2018 Michigan Landlord & Real Estate Investor Free Conference & Expo Guide

2018

CONFERENCE PROGRAM GUIDE Michigan Landlord & Real Estate Investor FREE CONFERENCE

& EXPO

February 22-24 2018 DeVos Place

Grand Rapids,MI

ALSO FEATURING: • Breakout Sessions

Multi Family Investment Anthony Chara

FEATURING 8 NATIONAL SPEAKERS

Increasing Cash Using Other Filthy Riches Flow from Rentals through Real Estate People’s Money Nick Sidoti

Larry Goins

Chris McClatchey

• Over 50 Exhibitors • Networking Opportunities

Lifeonaire

Shaun McCloskey

Sponsored By:

Self-Directed IRA’s Edwin Kelly

REI Automation Brittany Calloway

Noel Selewski Agency, Inc.

Columbo’s Floors to Go • Compass Realty • Culver CPA Group • Green Property Management Indoor Climate Solutions • Shield Insurance Agency • Sherwin-Williams

Buying Notes Donna Bauer

NOTE BUYING – THE FASTEST, EASIEST, SAFEST WAY TO MAKE HUGE PROFITS IN REAL ESTATE Thursday, February 22 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. • River Overlook E-F

DONNA BAUER

As the founder and president of NoteBuyer, Inc., her strategies on note buying and short sales have had tremendous results for investors.

Donna packaged her system into a comprehensive and exiting course, the noteBuyer’s master guide, which she now uses as a way to share her success on buying real estate notes and discounted mortgages with the world. Learn how Donna’s tactics can help you take your real estate investment to the next level!

Donna Bauer is nationally known as the original NoteBuyer™ and has personally mentored hundreds of individuals to achieve their own financial and personal independence through mortgage investing. Donna is considered by many to be the foremost authority on note buying. As the mother of 4 boys, she was the typical soccer mom. In search of a vehicle that would offer her financial security without sacrificing cherished time with her children, Donna realized that discounted notes and mortgages was the answer. Utilizing over 10 years of experience in real estate investing and working right off her dining room table, Donna founded The NoteBuyer, Inc., which is now one of the most successful private investment firms in the country that specializes in the purchase of notes and mortgages.

THE POWER OF ZERO – LEARN HOW TO DO REAL ESTATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY Thursday, February 22 - 2:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. • River Overlook E-F

8 N ATION AL SPE A K ER S

CHRIS MCCLATCHEY

Chris McClatchey is a successful entrepreneur and nationally recognized speaker. Are you lacking the cash to get into real estate investment or need more cash to do more? Chris teaches everyone--from the beginner to the highly seasoned investor--how to maintain wealth through real estate investments. His “Power of Zero” technique, with which he was able to buy 80 rental units valued at over $5 million, with no money down is something you won’t want to miss out on! Chris believes that everyone has the power to be a successful real estate investor. He helps people discover the “Why” and “How” in order to help them manage their money and time and to “get out of their job and into their life.”

Chris McClatchey is a nationally recognized speaker who prides himself on the ability to "Educate highly qualified individuals on how to build multi-million dollar real estate portfolios using creative financing techniques, private lenders, partnerships, and retirement accounts." He owns several Real Estate Investment Companies and a Real Estate Brokerage in Brevard County. Chris is both a licensed Attorney and a licensed Realtor in the state of Florida. Chris has been a Real Estate Investor and a licensed Attorney since 1997. As an Attorney, he practiced Corporate and Insurance Litigation for the first five (5) years of his practice while residing in Ohio. Having moved to Florida in 2003, he became a licensed Attorney in Florida as well as a licensed Realtor.

FILTHY RICHES THROUGH REAL ESTATE – MAKING HUGE PROFITS FROM MOTIVATED SELLERS Friday, February 23 - 10:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. • River Overlook E-F

In this real estate course, Larry Goins will teach you how you can buy a $5,000 house that no one else wants and turn that into a successful money maker, earning more than the average investor makes on a home worth twice that! Think it’s impossible? Let Larry show you how to avoid missing out on opportunities other investors pass by and how to turn those opportunities into big profits!

