Speakers

2010 Speakers
March	Home Depot- Pro Sales Manager - Rebate program - Volume pricing program - Tool rental - Home delivery of supplies and truck rentals	Bernie Staffor Colleen Weaver
February	Sherlock Homes Inspection, Ltd. Matt is now in his 25th year as an independent home inspector, and has been working with investors since Day One. A regular speaker at this REIA, his audiences have always gotten more than they expected!	Matt Bezanson
January	Strategies for Property Tax Assessment Appeals They will be presenting the procedures for appealing your property tax assessment. They include: - Analyzing and assembling appeal documents - Presenting your case to local board of review - Reviewing results from local board - Petitioning the Michigan Tax Tribunal if necessary Harold will be discussing the procedures and deadlines for filings up to and including the Michigan Tax Tribunal.	Glenn Eckert and Harold Hoyt
2007 Speakers
November	Managing Rentals (over 200) How to put systems in place! Run your rentals without the hassle! How to use simple checklists! How to increase y9our rent collection exponentially!	Missy McCall-Hammonds
October	Lease Evictions	Aaron Cox
September	Insurance for Investors Proper insurance coverage is an essential part of real estate ownership. There are things that every investor should know about it. Some of them your insurance company wants you to be aware of; some they do not. The bottom line when you know this stuff your protection will increase your profits and your costs will go down. All this and more will be revealed at this very informative seminar	Zoltan Cunningham, LUTCF
August	Open Forum President KOEHLER and Panel of Board Members will answer questions concerning Landlording, Buying and Flipping, Wholesaling, Mortgage, Real Estate, Foreclosure (PRE VS REO'S), Repairs, etc.	Wayde Koehler, et al
July	NO MEETING
June	Foreclosure (Final in Series) Foreclosure topics covered will include but not limited to: Exit Strategies For Foreclosed Properties How to hold property. Management System of Successful Investors. Tapping into subsidized rent market. BPO process How much should I offer?	Wayde Koehler Elizabeth Sammut
May	Profit Making Real Estate Investment Strategies Financing Panel What is REO? How to make an offer that will be accepted. Bank (loss mitigation dept) logic. Bank holding costs. How to get concessions from the bank. BPO process How much should I offer?	Mansa Musa - Real Estate Investor Services	Speaker Bio
April	Profit Making Real Estate Investment Strategies Foreclosure topics covered will include but not limited to: Self-liquidating buy and hold strategies Low cost acquisition strategies Finding private money Traditional acquisition strategies Improved cash flow strategies Rehab financing strategies	Mansa Musa - Real Estate Investor Services	Speaker Bio
March	The Real Estate Goddess's Guide to Advanced Marketing Strategies	Vena Cox-Jones
February	Land Trusts, When Should an Investor Use Them	Hedye M Cassar, Attnyarranged by Gary Segatti
January	The Investor as Inspector	Matt Bezanson Sherlock Homes Inspection, Ltd.	Speaker Notes
2006 Speakers
December	Elections, Holiday Party
November	Lower City Taxes	Miles Hoffert
October	Notes	Donna Bowers - "The NoteBuyer"
RPOAM Annual Conference		Taylor, Shemin, Thompson Aiello, Tuccelli, Mclean, Crawford `
September	Avoiding Fraud for the Real Estate Investor	Mansa Musa, Sr Client Services Manager Real Estate Investor Services, Inc
August	What the Landlord should consider when approaching the bench	sponsored by Gary Segatti
July	NO MEETING
June	What the Landlord should consider when approaching the bench on tenant issues, for the speediest resolution	sponsored byGary Segatti
May	Collecting Judgments	Gary Segatti
April	Credit Score Management for the Real Estate Investor First 30 min covers area of activity followed by Q&A Understanding the credit scoring Model. Impact of credit scoring on the real estate investor. How to manage your credit score. Credit repair and restoration. Hot to get lease/option tenants mortgage ready so they can buy your house!	Mansa Musa
March	Ask the Experts First 30 min covers area of activity followed by Q&A	Short Sales - Julie Ciccarlei Wholesaling - Keith Hughes Rehab & Flip - Joe Trometer Apartments(5 units & Up) - Bob Petersen Landlording - Wayde Kohler Eviction 36th District - Ted Oros Financing as Buyer, Seller or Lender - Mansa Musa
February	Cherise Zulewski & Shirl chelevitz	Downriver Title
January	Inspecting Older Homes	Matt Bezanson, of Sherlock Homes Inspection, Ltd.
2005 Speakers
November	Investing in Apartments 5 Units and Up	Doug Schellig	Speaker Notes
October	RealChek
September		Julie Ciccarlei et al
August	Tricks of the Trade	Wayde Koehler
July	City of Detroit Building & Safety Engineering	Amru Meah, Director
June		Joe Sharrak & Thad Bradley Sherwin-Williams Company
May	How to Start Your Own LLC	Chuck Shivel
April		REIAWC Panel

March		Vena Cox-Jones
February	Title Insurance	Rick Smith, Michigan Title
January	Inspecting Homes	Matt Bezanson, ofSherlock Homes Inspection, Ltd.