Friday Morning Conference Opening Keynote Presenter: Frank McKinney, Real Estate Artist, Philanthro-Capitalist, and 5 Time Bestselling Author

Real estate entrepreneurs, meet Frank McKinney: luxury home developer, risk-taker, real estate rock czar, Ultramarathoner and visionary who sees opportunities and creates markets where none existed before.

From his first $50,000 fixer-upper to his most recent project, a $22.9 million “green” mansion, Frank has always followed—and profited handsomely from—what he refers to as his professional highest calling.

Don’t want to develop multi-million dollar mansions? That’s not the point—the point is that Frank has proven that, with the right attitude and strategies, the real estate market "bubble proof". Frank attributes his varied and phenomenal success to a set of life and business philosophies, which he began formulating during his years as a young entrepreneur—and which he’ll share with you in this inspiring keynote presentation.

You’ll be impressed with what Frank has accomplished—but more importantly, you’ll be inspired to take your life and your real estate business to higher heights when you attend this conference opener. He is without a doubt one of the most visionary, courageous, paradoxical and "contrary" real estate entrepreneurs and authors of our time. Do not miss this incredible presentation!

Frank has fascinated both the business world and the media for more than 25 years. He has been recently featured on 20/20,  the cover of USA Today, the Oprah Winfrey Show, CBS' The Early Show, CNN, Discovery Channel, The Travel Channel, HGTV, National Public Radio (NPR), in The Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Bloomberg, Fortune, Barrons, Town and Country, Robb Report, The Nightly Business Report (PBS) and in over 1,550 additional TV and print stories. 

"Be the Bank" with George Antone and Gary Boomershine

In an environment where investors are chomping at the bit to buy, but banks aren't lending, there's a huge demand for investor financing. If you're in a position to fill that demand, you can quickly build a 6-figure a year business with more customers than you know what to do with.

And guess what—you can become a hard money lender without using your own money! George Antone and Gary Boomershine doe exactly that, and they're ready to show you:

• Why hard money lending is the ideal way to generate passive income
• How to take a limited amount of other people's money and leverage it 5, 10 or more times just like bankers do, with one simple phone call without qualifying for a loan
• The exact blueprint some of their students are using to making 6-figures per year starting in  the first year.
• Why this economy is the BEST economy to be the lender

George Antone entered the business world at the age of 16. He is the founder of NorCal Capital Management, one of the most innovative private money lending companies in California.

Gary Boomershine is a consummate entrepreneur, investor and financier. In the past 8 years, he's founded both real estate acquisition and lending companies involved in hundreds of profitable property acquisitions, as well as a real estate marketing and software company that services over 3,500 real estate professionals across the United States.

"Flip Your Way to a Fortune" with Dwan Bent-Twyford Year in and year out, wholesaling properties is the easiest and most proven way to create quick chunks of cash with no rehab, no tenants, no credit, and seriously minimal money.

Dwan Bent-Twyford knows: she's been wholesaling properties year in and year out for over a decade and a half. She'll walk you through the process and the profit potential in this all-new presentation, including:

• Why you don't need a ton of money or great credit to wholesale houses
• What kind of properties and sellers are ideal wholesale deals
• How to instant cash profits of $5,000, $10,000, or even more on properties that you'll never own
• How to wholesale in today's deal-heavy, financing-light market

Dwan Bent-Twyford has been investing in short sale real estate for more than a decade. She's been featured on MSNBC, Fox & friends, and the Naomi Judd show. And no, we didn't misspell her name.

"How to Put Your Landlording Business on Autopilot and Collect 105% of Your Rents by Working Smarter, not Harder" with Mike Butler

So many clichés in that title, and yet, so true. Mike Butler bought an average of 2 properties a week and managed over 75 rentals while still working full-time as a cop—how do you THINK he did it?

