Midlands Real Estate Investors Association

Midlands REIA Monthly Meeting - Working with a Licensed Real Estate Broker
2020-11-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Online Midlands REIA, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
This meeting feature an interview with an experienced real estate agent and broker, Dawn Adams. Dawn will give us insights on how she can best serve investors as well as how she uses her license to invest, herself. This will be an informal “coffee table” meeting so feel free to ask questions or bring in comments as Dawn speaks.
There will be a pre-meeting on how to obtain affordable legal assistance from licensed attorneys and identity theft protection using LegalShield services from 7 pm til 7:30 pm. After that, there will be an introduction to Midlands REIA and then our featured talk with Dawn.

Midlands REIA Monthly Meeting - Business & Tax Planning for Success
2020-10-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Midlands REIA, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States

Workshop: On-Site House Rehab (Before Rehab)
2020-10-03 08:00 - 13:00 | On-Site (attendees to be notified prior to event), SC, United States
On-site workshop of the latest rehab project by Realtor/investor, Blaire Kobliski, before any rehab work has been done. This workshop will be taught by Blaire and contractor, Wayde “Eddie” Sabina. Attendees will be allowed to record this workshop and will receive workbooks for on-site activities. This is the first of three workshops planned at this house.
This workshop is limited to 12 attendees. It is free for Midlands REIA annual members and $40 per person for non-members. Admission fee includes workbook and all three workshops. MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED BECAUSE OF COVID-19! THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HAS A MASK ORDINANCE IN EFFECT!

Midlands REIA Monthly Meeting (ONLINE): Managing Your Rehab Contractors
2020-09-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Midlands REIA, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
There will be a pre-meeting session on obtaining affordable legal assistance, especially regarding COVID-19, with LegalShield until 7:30 pm.
This online meeting will feature a seasoned licensed residential builder, Wayde “Eddie” Sabina, and a Realtor/investor, Blaire Kobliski, who will tell us what they know about maximizing values and profits on house rehabs they work on and resell. They’ll tell us how to properly screen out the bad workers who masquerade as contractors but aren’t really qualified and how to get the best efforts from the legitimate contractors. They’ll tell us what to look for and what pitfalls to avoid when rehabbing houses.
Eddie has been a licensed residential builder since 1998 and is also a license home inspector. Blaire rehabs houses only part-time and so far averages $30K profit per rehab flip. Rehabbing houses isn’t anywhere as easy as it looks on the HGTV house flipping shows so Eddie and Blaire will tell us what it’s REALLY like to rehab houses from a contractor’s viewpoint and from a Realtor’s/investor’s viewpoint.

How To Connect And Do Business With The Latino Markets
2020-09-14 11:00 - 12:00 | SC
This meeting has a password: [REDACTED]
This online meeting, held by Vanessa Mota of Mota Enterprises, will give an introduction on how to tap into Latino markets to increase our reach and market share. Vanessa is a multicultural expert with close ties into the different cultures here in the South Carolina Midlands.
This meeting has a password: [REDACTED]

Midlands REIA Monthly Meeting (ONLINE): Interview with a Rags-To-Riches Success
2020-08-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Midlands REIA, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
There will be a pre-meeting session on obtaining affordable legal assistance, especially regarding COVID-19, with LegalShield until 7:30 pm.
This month, we interview Gerald Stauffer who dropped out of 8th grade, started with only $1500 in his name in 2003, and has since bought and sold over $11 million in real estate. Gerald lives in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. This will be an open Q & A especially for those who want to get into real estate investing without a lot of money. Gerald will tell us ways to start with nothing and still find deals and funding for them, as well as how he eventually got into commercial real estate and thrives in that arena now.

LegalShield Online Meeting – Protect Your Business, Your Clients and Your Family During Uncertain Times
2020-07-24 13:30 - 14:15, 2020-07-17 13:30 - 14:30 | SC
Protecting Your Business and You Personally in Times of Uncertainty
About this Event
You take care of everyone else and everything else. Who is helping take care of YOU?
Commonly asked questions around uncertain times:
Business:
What are your obligations to protect your employees?
What are your obligations to pay employees on sick leave?
If an employee is showing virus symptoms, can you force them to stay home?
Are you required to allow employees to work at home?
Are you responsible if employees are exposed to the virus while on the job?
Can you ask employees to get tested for COVID-19?
Are you up to date on new legislation around government relief efforts?
Employee benefits? Are there ideas for helping my employees, without spending a lot of money?
Personal:
Should you become ill, does someone have power of attorney for you and your business?
Do you have your estate planning documents (Wills, Trust, Power of Attorney, Medical Power of Attorney) complete and up-to-date?
Life insurance, to meet your family needs and to cover the debt on your business.
Retirement concerns. What should you be doing? Do you have a plan?
ZOOM LINK PROVIDED AFTER REGISTRATION
Mitchell Protection Group
(803) 622-5334

