thank you for having him as a guest speaker!

Join us today as we speak with Grant Cardone -- motivational speaker, massively successful investor and best-selling author of The 10X Rule -- and delve into the tricks of the trade that have helped him to flourish in real estate beyond what most of us can imagine.

Where we once had a record/CD collection, VHS/DVD collection, library, video game consoles, and giant stereos with huge speakers, we now have a notepad, ear buds and a wire coming out of the wall.

Guest speaker was Jamie Cooke and she is an expert at wholesaling REOs.

I can confidently report that the hardest part is getting the next speaker lined up to share information on our market and what's happening.

I joined REAPS in December and have been really impressed with the energy of the members, organization of events, the speakers they've lined up, etc.

I got a 55 lcd, a bose speaker, 2 thin ps3s, 35 games, 2x 25 inch 1080p hp computer monitors, and more tools than I can handle.....including a dewalt grinder and sawzaw, a huge bolt cutter, countless handtools, and a Freon manifold gauge.......the best however, was that by looking at one of the tool bags, he was braking into vacant houses and stealing (which some of my places have been subjected to).....now I get to steal from one of them, legally...hahahathe story improves from there though.

I am looking at starting a similar group in Toronto, Canada, focusing on commercial real estate investing.This is the format I was thinking of using:1. 20 minutes networking2. 40 minutes speaker or workshop (finding a deal, negotiating, raising capital, managing, taxes, refinancing) & Q&A3. 10 minutes people pitching ideas to the group4. 30 minutes networkingMaybe we could share speakers.

I am sure the speakers are telling you HOW to "BUY RIGHT."

We recently wasted time putting in an offer on a HUD house - $97,000 all cash on a $98,000 asking price, with a need to buy all kitchen applicances (faucet, dishwasher, microwave hood, stove, refrigeratior, and washer & dryer), eight or ten speaker holes in the ceilings in various places to fix, and carpet which needs to be replaced.