Here's the new SDCIA newsletter:
SDCIA Newsletter March 2006
Welcome to the new San Diego Creative Investors Association’s newsletter. The purpose of this newsletter is to provide information about the group, the meetings and general interest. It will be produced monthly and come out at the beginning of each month. We're providing this newsletter in response to the many requests for further information about the meetings, speakers and upcoming events… and not having to attend the meetings to get to that information.
This newsletter is a work in progress so please bear with us as we grow and change.
Our next meeting will be Wednesday, March 8th. Doors open at 6 p.m. Our speaker will be John Hyre. All our meetings are at the Scottish Rite Masonic Lodge, 1895 Camino Del Rio South in Mission Valley of San Diego. Please go to our web site, www.sdcia.com, for directions and a map to our meetings.
Here's a little bit about John:
“John Hyre is an attorney, accountant and real estate investor. All of his clients are real estate investors. Prior to venturing out on his own, he worked for two of the Big Five accounting firms and for several Fortune 500 companies. He saved his clients millions of dollars in taxes annually. But working for the man got old - so now he’s here to save RE investors big bucks...and invest his earnings in more RE of his own.
His advice and research are thoroughly focused on real estate. He’s heard most of the questions and researched most of the answers....and constantly works to stay on top of RE tax issues. (for more about John Hyre’s topics & background, go to our web site, www.sdcia.com.)”
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Bruce Norris has notified the SDCIA that his seminar, California “Only” Investor Essentials, this Saturday March 4th, is now FREE!! Look under Upcoming Events on the SDCIA web site, www.sdcia.com, on how to contact The Norris Group & sign up.
BRAND NEW!
The SDCIA's president, Bill Tan, now offers a blog that you can access from the SDCIA web site. A blog is a web forum for disseminating information and questions and answers. The blog, as well as this newsletter, is a work in progress. He will be offering his opinions, lessons learned, answering questions and other subjects (primarily real estate) for you to read and comment upon. Check it out and let us know what you think.
This & That
Some of us now meet, just before the regular meetings, at Mimi’s Café in Mission Valley (5180 Mission Center Road, 619-491-0284). The meetings start at 4:30 p.m., are informal, not hosted and you're on your own for dinner. We have found it to be a wonderful time for networking and Q & A in a quieter and more relaxed atmosphere than can be found at the SDCIA meetings. And some times we have surprise guests!
The SDCIA library is an intellectual goldmine. You can find books and seminars on just about every topic of real estate investing and other related topics. Any member may check out items from the library. So be sure to become a member!
Haves/Wants is a popular part at each meeting. Presenters have the opportunity to tell the group and listeners on the web site of real estate related deals they have or are looking for. No services are presented from the podium, unless they are special real estate related services. Please get permission to present the services before the meeting starts. The list of Haves/Wants is limited to the first 20 to sign up on a first-come, first-served basis. We have this limit due to the time constraints of the meetings. The sign up sheet can be found on the podium in the front of the room. A board member will have a special sign-up sheet with only 20 slots to be filled out… and only this sign up sheet will be used.
Professionals such as lenders, real estate agents, appraisers, CPAs, attorneys, etc., have an opportunity at every meeting to be recognized. Be sure to bring plenty of business cards and/or flyers for the back tables.
Different areas of the meeting room are designated for specific networking before the meeting starts. The three areas are: people with money or looking for money for real estate deals, those with properties or looking for properties, and service providers.
Member Benefits
Members of the SDCIA enjoy these benefits:
- Access to books and tapes in our library.
- Listen to past meetings from the website. (streaming MP3).
- Reduced meeting fees (membership pays for itself in 9 meetings)
- Place your company ad on the website!
- Round -Robin: Share your needs/wants during our public forum.
- Networking - good for investors, buyers, sellers, vendors.
- Hear the best speakers from the creative RE industry.
- Keep Motivated with like-minded people.
Schedule of Upcoming Speakers
April 12 – Chief Denney, “Strategies for Investing in the Current & Upcoming RE Market"
May 10 – Michael Morrongiello, “The Unity of Real Estate and Paper”
June 14 – Robert Campbell – “Timing the Real Estate Market”
Upcoming Seminars – for contact information go to www.SDCIA.com
March 4 - Bruce Norris, “Investor Essentials Seminar” – FREE
March 11 - John Hyre, “Bookkeeping, Taxes and Asset Protection” – more info at
regular SDCIA meeting.
March 14 – Fred Eckert, “Small Group Training” - FREE
March 18-19 – Peter Fortunato, “One Step Beyond”
March 23 – Fred Eckert, “Small Group Training” - FREE
March 25 – Bill Tan, “Beginning Calculator Class”
April 1-2 – Bruce Norris, “Buying Systems Seminar”
April 21-23 – John Schaub, “John Schaub's Graduate Class”
May 20-21 – Bruce Norris, “Negotiating Seminar”
June 24-25 – Bruce Norris, “Foreclosures Seminar”
