Saturday, September 22, 2007

Real Estate Investment Groups in Georgia, USA

GEORGIA Property Investor Clubs

Atlanta Real Estate and Barter Association
Phone: 800-682-4839

American Real Estate Investors Association
Phone: 800-346-0072

Augusta Chapter - GAREIA
Phone: 706-373-8782

Columbus Real Estate Investors Group
Phone: 706-561-5301

Dahlonega TreeHouse
Phone: 706-344-2323

Eastern REI Club
Phone: 678-207-7483

Golden Isles Real Estate Investment Group
Phone: 912-634-6893Phone: 912-269-8488

Georgia Real Estate Investors Association
Phone: 770-451-8800
Address: 3920 N. Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA 30341

Ground Floor Investing Group
Phone: 770-577-0729
Address: 3318 Hwy 5 #214, Douglasville, GA 30135

Goshen Real Estate Investor Group
Phone: 912-665-1680

Investors of North Georgia
Phone: 770-815-8727

Macon/Middle Georgia REIA
Phone: 478-475-0380
Address: PO Box 13251, Macon, GA 31208

Macon Real Estate Investors Association
Phone: 478-993-6082
Address: 248 Tom Hill Sr. Blvd. #441, Macon, GA 31210

Macon Georgia Real Estate Investors Association
Phone: 478-714-5237

Norwood & Associates Real Estate Club
Phone: 404-246-1199

McCarter-Lawson Investment Club
Phone: 404-379-8318 or 404-569-4237

Northeast Georgia REIA Inc.
Phone: 770-536-2116

REIA Atlanta
Phone: 770-754-5847
Address: 4305 State Bridge Rd. #103-40, Alpharetta, GA 30022

Real Estate Starter Club
Phone: 770-833-3838

Southern REIA
Phone: 678-714-6611
Address: 2070 Buford Hwy. Ste. 1-B, Buford, GA 30518

Wealth University Real Estate Club
Phone: 302-777-3485

Valdosta REI Association
Phone: 229-834-1972
Address: PO Box 2371, Valdosta, GA 31604

Real Estate Investment Groups in Hawaii, USA

List of HAWAII Property Investor Clubs

Hawaii Real Estate Investors
Phone: 808-368-6548
Address: PO Box 893951, Mililani, HI 96789

Hawaii Property Center
Phone: 808-328-9595

Maui Real Estate Investment Club
Phone: 808-573-2219

Friday, September 21, 2007

The Basics Of How An Interest Only Loan Works

Interest only loan works like this:

You arrange an interest only loan for X amount of dollars.

Then every month you pay the interest you accumulated on that loan, but not the principal.

That's the important thing to understand, so I repeat it.

You are NOT paying any part of the principal.

If you keep doing this, in 10 years, you will have exactly the same amount on your loan.

There are advantages and disadvantage in taking out an interest only loan.

If the price of your house goes up, you are okay.

If the price of your house goes DOWN, you will owe more money than your house is worth. It is called "UP SIDE DOWN."

So, to get rid of your house, you have to pay money to make up that difference.

Compare that to a conventional loan where you pay the interest plus principal. Your principal slowly goes down over time.

At the maturity of your loan, you have your house paid off. Meaning it is now YOURS.

With interest only loan, this will never happen, unless you pay more than what is required.

Real Estate Investor Groups In Idaho, USA

IDAHO Property Investment Groups

BREIC
Phone: 208-890-1957

Boise REIA
Phone: 208-345-5441
Address: PO Box 140058, Boise, ID 83714

Exit Strategies
Phone: 801-302-8524

Faith Truly Works
Phone: 916-223-1863

Idaho Investor Group
Phone: 208-251-4820

Northern Idaho Real Estate Investors Club
Phone: 208-412-1643
Address: PO Box 656, Middleton, ID 83644

Mastermind Real Estate Club of SE Idaho
Phone: 208-680-4138

Thursday, September 20, 2007

List of real estate investor groups in Illinois, USA

ILLINOIS Property Investment Clubs

Angel Investment Club
Phone: 708-503-1097

African American Real Estate Investment Club
Phone: 847-748-8605

Black Real Assets Investors Network
Phone: 773-577-0065

Ben Franklin Investment Club
Phone: 773-731-8010

Central Illinois Investors Association
Phone: 309-347-1044
Address: PO Box 104, Pekin, IL 61555

Chicago Creative Investors Association
Phone: 630-858-4663
Address: PO Box 495, Glen Ellyn, IL 60138

Chicago Area Real Estate Investors Association
Address: PO Box 2597, Glen Ellyn, IL 60138

The Chicago Real Estate Investment Club
Phone: 312-494-2697
Address: 28 E. Jackson Bldg. #10-C1012, Chicago, IL 60604

Chicago Real Estate Meetup
Phone: 773-294-0603
Address: 2614 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL 60647