LARRY GOINS

Larry has been investing in Real Estate for over 20 years. Larry is an active real estate investor and travels the US speaking and training audiences at conventions, expos and Real Estate Investment Associations on his strategies for buying 10-15 properties per month without ever leaving his office. Between speaking engagements and mentoring other Investors, he oversees the daily operations of Investors Rehab, Inc. Investors Rehab, Inc. is a real estate investment company that buys and wholesales 10-15 properties per month to other investors.

MULTI-FAMILY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FOR WEALTH – HOW TO INCREASE YOUR WEALTH EXPONENTIALLY WITH APARTMENTS/MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES Friday, February 23 - 1:10 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. • River Overlook E-F

ANTHONY CHARA

This is a hot topic in West Michigan! Learn the how’s and why’s of buying and investing in apartments and multi-family properties with Anthony Chara. Anthony will let you in on the secrets of why buying and investing in apartments and multi-family units can be a big money maker in today’s market. Learn how you can increase your net worth and build a successful portfolio with this informative course.

Anthony Chara is founder of $uccess Classes and President of Apartment Mentors LLC. Anthony’s specialty as an international speaker and educator is teaching regular people how to successfully invest in Apartment Buildings. He’ll show you why apartments/multi-units make sense in today’s market, how to buy with no money down and how not to get screwed by a seller

POWER OF SELF-DIRECTED IRA’S – TAKE CONTROL AND UNLOCK THE UNLIMITED POWER OF REAL ESTATE INVESTING WITH IRA’S. Friday, February 23 - 3:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. • River Overlook E-F

EDWIN KELLY

Have you heard that real estate investors can save huge on income taxes by using a self-directed IRA? Want to learn how to increase the value of your retirement plan several times over using real estate? Edwin Kelly has more than 25 years of financial experience and is one of the nation’s top experts on Self Directed Retirement accounts. In this course, Edwin will discuss what the average person can do to take charge of their finances and stop worrying about the future. He will also go over little-known investment strategies that may help you retire sooner than you expected as well as legal secrets to growing wealth tax-free. After this course, you will be able to rest easy knowing the secrets to saving for a comfortable retirement!

Edwin Kelly is America’s leading expert on Self Directed Retirement accounts and self-directed investment strategies. He has more than 24 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry. He worked for such notable companies like UBS and BISYS. Edwin is a Founder and currently serves as CEO of Specialized IRA Services. During his career, Edwin has also helped set up a Self-Directed IRA provider and grow it from 2 employees with approximately 300 accounts to 15 employees with approximately 3000 accounts. Edwin has helped one Self Directed IRA Custodian to become the largest in the industry. In 7 years, he grew the company from 97 employees to 300 employees, increased the Assets Under Custody from $2 Billion to $12 billion, and participated in the successful acquisition of 3 competitors.

REI AUTOMATION – HOW TO SET UP A VIRTUAL REAL ESTATE AUTOMATION SYSTEM Saturday, February 24 - 10:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. • River Overlook E-F

BRITTANY CALLOWAY

Brittany will take you step by step on how to create a smart and duplicable system of your very own that will become a money making machine! Brittany will teach you what REI Automation is, how to set up your own system, how to implement the system over multiple levels of automation, and where to find real motivational sellers online. After this course, you will have the know-how and confidence to begin setting up and using your system immediately!

Investing in real estate since 2015, Brittany has scaled up what other REI automation systems teach and made it her own. Here REI business has exploded and she is now investing in 4 states with a team of virtual assistants. She's raised millions in private money and invested millions and her business is BOOMING.