The answer is, through systems that made his business run with only part-time effort, and through effective tenant training. And when he quit his job, he was already on the footing that allowed him to explode his business to the point where his annual rent collections are over $1 million. Wanna be him when you grow up? Join him at the New Strategies Summit, and find out:

• How to use systems to collect MORE than 100% of your rents, month after month, by actually GETTING your late fees, repair charges, and even collecting from tenants who've already moved
• How to run your landlording business from ANYWHERE
• How to train every tenant BEFORE they get the keys—this will save you boatloads of money and grief
• Plus, Mike's 23 new rental profit centers that you can turn on the second you get home.
  Mike Butler hails from Louisville, Ky., where he made his first million in real estate while working a full-time job as an undercover cop. He's a hardcore landlord who believes that EVERY real estate investor must own rentals if they want to be truly wealthy, and is on a mission to teach the world that being a landlord doesn't have to make you miserable

"How to Find Spectacular Apartment Deals" with Charles Dobens, Esq

Has your apartment-buying education left you competing for over-priced properties with the rest of the suckers trolling LoopNet and other public-access apartment catalogs?

Charles Dobens says, “Enough!” It’s time for you to understand where the REAL apartment bargains are. If you’re ambitious enough to want to get properties that can provide an entire year’s salary from ONE rent roll, get here and see him. Charles will reveal:

• How the real pros network and market their way into those ‘pennies on the dollar’ deals you’ve heard so much about
• How you can pre-evaluate a property—even if it’s in another part of the country—to decide whether to bother before you even see it
• How to make your lowball offer the way that’s most likely to be accepted

Charles Dobens in a Boston-based attorney and apartment investor who's had it up to here with 'gurus' who teach apartment buying without understanding apartment buying.

"How to Protect Your Hard-Earned Assets and Cut Your Tax Bill to the Bare Bone—Legally" with John Hyre, Esq.

In real estate, there’s the business of making deals, and then there’s the business of the business. If you know the former, you’ll make tons of money. If you know the latter, your tons of money won’t be stolen from you by over-taxation and nuisance lawsuits.

 If you ignore the crucial task of setting up and maintaining proper “entities” (corporations, limited liability companies, etc), you do so at your peril. Not only do you risk losing everything in a lawsuit, but you also risk losing up to half your profits to your silent partner, the IRS.

John Hyre is a tax attorney, CPA, and real estate investor who has spent years studying asset protection and the tax code to make sure that his own properties aren’t at risk and that he pays the minimum taxes allowed by the IRS’s own rules. Now, he’s joining us at OREIA to show you:

• How to exploit little-know deductions to minimize your taxable income and keep more of your profits for YOU.
• How to use entities like corporations and LLCs to slash your tax bill AND protect your “stuff”
• How to take full advantage of depreciation, retirement plans, and more

John Hyre is an attorney and CPA who specializes in aggressive, ethical tax avoidance for real estate investors. He has investor clients in all 50 states. He invests in mobile home parks and residential properties in Columbus, Ohio and throughout the Midwest. He's also a rabid libertarian who thinks that the government should stay out of you rbusiness and your wallet.

"How to Get Cheap Government Money for Your Business" with Chris Johnson

The world of finance is crazy today, and “conventional loans” are tough to come by. So how about some “unconventional” techniques for getting low-interest loans and even grants to buy and fix real estate?

Chris Johnson has researched these programs extensively, and has found little-known programs that let you get free money for everything from down payments to rehab to buy equipment and vehicles for your real estate business.

So why don’t you know about these grants and subsidies? Because until now, no one has put together a catalog of the more than 1,400 Federal and 17,000 state programs that give YOU a chance to get your hands on the government’s money (a nice change of pace!). Join Chris and discover:

• Where to locate the Federal, Local, and State governmental agencies have cash for investors
• What you need to do to apply and be accepted for these programs
• How to get money to buy, rehab, start your business, and much more

Chris Johnson is one of the most in-demand educators in North America. He's shared the stage with such luminaries as Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki, and Suze Orman, and has presented his unique strategies to sell-out crowds of up to 40,000 people.

