate to any of our volunteers at the Genius Bar or attend our Orientation at 6:30pm where we cover all the reasons why REAPS is one of the best Professional Associations in the nation for real estate investors. At 7:00pm our make your way into the ballroom for our jam-packed main meeting with your host and President, Katherine Swanberg. Watch as members announce what they have and what they need during the “Haves and Wants” round. Learn about the current real estate market during our Market Update. Then, stick around to see our guest speaker. We look forward to having you as our guest.

***Available now until January 24th, purchase one ticket to all 7 of our 2015 Saturday Education Series for only $195.00. That is 7 full-day trainings for the cost of 5. This offer ends on January 24th. You can purchase a ticket to the series here.***

REAPS Members free when you pre-register
Guests: $20 online, $25 at the door

Use Promo Code: "bigger" to get into your first meeting for free.

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Bellevue Red Lion Hotel
11211 Main Street
Bellevue, WA

Where: Bellevue Red Lion Hotel
When: Thursday, January 22, 2015

Hey Bigger Pockets Community. REAPS welcomes Robyn Thompson as our guest speaker in January. We’d love to have you join us. Our meetings are FUN and full of active investors doing deals all around the Puget Sound area. If you have never attended one of our main events then please be our guest for free to your first meeting! Just register online and use promo code “bigger” at checkout. Here’s the link: January Meeting

Robyn Thompson the “Rehab Queen”
Learn How to Quick Turn Houses That Need Renovations into
Fast Cash in Today’s Fast Paced Market!

Robyn is the nation’s leading expert on buying properties from motivated sellers at deep discounts, renovating them at lightning speed and selling them quickly for huge chunks of cash. Robyn has shared her knowledge with thousands of real estate investors. She is coming REAPS to teach cutting edge strategies that will produce huge profits in today’s competitive market. Robyn has rehabbed over 355 properties in her 16 years of investing.

***Robyn will be teaching a full-day training at our first of seven 2015 Saturday Education Series. Click here for details and registration.****

Robyn started 15 years ago with no job and $500. She now runs 5 high profit businesses that have produced millions of dollars in assets and she will share all of her business techniques on how to run a business like a business not a hobby so we can all make more money and work less hours. We look forward to seeing you at this great event!

Pre-Register for another chance to win a door prize!

What to Expect at Our Main Meetings:

Our main event is held monthly on the 4th Thursday and is open to the public. Most of these meetings will be at the Bellevue Red Lion Hotel. Members can attend this meeting free. Guests are $20 online or $25 at the door. If you have never attended one of our main events then just use coupon code “guest” at checkout to register for free for your first meeting.

What happens at a REAPS meeting? A lot! Doors open at 6:00pm in to our amazing networking room. Meet vendors and other members and see what kind of people join REAPS. Food is served and the company is great. Pose a question about real estate to any of our volunteers at the Genius Bar or attend our Orientation at 6:30pm where we cover all the reasons why REAPS is one of the best Professional Associations in the nation for real estate investors. At 7:00pm our make your way into the ballroom for our jam-packed main meeting with your host and President, Katherine Swanberg. Watch as members announce what they have and what they need during the “Haves and Wants” round. Learn about the current real estate market during our Market Update. Then, stick around to see our guest speaker. We look forward to having you as our guest.

***Available now until January 24th, purchase one ticket to all 7 of our 2015 Saturday Education Series for only $195.00. That is 7 full-day trainings for the cost of 5. This offer ends on January 24th. You can purchase a ticket to the series here.***

REAPS Members free when you pre-register
Guests: $20 online, $25 at the door

Promo Code: "bigger

http://reapsweb.com/

Bellevue Red Lion Hotel
11211 Main Street
Bellevue, WA

Where: Bellevue Red Lion Hotel
When: Thursday, November 20, 2014

Hey Bigger Pockets Community. REAPS welcomes Bob Diamond as our guest speaker this month in Bellevue, WA. We’d love to have you join us. Our meetings are FUN and full of active investors doing deals all around the Puget Sound area. If you have never attended one of our main events then please be our guest for free to your first meeting! Just register online and use promo code “bigger” at checkout. Here’s the link:

http://reaps.memberize.com/clubportal/EventDisplay...

Special Thank You to our presenters this year

David Billings

Will Heaton and James Dainard

Melanie Menge

Mike Sumsky

Bob Malecki

Marishka Pilch

You wanna see your fellow REAPS Members in action, and hear their experiences (good, bad, funny & embarrassing) from the battle field?? Join us for the last meeting of the year which is always a fun and educational experience.

