Connecticut Real Estate Investors Assn. (CT REIA) Announces October 2010 Meeting with Paul Esajian of “Flip This House”

West Hartford, CT, October 13, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Paul Esajian, is announcing the CT REIA October 2010 monthly real estate investors meeting. This event will take place on Monday, October 18, from 5:30pm to 9:00pm, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on 100 Berlin Road in Cromwell, CT. This event is free for CT REIA members, and $30 for non-members.

At this event, attendees will learn: how to evaluate a house in disrepair and figure a total repair cost in 15 minutes; how to interview and pre-screen contractors so you never get burned; how to limit your liability when working with contractors; how to control your rehab costs, so you never go over budget; where to find best deals on construction materials; how to rehab homes so they sell before you finish hammering the last nail; how to organize and manage a project so you don't have to be on the jobsite 24 hours a day; and much more. Attendees of this monthly meeting will also learn how to find the best places to invest in Fairfield and New Haven County. Laura Treonze, a realtor with Keller Williams Realty and real estate investor with over 10 years of experience, will discuss her strategies for finding pockets of opportunity and offer no or low cost strategies to help investors find opportunities in the Connecticut real estate market. In addition, the early bird workshop will discuss how mindset can affect income. Local real estate entrepreneurs will discuss whether thinking about being successful will really cause you to be successful.

Paul Esajian, the star of A&E's "Flip This House”, CFO of CT Homes LLC, and co-founder of FortuneBuilders Inc, is one of the nation's premier real estate investors and speakers. Paul along with his partners Than Merrill and Konrad Sopielnikow, got his start as a member of the CTREIA 7 years ago. His business building strategies have been used to develop CT Homes, LLC into the leading multi-million dollar real estate solutions company in the Northeast area. Paul has managed over 300 projects throughout the country and specializes in rehab and contracting systems for successful real estate investors. At any given time, Paul has managed over 25 development projects with five teams of over 35 contractors in nine different cities and three different states. Throughout his investing career, Paul has been continuously developing unique accounting systems custom to the home buying business, as well as contractor systems that have been developed to meticulously manage the numerous contractors and projects that he has had the challenge of overseeing. Paul Esajian will also be speaking at the 2010 New England Real Estate Investors Conference And Tradeshow in Meriden, CT.

CT REIA is an organization that provides motivation, networking opportunities, and up-to-date education for people that want to buy their own home or investment property. 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 meetings. For more information on this and other upcoming events, please call (860) 265-4414 or visit http://www.ctreia.com/events.php .

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