The next San Diego Creative Investors Assn. (SDCIA) meeting is Tuesday, April 14th. We’ve left you another day to get your taxes completed or extension in on time.

This is a longer message than usual... for good reasons at the end of the email.

This month’s speaker is Claude Diamond. Claude is a long-time friend of the SDCIA; he’s been speaking to the group since the early 90s. He was one of the first presenters to teach us how to find, negotiate & properly document lease-purchases.

Claude has been splitting his time between his two homes in San Diego & Colorado. Our schedules coincided and we’re glad to have him speak to the group.

Claude will be speaking about sales. This is one of the least appreciated skills that you need to learn. Sales skills, in addition to negotiating skills, are essential to selling and buying. You will make better and safer deals if you learn how to sell.

Mike Cantu says, “Good deals aren’t found, they’re created.” And you use sales skills to create them.

Bruce Norris thought sales skills were important enough that he devoted most of one day of his Multi-Millionaire Maker seminars to learning sales methods and techniques!

Come to our meeting on Tuesday and learn why!

Presentation title:
What is the 2009 G.U.T.S.™ Success System?

Answer: Great Untraditional and Unorthodox Techniques Of Sales and
Success

SDCIA meetings are open to everyone. Just show up on the 2nd Tuesday of the month to the Scottish Rite Center at 1895 Camino del Rio South in Mission Valley. No reservations are necessary. Doors open for networking at 6 PM and the program starts at 7 PM.

Everyone's invited to a no-host pre-meeting dinner at Mimi's Cafe, 5180 Mission Center Road, from 4-6 PM. 619-491-0284

This month and next month there are three seminars that I strongly recommend:

April 17-19 – Gary Johnston and Clyde Wilson – “Financial Freedom Class”. Gary & Clyde are putting on the BEST workshop I’ve ever attended on the basics of wealth and money! No ka oi! (THE BEST) The instructors are truly the “millionaires next door”. I really urge everyone to attend this seminar at the Embassy Suites in Santa Ana. $495 www.moneynotmath.com

Read the testimonials. Two of them are from SDCIA speakers. And we all believe that this is a “must take” course for everyone!

April 18 – Rick Harmon - “53 Ways and Plays to Probate Profits”. Rick is the most knowledgeable investor in probate properties in California. He knows more than those probate gurus selling those very expensive seminars. They’ve actually had Rick teach segments of “their” course that they didn’t understand! Rick has helped me with several probate deals so I know he is the expert! Sheraton LAX. $397 www.irca-losangeles.com

May 29-31 – Jack Miller, Peter Fortunato & John Schaub – “Cash Flow Workshop”. These are three of my mentors. I ALWAYS recommend these educators. We haven’t been able to get Jack or Peter to speak to the SDCIA for over 10 years. We’ve been fortunate that John comes. Each of them has each been teaching real estate investors for over 30 years! They have hundreds of very successful students. You will learn as much from the experienced investors that will attend this workshop as from Jack, Peter & John themselves. Their students repeatedly take their classes and learn or relearn investment ideas. I do! San Francisco Holiday Inn. $750 http://bawb.info/cashflow/?ref=SDCIA

See you on Tuesday. Have a great Easter and eat as much candy as you want!