INCREASING CASH FLOW FROM RENTALS – HOW TO GET 2 OR 3 TIMES MORE RENT AND MUCH BETTER TENANTS WITHOUT SECTION 8 Saturday, February 24 - 1:10 a.m. - 3:10 p.m. • River Overlook E-F

NICK SIDOTI

Want to know how to increase cash flow from your existing rentals or how to implement new rental strategies to increase profits? Nick is your man. Featured in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, Nick has been investing in real estate since 1979. He has continued to buy real estate each and every year since. He specializes in residential rental properties, including single family homes, special needs housing and multi-family dwellings. His presentation will include various strategies, secrets and techniques for explosive rental growth, including renting to special populations.

Nick Sidoti™ AKA “DR CASHFLOW™” has been investing since 1979 and the national expert on student and special needs rentals. He has lectured to thousands at real estate conventions across the country since 1981. He is an award-winning columnist for his column, “DR. CASHFLOW™", which is featured monthly in some of the most widely circulated real estate investor publications in the nation.

Nick has been profiled and featured in the KIPLINGER FINANCE MAGAZINE for his innovative ideas on increasing cash flow with Special Needs Housing™.

LIFEONAIRE CHANGE YOUR LIFE…LEARN HOW TO DO REAL ESTATE WITHOUT GIVING UP YOUR LIFE AND WITHOUT DEBT Saturday, February 24 - 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. • River Overlook E-F

SHAUN MCCLOSKEY

“Everyone says they want to be a millionaire, but what they really want is LIFE!” In this exciting course, Shaun McCloskey will share his strategy Lifeonaire and show you how his processes and techniques radically shifted everything for him for the better. You will leave this course with a new perspective on what it means to be successful and prosperous, and you’ll be challenged to a new path – a very specific path you can actually follow, involving four very critical “stages” of personal and business growth.

Shaun will help provide the finishing touch by showing you how to implement all you’ve learned during the conference in a sane way to make you “life rich.” Shaun McCloskey is a seasoned real estate investor, author and coach based in St. Louis, MO. that has used real estate as an investment strategy and educational tool to change thousands of lives across the United States. He is the author of several real estate investing courses and is widely known for his expertise in the fields of pre-foreclosure and short sales.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 8:00 a.m. Registration Opens River Overlook Area (Near Escalators) 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Note Buying–The Fastest, Easiest, Safest Way to Make Huge Profits in Real Estate, Donna Bauer, National Speaker, River Overlook E-F 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch & Visit Exhibitors! (Food concessions available near escalators).

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. RPOA Annual Membership Meeting, River Overlook E-F 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. The Power of Zero, Chris McClatchey, National Speaker River Overlook E-F

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2018 7:30 a.m. Registration Opens River Overlook Area (Near Escalators) 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Exposition Open Check out the offerings of over 50 exhibitors.

8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Breakout Sessions: Using Air B&Bs as an Investment Strategy (Expert Panel) River Overlook A-B

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Real Estate Investment & Landlording Idea a Minute (Audience Participation) River Overlook C-D

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Fair Housing : Service, Assistance & Support Animals, Liz Keegan, River Overlook E-F

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Grand Rapids Lead Grant Program & Rental Rehab Loans, Doug Stek Chase Board Room

Learn from investors in the know and actively engaging in investment in short-term rentals. Find out what is working—and what doesn’t and where you can’t do short-term rentals.

Come prepared to hear and share the best strategies other investors have used over the past year and their ideas for 2018.

Liz, Director of Education & Outreach, Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, will provide the latest rules, guidelines and regulations regarding service, assistance and support animals and explain what rental property owners and managers must do (and not do) to comply with Federal, State and Local laws.

Doug, Housing Rehabilitation Supervisor, Community Development Department, City of Grand Rapids will give an overview of the grant and loan programs available to investors in the City of Grand Rapids. Learn how you can get up to $14,000 per unit of free money.

9:10 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Paul Isley, Economics Professor GVSU, Economic Forecast, River Overlook E-F

Join us for one of the most popular breakouts of the conference! Paul will provide a review of where our economy is now and where it is headed into 2018 and beyond with a perspective on real estate.

10:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Filthy Riches and HUD, Larry Goins, National Speaker River Overlook E-F 12:10 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Lunch & Visit Exhibitors! (Non-members, join us for a free lunch in River Overlook C-D. 1st come, 1st serve).

12:10 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. Deal Room & Lunch River Overlook A-B

Bring your lunch with you and share deals you have or ones you’re looking for.

1:10 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. How to Increase Your Wealth Exponentially with Apartments/Multi-Family Properties, Anthony Chara, National Speaker River Overlook E-F 3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Take a Break with Exhibitors & Sponsors!

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Take Control…Unlock Unlimited Buying Power with Self-Directed IRAs, Edwin Kelly, National Speaker River Overlook E-F

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018 7:30 a.m. – Registration Opens River Overlook Area (Near Escalators) 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Exposition Open Check out the offerings of over 50 exhibitors.

8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Breakout Sessions: •

Seller Financing (Expert Panel) River Overlook A-B

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Don’t Do What I Did (Audience Participation) River Overlook C-D

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Investing Outside of Your Area (Expert Panel) River Overlook E-F

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Home Depot RPOA Rebate ProX Program, Home Depot Rep. Chase Board Room

Learn how others are using seller financing to do more deals and how to put more deals together using other people’s money.

Experts and attendees share their horror stories and newest and greatest ideas regarding real estate investment and landlording. Come prepared with your own to share!

Finding deals in West Michigan has become more difficult. Learn how other investors are doing deals outside of Michigan.

Learn how your RPOA membership can tap you into every day savings with Home Depot and earn 2% rebates—in addition to special deals on appliances, paint, cabinets and more.

9:10 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Kristin Turkelson, Grand Rapids Real Estate Development Projects 2018 River Overlook E-F

Learn about all the newest developments in the city of Grand Rapids from Kristin Turkelson, Director, City of Grand Rapids Planning Department.

10:10 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. REI Automation, Britanny Calloway, National Speaker River Overlook E-F 12:10 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Lunch & Visit Exhibitors! (Food concessions available near escalators).

12:10 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. Deal Room & Lunch River Overlook A-B

Bring your lunch with you and share deals you have or ones you’re looking for.

1:10 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Increasing Cash Flow from Rentals, Nick Sidoti, National Speaker River Overlook E-F 3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Take a Break with Exhibitors & Sponsors!

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Lifeonaire, Shaun McCloskey, National Speaker River Overlook E-F * As of February 12, 2018. The schedule is subject to change.

FULL SCHE DULE *

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SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS CONFERENCE UNDERWRITER:

PLATINUM SPONSORS:

Noel Selewski Agency, Inc.

GOLD SPONSORS:

SILVER SPONSORS:

Columbo’s Floors to Go Compass Realty Services Culver CPA Group Green Property Management Indoor Climate Solutions Sherwin-Williams Shield Insurance Agency

B2B Capital Funding LLC Byo-Safe Environment Compass Leasing Services Michigan Lawn Service & Snow Inc Mercantile Bank Modernistic Cleaning & Restoration RK Property Management Rockfinch Realty Simple Home Management SOS Financial Services LLC Westshore Property Management

EXHIBITORS: A.C.N. Auction.com Bath Fitter Champion Home Exteriors College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving Equity Trust Feel Good Inc. Fund Your Deal LLC Get The Lead Out Grant & Healthy Homes Coalition Grand Rapids Green Spaces Grand Slam Investigating Kent County Housing Commission LAST BIDrealestate.com Law Offices of David Carrier Michigan Agency for Energy (LARA)

Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial National Real Estate Investors Association Northpoint Bank Republic Services RSI Home Products-Hampton Bay Cabinets Specialized IRA Services Steamatic Restoration & Cleaning The Home Depot Think Freely Media United Bank United Properties of West Michigan Velo Law Office Wex2 Management, LLC-DBA Junk King Williams Distributing