Midlands REIA Monthly Meeting (ONLINE): Serving Multicultural Markets
2020-07-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Midlands REIA, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
There will be a pre-meeting session on obtaining affordable legal assistance with LegalShield until 7:30 pm.
Real estate investor, Carlos Barrera of Barrera Investments, and cross-cultural expert, Vanessa Mota of Mota Enterprises, will show us how we can expand our markets, not by increasing coverage area but by tapping into the different cultures and international communities that exist right now in our markets and that many of us overlook even though we probably know them as neighbors, friends, and co-workers. Carlos and Vanessa not only work with the Anglo-American and African-American communities, but also with Latino, Middle Eastern, Asian, and others. Carlos is particularly skilled at quickly finding cash buyers from the Latino and Asian communities to help us sell our houses and Vanessa can help us solidify the relationships we start with people from other cultures.
Rather than spend extra resources to increase our profits by expanding geographically, we can increase our profits just by taking some time and putting forth a little effort to better understand the people in the different communities and cultures where we live and work.

Midlands REIA Monthly Meeting (ONLINE): A Philosophy of Real Estate Investing - Seller Financing
2020-06-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Midlands REIA, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
There will be a pre-meeting session on obtaining affordable legal assistance with LegalShield until 7:30 pm.
This meeting will be on “A Philosophy of Real Estate” with Kevin Kolinski. Kevin will tell us the realities of seller financing. Seller-financed deals do NOT happen because of techniques you learn. Kevin will explain what really makes seller financing possible. Kevin has been using creative techniques to acquire properties for over a decade without borrowing from financial institutions and without using a lot of his own money.

Columbia REIA Monthly Meeting (ONLINE): Basics of Owner Financing
2020-05-28 19:00 - 20:30 | SC
The main topic for this ONLINE meeting is Owner Financing. When we can’t sell properties for top price or by conventional methods, owner financing is a valid option since we can not only sell to buyers who can get bank loans, but we can also sell to buyers who can’t, or won’t, get bank financing.
Owner financing is a good option for sellers who mainly want cash flow and possible tax benefits from properties they sell. The speaker for tonight is seasoned Realtor and investor, Kiesha Jones. Kiesha not only uses the Multiple Listing Service as one of her powerful weapons, she also uses creativity as an investor to maximize selling prices and profits.

How To Create An Opportunistic Fund (ONLINE)
2020-05-12 14:00 - 15:00 | SC
What investing opportunities in both real estate and other industries have been produced? How can you, the entrepreneur, take advantage of what comes? Multiple economists and futurists predict that the opportunities will come and go fast, so an opportunity seeker has to be at the ready to act.
In this webinar, securities attorneys, Jillian Sidoti and Nancee Tegeder with the Crowdfunding Law Firm, are going to teach you how to start your very own opportunity fund so that you can be ready to take advantage of the opportunities that the new economy will provide and when it provides them.
Jillian Sidoti, Esq., specializes in transactional legal matters such as private placement memorandums, S-1′s/S-11’s, and Regulation D filings. Jillian also speaks at seminars educating real estate investors on how to legally raise capital for their real estate investment projects. She is one of the country’s foremost authorities on crowdfunding and syndication.
Nancee Tegeder, Esq., is a Partner at Trowbridge Sidoti LLP where she advises clients on matters related to crowdfunding, syndications, commercial real estate transactions, and securities laws. Nancee is the leading expert at the firm on opportunity zone funds.

Midlands REIA Monthly Meeting (ONLINE): Legally Pooling Investor Funds By Syndication
2020-05-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Midlands REIA, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
This meeting will open with a brief overview of how to obtain affordable legal protection during this COVID-19 pandemic with LegalShield services.
Securities attorney and leading expert on syndication and crowdfunding, Jillian Sidoti, Esq., will teach us how to legally pool investor funds to be able to do bigger deals with much higher profit potentials than what each individual investor could do alone by themselves. People have gone to prison for violating rules and regulations governing the structures of this type of funding. Ms. Sidoti’s expertise is in ensuring that we don’t violate these laws. This is a free ONLINE event that requires your registration to attend.
Since 2008, Ms. Sidoti has submitted multiple Regulation A Offering Circulars to the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval making her one of the few attorneys familiar with the law prior to the changes under the JOBS Act. Since the JOBS Act, she has assisted multiple companies and entrepreneurs in reaching their fundraising goals through both crowdfunding and syndication. She also teaches college courses for MBA programs.
Ms. Sidoti is the author of the highly rated book, The Crowdfunding Myth, that teaches best practices for crowdfunding and how to effectively crowdfund securities offerings. She is also an expert on pooling self-directed retirement funds from investors to fund large deals.