CLUB Fractional
Phone: 630-833-2211

Decatur REIA
Phone: 217-422-9859

Danville Area Landlord Association
Phone: 217-442-0143

Freeport Area Landlord Association
Phone: 815-233-4663

Illinois Valley Creative Investors Association
Phone: 815-875-6254

Illinois Rental Property Owners Association
Phone: 630-415-0543

Kane County REI
Phone: 847-271-5709
Address: 653 S. 8th St, W. Dundee, IL 60118

Lake County Real Estate Investment
Phone: 847-530-8538
Address: 877 N. McKinley Rd. #2, Lake Forest, IL 60045

Lake County Apartment Owners Association
Phone: 847-360-8020

Midwest REA of Chicago
Phone: 847-741-9797

Metro East Landlords Association
Phone: 618-877-MELA
Address: 2919 S. Belt W. Ste. D, Belleville, IL 62226

Northern Illinois REA
Phone: 815-363-0233
Address: PO Box 72, McHenry, IL 60050

Real Estate Reading Round Table
Phone: 708-296-9637

Real Estate Investors Association
Phone: 618-463-2337

Sauk Valley Landlord Association
Phone: 815-626-3519

Springfield Real Estate Investment Club
Phone: 217-502-6070

Southwestern Illinois/Metro-East CREI Real Estate Investing Club
Phone: 618-709-6316
Address: PO Box 347, Hamlet, IL 62046

Train-the-Trainer REI Discussion, Chicago Real Estate Investing Club
Phone: 630-929-3027

The Greater Chicagoland Real Estate Professionals
Address: PO Box 691, Midlothian, IL 60445

WCRT, Inc.
Meetings: 1st Thursday of each month 7pm
Location: 19th Century Club, 178 N. Forest Avenue Oak Park, IL
Phone: 312-560-5675

West Suburban Landlords AssociationPhone: 708-484-4633

Here is a link to an interesting real estate investing article

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Who Is The Data Consortium

The Data Consortium is an organization encouraging universal communication protocols for the commercial equity real estate industry in the United States in elsewhere in the world where real estate is operated and transacted in a manner similar to the USA.

Who Is The Electronic Financial Services Council - EFSC

The Electronic Financial Services Council (EFSC) is a US trade association promoting legislation and regulation relating to electronic commerce and the availability and delivery of financial services.

The Electronic Financial Services Council advocates positions on public policies affecting the offering of financial products and services including: insurance products, mortgage loans, consumer loans, investment products and e-commerce on-line banking.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Real Estate Investor Groups In Indiana, USA

INDIANA Property Investment Clubs

Apartment Association of East Central Indiana
Phone: 765-288-2492

Bravado Property Group
Phone: 317-223-7725

Central Indiana Real Estate Investors Association
Phone: 317-514-0009

Indy Property Investors
Phone: 317-788-0386
Address: PO Box 17363, Indianapolis, IN 46217

Evansville Area REI
Phone: 812-303-7571
Address: 1112 Edgar, Evansville, IN 47710

Madison County Property Owners Association
Phone: 765-649-2023

Michianna Investors Club
Phone: 219-834-3171

Michiana Income Property Owners Association
Phone: 574-291-2342
Address: PO Box 11532, South Bend, IN 46634

Northwest Indiana Real Estate Investors Association
Phone: 219-937-6697

Northwest Indiana Landowners Association
Phone: 219-872-0557

Peter Dobler has written an interesting article worth reading titled "Beat The Crowd When Investing In Real Estate" Click the above link to read the article.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Real Estate Investment Groups In Iowa, Kansas and Kentucky, USA

IOWA Property Investment Clubs

NW Iowa Real Estate Investors Group
Phone: 712-200-3123

Cedar Rapids Roundtable
Phone: 319-447-6341

KANSAS Property Investment Clubs

Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors
Phone: 816-523-4400

Kansas City Investment Group
Phone: 816-292-2822

KENTUCKY Property Investment Clubs

Tri-State REI Club
Phone: 740-646-2525
Address: PO Box 354, Ashland, KY 41102

Bluegrass REIA
Phone: 859-509-2718
Address: 287 Pasadena, Lexington, KY 40503

Real Estate Investors Association of Cincinnati
Phone: 859-292-7342
Address: 525 W. 5th St., Suite 228, Covington, KY 41011

Northern Kentucky Property Owners Association
Phone: 859-525-7000

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Real Estate Investing Clubs in Louisiana, USA

LOUISIANA Property Investor Clubs

CenLA Real Estate Investors Group
Phone: 318-448-3036
Address: 1605 Murray St, Alexandria, LA 71301

Highland Rental Association
Phone: 318-349-7440

Real Estate Investors of LA
Phone: 318-255-6965

New Orleans Real Estate Investor's Association
Phone: 504-364-5813
Address: PO Box 8064, Metaire, LA 70011

Visions
Phone: 318-237-0641