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Essential Real Estate Investing & Management
NEW CLASSES BEING FORMED NOW FOR March 2010

March 2010 — Cost: $55.00

April 2010 Class — Cost: $55.00

Landlording is back!

As more and more Americans move out of foreclosed homes and back into rental properties, it has become more important for real estate investors and property managers to understand how best to “landlord.” Competition for the best tenants has increased in recent months. And landlord-tenant law has changed in recent years. Stay current on landlording and property management law, tenant screening rules and property management techniques by attending this intensive 3-hour course.

With more than 25 collective years of experience as real estate investors, landlords, educators and investment property professionals, Matthew Griffith, Esq. and John Spafford can teach you, your tenant agents and your property managers important lessons to improve your During this class, you will learn more about:

· Improve profits & cash flow with the top ten screening tips.
· Learn what criteria to look for when choosing your tenants.
· Reduce management problems through improved communications with tenants, employees and contractors.
· Increase the value of your investment properties by increasing Net Operating Income.
· Avoid tenant lawsuits and reduce liability risks.
· Reduce eviction costs.
· Follow current landlord-tenant laws, including changes to the 45-Day Letter Rules.
· Follow current the fair Debt Collections Practices Act & related laws.
· Prevents lawsuits based on Fair Housing and Discrimination Laws
· Identify and purchase quality investment properties.
· Much more.

About The Speakers
 

Matthew Griffith is an attorney, owner and director of the Indianapolis law firm of Thrasher Buschmann Griffith & Voelkel, P.C. Matt is a graduate of Wabash College (B.A., 1989) and Drake University Law School (J.D., 1992), and has studied economics at Indiana University and Purdue University, as well as European history, culture and politics at the University of Toulouse, France. He practices primarily in the areas of real estate, business and collections law, and his clients generally include commercial and residential landlords and tenants, construction trades, developers, real estate investors, property management companies and neighborhood associations.

Matt is a long-time member and officer of the Central Indiana Real Estate Investors Association, Inc., and has served as the Association’s Legal Affairs Chairman for more than 15 years. He also frequently writes and lectures to landlords, real estate investors and other attorneys on a variety of real estate, collections, dispute resolution and related topics.

Matt is admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Indiana and the United States District Courts for Indiana. He was selected to and served as a member of the Blackstone Inn of Court, the American Inn of Court and the Order of Barristers. In 1997, the Wabash College Pre-Law Society awarded to Matt the Richard O. Ristine Law Award. Today, he co-chairs the Wabash College Moot Court Program, which he helped to found in 1993. He is also a Board member of the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men and a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, the Indiana Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

John Spafford is the President/Owner of the Indiana franchise for National Tenant Network, the nation’s premier resident performance reporting company. He has been an Indianapolis landlord for eight years. He has been a member of CIREIA since October 2003 and has served on the board for four years as communication chair and education chair. John is also active with the Indiana Apartment Association and serves on the board of the Oaklandon Youth Organization, promoting recreational and travel baseball teams. John lives in Indianapolis with his wife and children.

Renee Engelhart is a social media marketing advisor, “blog coach” and more. Renee brings a diverse background and unique perspective to her work as a Social Media Manager. With extensive experience on the technology side, Renee is also an entrepreneur, who understands the dynamics and needs of small and medium sized business owners and managers. She spent several years running the family real estate and property management business, and has worked for companies large and small. These days, she combines her entrepreneurial spirit and tech savvy to help clients take full advantage of all the opportunities offered by professional blogging and social media marketing. Renee offers a full range customized social media services – from strategy and technology implementation to content development and measurement (analytics). Her clients include small businesses, non-profits, and professional service providers.

Renee’s clients value her technology background and knowledge of social media, as well as her unique understanding of the challenges faced by entrepreneurs. She has a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, professional certification in Information Technology from George Mason University, two kids, a husband and a down-to-earth sense of humor. Contact Renee today @ www.GetBlogPower.com and enter the online social mediasphere. She’s passionate about social media marketing and can help you reach your audience in ways you never thought possible.

Testimonials

We had high expectations for this seminar before we attended, and those expectations were exceeded. Any real estate investor, including beginners, could learn from this seminar. The content was excellent, as are the written materials. Matt uses real-life examples that make understanding difficult concepts easy. Our only regret is that this seminar was not available when we first started in the business. We definitely got our money’s worth!!
- T. & J. Footman