How to Create Win-Win No Money Down Deals" with Vena Jones-Cox

Sellers need to sell, but banks aren't lending money—which means that creative financing is back with a vengeance. But do you REALLY understand what creative deal-making means? It's more than just no-qualifying, no money down, and often no-interest financing. It's understanding how to construct deals that make sense for the property, the situation, the seller, and the exit strategy

Vena Jones-Cox has spent the past 2 decades using other people's money to buy properties for rental, retail, lease/option, and wholesale. In this all-new presentation, she'll share her massive experience and insight about how to successfully, profitably, and ethically make creative deals, including:

• How to find and recognize opportunities for no-qualifying, no-money down deals
• How to exactly calculate the right terms for every deal, every time
• How to you can make MORE deals by giving sellers what they want, and still get what you need

Vena Jones-Cox has bought and sold over 600 properties in the Cincinnati area. She's the former president of OREIA and National REIA. If you see her shoes, please return them to her immediately..

"Debt Free Investing" with Shaun McClosky

In the real estate business we just kind of accept that our investments come part and parcel with big, scary debts—to banks, private lenders, sellers, SOMEONE. But maybe we all have it wrong: maybe there's no such thing as "good debt", and maybe there's a debt-free path into real estate investing that you can achieve in 12 months instead of 30 years!

If that idea keeps you up at night, even a little, you need to come listen to Shaun McClosky's personal odyssey into debt-free investing. which has allowed him to own as many free-and-clear rental properties—and do as many other deal—as he chooses, all without those pesky monthly payments. If this kind of ultimate financial freedom appeals to you, is presentation may just change your life, by showing you:

• Why borrowing money inevitably turns you into a slave to debt
• How to build a free-and-clear portfolio of 12 rentals in 12 months, and get a 6-figure income, and never have to work more than 20 hours a week again.
• How to move through the 4 stages of prosperity in the right order, so that your business enhances the quality of your life instead of BEING your lif

Shaun McClosky is a St. Louis-area short sale expert who's seen over and over the devastating impact that real estate debt can have on countless homeowners and investors all over the country. He's made it his contrarian mission to show investors how to buy real estate WITHOUT borrowing money.

Automate Your Marketing and Eliminate Your Competition with Marko Rubel

Marko Rubel arrived in the U.S. in 1994 with a small suitcase and $3,000. Fast forward to 2006, when he made over $1 million in real estate in a single year. What happened in the intervening 12 years to make this new immigrant so successful?
According to Marko, the only thing standing between you and  spectacular success like his is marketing and the automation. Join Marko as he reveals:

• How to find all the truly motivated sellers you can deal with, with just one click of the mouse
• How to automate your marketing so that it goes out consistently, cheaply, and with laser-like focus
• How to set up an automated “back office” that runs your business while you sleep

Marko Rubel immigrated from Croatia in 1994. He quickly realized that “corporate America” was not going to be the path to his dreams. Today, he is one of America’s most successful investors and most respected instructors

"How to Get Great Deals at the Sheriff's Sale" with Mark Sherby

Do you avoid foreclosure auctions because you've heard that there are no good deals there? Well, stop doing that. Mark Sherby buys properties for pennies on the dollar at sheriff's sales all the time. Oh, and also tax sales, private auctions, and other bidding opportunities

With foreclosures and tax sales continuing a record highs for the foreseeable future, it seems a shame if you're don't know how to take advantage of this stage of the foreclosure auction, so we've brought Mark on to demonstrate:

• How to research properties in advance to determine whether you should even bid—and what you should bid, and whether the title you get will be any good
• How to get deals other bidders don't even know about
• How to research liens and other potential problems—and profit centers

Mark Sherby lives in the Philadelphia area, and has been bidding at sheriff's sales since 2004.  He's not a professional speaker, but has taught students all over the region what to do to get foreclosure sale deals and avoid problems. .

"Making A Fortune in Delinquent Notes" with Eddie Speed

Yep, you read that right—there’s big money to be made when you know how to buy and restructure loans that are in default. And heaven know in this market, there are more than enough of those to go around.

