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Metrolina Real Estate Investors Association (REIA) - Monthly Meeting

Metrolina REIA Upcoming Events
Charlotte Landlord Assoc May Meeting - 5/14/2008	4/20/2008 8:53 AM
Join us for a discussion on working with Housing Code Inspections. - RSS Feed Powered by RunMyClub.com
PHP Saturday - 5/17/2008	5/5/2008 10:34 AM
From 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Cherathee Hager will be speaking to us on, how to buy right, REHABBING, staging the property, and how to sell quickly and finance the property. Cherathee is an experienced investor and rehabber, as well as the owner of a local construction company. She will be taking us through several past rehab projects on PowerPoint, and teaching us from her experience. - RSS Feed Powered by RunMyClub.com
Workshop With Bill Gatten - 6/6/2008	5/5/2008 1:07 PM
Bill Gatten is one of the few true in-the-trenches creative financing teachers who actually practices what they preach. - RSS Feed Powered by RunMyClub.com

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WSJ.com: Real Estate
Mortgage Giants Take Beating	7/8/2008 6:35 AM
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares dropped to their lowest levels in more than 14 years, as concerns about their capital position increased.
U.K.'s Buy-to-Let Market Struggles	7/8/2008 6:54 PM
Sales of units built to sell to investors as rental properties are evaporating as financing has become more expensive and difficult to obtain and rents fall. Developers of these buy-to- let properties are getting hammered.
Property Taxes Irk Homeowners	7/8/2008 7:52 PM
Homeowners around the country are up in arms over the amount of property taxes on houses that have plummeted in value. Here are some tips on appealing a property-tax assessment.
Housing Bill's Tax Credit Draws Criticism	7/8/2008 6:45 AM
U.S. lawmakers are touting a home-buyer tax credit in a high-profile housing bill before Congress, but critics say it may do little to help consumers amid the mortgage crisis.
Sacramento's 'Blueprint' for Growth	7/7/2008 11:27 AM
Sacramento has become one of the nation's most-watched experiments in whether urban planning can help solve everything from high gas prices to the housing bust to global warming.
The Home Insulation Conundrum	7/3/2008 1:22 PM
Fiberglass or foam spray? Figuring out what kind of insulation to use in a new house turns out to be a complicated calculation.
Buying a Sense of Security for the Home	7/2/2008 8:07 PM
How would different security companies configure a home with a system, and what would they charge to alert the police about triggered motion sensors? Here's a look at ADT, Brink's, Monitronics and Protection One.
With Energy Rights, Money Trumps All	7/3/2008 9:19 AM
Financial opportunity is outweighing environmental issues for property owners swept up in a land grab by energy companies targeting gas reserves. Rights for deep drilling are fetching as much as $2,500 an acre, or more.
Finding Foreclosures, Screening Deadbeats	7/3/2008 1:08 PM
June Fletcher offers her take on two recently launched sites: RentBureau.com, which helps landlords screen tenants and ForeclosurePoint.com, a listing service.
Anheuser Bid Stokes Angst in St. Louis	7/8/2008 7:40 PM
InBev's $46 billion unsolicited bid for Anheuser-Busch comes at a time when the real-estate market in St. Louis, the American brewer's headquarters, is feeling the pain from a sputtering economy.

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