CT Real Estate Investors Assn. (CT REIA) Announces Wholesale and Pre-Foreclosure Seminar with Connecticut’s Than Merrill and Pat Precourt on May 22, 2010

Cromwell, CT, May 16, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, is announcing an all day seminar with Than Merrill and Patrick Precourt. The event will take place on Saturday May 22nd, from 9:00am to 5:00pm, at the Courtyard by Marriott on 4 Sabethe Drive in Cromwell, CT. This event is $29 for CT REIA members, and $39 for non-members.

Guest speaker Than Merrill got his start in Connecticut as a member of CT REIA and has since become the star of A&E’s “Flip This House.” He is also the founder of FortuneBuilders.com and CT Homes LLC, and is one of the most successful real estate investors in the nation. In the past five years he has bought and sold over 350 properties nationwide. Than is typically referred to as the “Marketing Maven” and he coaches over 2000 active real estate investors around the country. The key to his student’s rapid success and his company’s growth is the marketing and business systems he has developed which help his students generate leads from both buyers and sellers.

Guest speaker Patrick Precourt is a successful Connecticut real estate investor and an expert in pre-foreclosures. In the beginning of 2000, Patrick opened North Shore Enterprises, a professional real estate investment company. Since then his team has completed nearly 700 real estate short sales in Connecticut and across America. Patrick runs a mentorship program with enrollment of over 500 students across the country. He is also a contributing author to the best selling series “Wake up... live the life you love: The power of team.” Patrick is known in the real estate industry as a short sale guru.

Than Merrill will cover key points on how to be competitive in today’s Connecticut real estate wholesale market. Attendees of this event will learn the following; the five strategies for finding deals at cents on the dollar, important marketing strategies for real estate investors, how to attract qualified buyers that have great credit scores, how to find buyers on the internet, the marketing strategies that work and the strategies that do not, how to pre-screen leads and evaluate deals quickly, technology that should be used to match buyers with sellers, and much more. Than will also demo software that will make running a real estate business easier and more efficient.

Pat Precourt will cover key points on how to be competitive in the short sale market. Attendees of this event will learn the following; how to negotiate short sales from start to finish, where to find unlimited pre-foreclosure deals, how to manage and outsource short sale negotiations, which properties qualify for the new HAFA program and which do not, the direct and indirect effects HAFA will have on the real estate industry, how directing clients to sign the HAFA short sale paperwork may harm them, three important requirements of the HAFA program for short sale investors, how to leverage the new guidelines to cut the time line for short sales, which properties cannot be sold after a successful short sale transaction, and much more.

CT REIA is a Connecticut organization that provides motivation, networking opportunities, and up-to-date education for people that want to buy their own home or investment property in today's real estate economy. Each month, a nationally known real estate investment trainer is featured. Real estate professionals, investors, landlords, property managers, realtors, contractors, wholesalers, rehabbers, and the general public are invited to attend our monthly meetings for educational and networking opportunities. For more information, please call (860) 265-4414 or visit http://www.ctreia.com.

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