Eddie Speed should know—he’s bought and sold over half a BILLION—that’s with a “B”—dollars worth of notes and mortgages in te past 25 years. In this all-new presentation, he tackles how you build a home-based business by:

•  Using defaulted notes to buy properties at a tiny fraction of what they’ll sell for after the foreclosure
•  “Flip” bad notes for quick, cash profits
•  Restructure bad notes for double-digit investment returns while creating a win for the borrower, too

Eddie Speed has been buying and brokering both seller-financed AND institutional notes since 1980. His Dallas-area company has closed more than half a BILLION dollars in transactions.

Can’t get enough of notes? Join Eddie in his Sunday Afternoon Advanced Intensive, where he’ll spend 3 hours showing you how to profit from performing notes, too.

"How to Make a Fortune Turning Ugly Houses into Gold" with Robyn Thompson

If you think the retail-resale market is dead, think again: the rules have definitely changed since last we saw Robyn Thompson, but there are still 5-figure profits to be made rehabbing and reselling—when you know what you’re doing.

The Queen of Rehab is back with the latest strategies and techniques to rehab right and sell fast—and they work. That’s why you can’t miss Robyn’s Saturday Morning Keynote session—because you need to know

• How to do the RIGHT repairs and upgrades for today’s buyer to make your property the most desirable in the area (without breaking the budget by going overboard
• How to find and control the right contractors (and how to recognize and avoid the ones that will take your money and mess up your job)
• Why “retailing” houses to homeowners is still a viable and profitable strategy—if you know how to meet the market’s demands

Robyn Thompson has renovated and sold hundreds of houses from $50,000 starters to $1 million+ luxury homes.

Want even more? Check out Robyn's Sunday Afternoon Advanced Intensive—"The Business of Rehab and Resale". It's Sunday 1:30-5:00, just before the big mega-doorprize drawing!

"Protecting and Improving Your Credit—or Your Buyers'" with Lucy Brenton

In today's tight credit market, maintaining a high credit score is more crucial than ever. From lenders to credit card companies to insurance companies, you'll pay higher rates or even be denied credit or coverage based on your credit score. That's why protecting and increasing your credit score—and those of your tenant/buyers and even buyers—is becoming one of the key focuses of every real estate business.

That's why we've invited credit expert Lucy Brenton to explain:

• Why your credit score is probably costing you thousands of dollars a year
• How to get and read your credit report and understand exactly what you can do to immediately raise your score
• How to "ethically manipulate" your score or those of your buyers to get loans, get deals closed, and more.

Lucy Brenton, "The Original Credit Coach" is a real estate investor and former mortgage broker who's done exhaustive research to learn the insider secrets—and they are secrets—to repairing credit.

How to Wholesale Pretty Houses
With Joe McCall

So many desperate sellers—and so many of them owe too much on their homes to accept a low offer that would allow you to make quick cash wholesaling their properties. Or do they? Wholesaling lease/options is an easy, practical way to earn $5,000 or more per deal flipping properties with minimal equity, and Joe McCall has perfected this strategy. Working just 10-15 hours per week, mostly online, you can wholesale pretty properties when you learn from Joe:

• How to find all the sellers you need to wholesale 2-4 deals per month—online, for free, and without having to beat them down on their prices
•  How to find buyers lightening-fast, and why you get paid without dealing with tenants and toilets
• How to tie up deals for $10—and complete them ethically

Joe McCall has been wholesaling lease/options for 5 years. He outsources 80% of his business, averages $5,000 per deal, and works less than 15 hours per week.

"How to Use the Internet to Dominate Your Market"
With Peter Kolat

 Sure, you have a website (or know that you should), but how many much profit is your internet strategy REALLY producing for you right now? If you know how to log on to the web and send emails, Peter Kolat can show you how to be the go-to person in your market for deals, buyers, and renters, and get them chasing YOU. Come to his first-time OREIA appearance, and learn:

•  How one simple shift in your internet strategy will improve your results dramatically
•  The simple 3-step system that will make you the dominant web presence in your real estate market
• Why you’re probably losing 62% of the profits you COULD be making with your website, and what to do about it

Peter Kolat is an internet marketing wizard who has helped thousands of real estate investors and business owners dominate their local markets.