Our annual slug-fest.  Where local investors - REAPS members - sit in the hot seat and talk about properties they flipped, rehabbed, rented, sold, bought or just plain considered.  You'll be treated to lessons learned and just how successful they were (or not!) AND you'll be able to hang out and speak to our intrepid investors afterwards.

Past Years' Deals of the year included a leaky, badly managed multi-family apartment building turned around, and an awesome rehab job done that initially wouldn't sell (and scared the pants off our club member!).

If you attend only one meeting each year, this is the one where you'll hear real investors talk about real Washington State deals and success!

Cost:
REAPS Members free when you pre-register
Guests: $20 online, $25 at the door 

Promo Code: "bigger"

http://reapsweb.com

Location:
Bellevue Red Lion Hotel
11211 Main Street
Bellevue, WA

Hi Georgia,

Welcome to BP!  If you are still interested I can recommend a great RE attorney who invests in real estate himself.  PM me and I will give you his info.

Katherine

Where: Bellevue Sheraton Hotel
When: Saturday, October 25, 2014

THIS EVENT IS FREE FOR ALL MEMBERS AND LUNCH IS INCLUDED.

Hey Bigger Pockets Community....It's our last Saturday training in 2014 and would love to have you there. We are so lucky that we have a tremendous amount of investment talent right inside the 4 walls of REAPS and at this event we are going to show them all off. Bring your laptops, your notepads and pens and spend the day with your REAPS community learning from other members and vendors who are actively investing in real estate....right now, in this market, in your neighborhood. We've had some topics that have exceeded our expectations and some speakers that you've been hounding us to ask back so this is your chance to see them at REAPS before we launch our 2015 curriculum.

http://reaps.memberize.com/clubportal/EventDisplayNew.cfm?clubID=173&EventID=196932&mo=10&tDate=%7Bd%20%272014%2D10%2D19%27%7D

What is this day all about?

It’s all about…YOU propelling your real estate investing career to the next level and beyond!
It’s about self-discovery and using your strengths as well as existing and NEW knowledge you’ll gain to maximize your standing in the industry.
It’s all about getting wealthy.
It’s about building a huge cash flow of residual income quickly.
It’s about working smart, not hard, and getting most of the work done for you.
It’s about learning new techniques and tools that work in our time, helping others in need and getting paid for what you know in the process.

THIS EVENT IS FREE FOR ALL MEMBERS AND LUNCH IS INCLUDED.
With the latest, most essential systems to grow your real estate business, transform your marketing, revolutionize your deal making and dramatically increase your cash flow. Here are just some of the topics we will be covering on Saturday.

12 Unique Methods to Finance Real Estate (even if you are broke)

Taught by Brandon Turner with Bigger Pockets. You may know him as the Senior Editor at BiggerPockets.com and co-host of the BiggerPockets podcast. Brandon Turner is an active real estate investor that focuses primarily on buying and leasing small multifamily properties in Grays Harbor County, Washington. He is also the Senior Editor and Community Director of BiggerPockets.com, the real estate investing social network. He has been actively involved in real estate since he was 21, investing in nearly every niche and strategy real estate has to offer.

Nailing Your ARV & Rehab Plan for Max Profit

Dave Billings is an expert in comping. He will show you exactly how to look at the comparable sales and active listings to get the best estimate possible of what your property will sell for. Dave’s simple system will allow the market to tell you exactly what level to rehab your property to.

Staged for Success

According to Home Gain, staging can provide up to 196% return on investment. In a sellers’ market staged homes sell faster and for thousands over the asking price. In a buyers’ market staged homes sell up to 90% faster than unstaged homes. In this 90 minute class, Pam will share professional stagers tips for showcasing a home for maximum profit. Want to know the hot colors, finishes and trends for 2015? Then don’t miss the opportunity to learn from one of the top stagers in the Seattle area and a nationally respected expert and trainer, Pam Christensen.

What to do with a deal?