One Million Cups - Columbia Entrepreneurs Meeting (ONLINE)
2020-05-06 09:00 - 10:00 | Online 1 Million Cups – Columbia, SC, United States
This is a weekly education and networking meeting for entrepreneurs in the South Carolina Midlands. This week’s meeting is ONLINE (meeting password: [REDACTED] because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This Wednesday features a local restaurateur, Mohammed Saadedden with NoMa Bistro Mediterranean Grill by Al-Amir on Main. Nationally, the restaurant industry has already been deeply affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Most restaurants have been experiencing closures, takeout, and relief efforts during Covid 19. Mohammed’s main goal is to make sure he creates an environment to rehire his staff and invite people into a safe environment. NoMa by Al Amir is a locally owned Mediterranean restaurant located on the North Main corridor with choices for everyone! All of their food choices are suitable for any vegetarian, vegan, or gluten/dairy- free customers. Join us virtually and learn from how Mohammed’s restaurant is remaining strong and is surviving this Coronavirus pandemic. This meeting has a password: 1MC

LegalShield Afternoon Meeting (ONLINE) – Protecting Your Business, Your Clients, and Your Family During Uncertain Times
2020-04-24 13:30 - 14:00 | SC
This ONLINE meeting is a quick summary of how we can use the legal services through LegalShield to affordably protect our real estate investing and other businesses, and ourselves, during these uncertain times. This meeting is hosted by LegalShield Regjonal Manager, Sarah Mitchell.
Register for this ONLINE meeting by clicking here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtf-Ctrz4qH9NB8NIvpqdVzPOM1uwT6pO2

LegalShield Morning Meeting (ONLINE) – Protecting Your Business, Your Clients, and Your Family During Uncertain Times
2020-04-24 09:30 - 10:00 | SC
This ONLINE meeting is a quick summary of how we can use the legal services through LegalShield to affordably protect our real estate investing and other businesses, and ourselves, during these uncertain times. This meeting is hosted by LegalShield Regjonal Manager, Sarah Mitchell.
Register for this ONLINE meeting by clicking here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ucOmgpjkqEtQhxw53VCvpAvTfsaPmNGXt

Columbia REIA Monthly Meeting (ONLINE): Basics of Wholesaling Houses
2020-04-23 18:30 - 20:00 | SC
This ONLINE meeting will cover the basics of wholesaling houses. It will give step-by-step instructions on the mechanics of wholesaling.

Midlands REIA Special Event (ONLINE) - Investing in Recessions and Inflation by Randy Hughes
2020-04-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Midlands REIA, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
Our presenter, Randy Hughes, has been a full-time real estate investor since 1969 and he’s survived (and thrived) during good times and bad, and he’ll tell us ways to invest during this COVID-19 pandemic. His specialty is hiding properties in land trusts for maximum privacy and he’s used techniques like this over the years to survive even the most severe downturns in the markets.

Randy has written extensively for local and national real estate publications. He has taught real estate classes at the University of Illinois, Parkland College and Elgin Community College. Randy has been a licensed Continuing Education Instructor for the Illinois Association of Realtors for over 25 years. He also speaks to real estate investment clubs throughout the United States.
Register for this online meeting to learn how to survive recessions and inflation.

WIRE - Women In Real Estate Monthly Meeting (ONLINE)
2020-04-18 13:00 - 15:00 | SC
Monthly Women In Real Estate meeting. This is an ONLINE meeting.
The password to this meeting is: 081201

LegalShield Online Meeting - Protecting Your Business During COVID-19 Pandemic
2020-04-17 13:30 - 14:00 | SC
This ONLINE meeting is a quick summary of how we can use the legal services through LegalShield to affordably protect our real estate investing and other businesses, and ourselves, during this COVID-19 pandemic. This meeting is hosted by LegalShield Regjonal Manager, Sarah Mitchell.
Join this ONLINE meeting by clicking here: https://zoom.us/j/5081046126

Midlands REIA Monthly Meeting (ONLINE): Funding Deals With Tax-Free Retirement Funds
2020-04-13 19:00 - 21:00 | SC
Sean McKay, Senior Vice-President at American IRA, will teach us how to use self-directed IRA’s and other tax-exempt funds for tax-deferred and tax-free returns as well as how to rapidly build up our own retirement savings! This is an ONLINE meeting.