Have a deal under contract? Not sure what to do next? Will and James will show you how to make a significant profit as a flipper or make huge assignment fees. They will be describing the process of flipping a property and explaining their secrets about the ins and outs of wholesaling. In the last 12 months Will and James have completed hundreds of transactions. Come learn from the pro’s and let their experiences guide you!

http://reaps.memberize.com/clubportal/EventDisplayNew.cfm?clubID=173&EventID=196932&mo=10&tDate=%7Bd%20%272014%2D10%2D19%27%7D

Cost:
REAPS MEMBERS ARE FREE AND LUNCH IS INCLUDED
Guests: $79 in advance, $99 at the door

Location:
Bellevue Sheraton Hotel
100 - 112th Ave NE
Bellevue

Where: Bellevue Red Lion Hotel
When: Thursday, October 23, 2014

Hey Bigger Pockets Community. REAPS welcomes Bob Diamond as our guest speaker this month in Bellevue, WA. We’d love to have you join us. Our meetings are FUN and full of active investors doing deals all around the Puget Sound area. If you have never attended one of our main events then please be our guest for free to your first meeting! Just register online and use promo code “bigger” at checkout. Here’s the link:

http://reaps.memberize.com/clubportal/EventDisplayNew.cfm?clubID=173&EventID=197185&mo=10&tDate=%7Bd%20%272014%2D10%2D01%27%7D

Hooked on Overages

This month we are excited to host guest speaker Attorney Bob Diamond. There are millions of dollars hidden away in government bank accounts waiting to be claimed. If that money is not claimed by the deadline it becomes property of the government – FOREVER – and is lost to the government!

In one large county in America there is thirty two million dollars sitting in the government bank accounts waiting to be claimed. In that particular jurisdiction if that money is not claimed within thirty-six months then the government gets to keep it – forever! So in that jurisdiction the government transfers nearly three million dollars a month from the holding account into the government operating accounts! And the people who the money should have been given to have lost it forever!

This is not what you expect – it’s not from lost bank accounts, unclaimed insurance policies, uncashed checks or unused gift cards. Everyone knows about those monies and you can easily see them on State Treasurers websites.

Where this money does come from is forced sales of real estate due to unpaid real estate taxes. Those sales happen every business day in America – in fact 28,000 parcels are offered for sale every business day and over the course of a year five billion dollars is generated from sales of those properties and liens against the properties (both sales of properties and liens can generate overages due to the former owner).

The sad fact is that few people who are owed this money are aware of the money and thus few of them ever get the money. Instead the government keeps the money.

Why is that?

Simple – because the people owed the money have no idea that the money is waiting for them to claim it. And since they don’t know about it the deadline to claim it slips by and the money is lost forever to the government.

Why doesn’t the government get these folks their money? Simple – they have no incentive to find the people owed the money or give it back to them. There is no budget or department to find the people owed the money and if the people don’t show up to claim the money the government can keep it – forever! And we all know that governments are short of money these days so they are glad to take the money.

So what does this have to do with you? Easy – you can help connect the people owed the money with their money – and take a finder’s fee for making that connection! There are literally millions and millions of dollars waiting to be claimed and you and get a part of that money! Join me on October 23rd at REAPS and I will show you how!

http://reaps.memberize.com/clubportal/EventDisplayNew.cfm?clubID=173&EventID=197185&mo=10&tDate=%7Bd%20%272014%2D10%2D01%27%7D

Robert Diamond, Esq.

We teach you how to make substantial fees of thousands and even tens of thousands of dollars locating money stranded in hidden government bank accounts and getting that money back to its rightful owner.

- This is NOT abandoned bank accounts or anything else you see on late night infomercials or your State Treasurers website
- There are hundreds of millions of dollars waiting to be claimed right this minute - and if it is not claimed in time then it is lost forever to our money-hungry government
- This money is hidden discretely in bank accounts and is not on the internet
- The money is there for the asking but virtually no former owners know the money is there and thus they never ask for it
- You will learn how to find that money and recover it for the former owner in exchange for a nice fat referral fee!

Bob Diamond is a practicing real estate attorney and investor with years of experience in real estate law, investment, development and is the author of three books on real estate investing. You may be familiar with Bob from his appearances on FOX, NBC, CNBC, NPR, or the Flip That House television show on TLC. Bob graduated from Villanova University with a degree in Finance in 1987 and from Temple University School of Law in 1993. He became a Pennsylvania licensed attorney in 1993. During his career outside real estate and law Bob worked for Meridian Mortgage in their default and REO department, for Arthur Anderson and Coopers and Lybrand as a business consultant, and for the international law firm Cozen O'Connor as a real estate attorney. For his own account Bob has been investing in real estate for over twenty years and has participated as the buyer, seller, or attorney in over one hundred million dollars in real estate transactions over the past twenty years. Bob has been teaching real estate investing since 1999 so you have probably heard of Bob in the investor world where he is known as the ‘guru's guru.' Because of his legal expertise and experience as a real estate attorney, Bob is sought after for his advice and counsel.

Cost:
REAPS Members free when you pre-register
Guests: $20 online, $25 at the door

Promo code: bigger