Meet ups.

We'd love to have you join us live or feel free to watch the videos below of past meetups.  If you have an idea of future topics or guest speakers, let us know! 

Wholesaling, Flipping, & More Through a Roth IRA Roger & Luisa Priore

​This month we are excited to announce our first in-person event in a while with Roger & Louisa Priore guest speaking on: Wholesaling, Flipping and More Through a Roth IRA.  Roger and Louisa Priore have been full time real estate investors for over 20 years. They wholesale, rehab, and buy and hold all over Virginia. Roger holds a broker’s license and both he and Louisa manage their portfolio of rental properties. They also run a small real estate coaching business, working with a handful of students who are learning to wholesale and rehab. Louisa handles all things financial from bookkeeping to lending to advanced tax strategies. Roger is the contract man, handling everything from simple purchase and sales contracts to complicated land contract deals. He also handles all the marketing for their companies. They have extensive experience building their Roth IRA’s using real estate and private loans. Don't have an IRA you can self-direct? This topic is still relevant to you because you can learn how you can help other people you know get a great return on the cash sitting in their IRA by lending it to you for your real estate projects! Invest with OPM - Other People's Money! Attend this FREE event to hear how they have rented, flipped, wholesaled, lent money, and invested in non-real estate platforms in their self-directed IRAs. 
 
Join us April 20th from 6-8pm for this in-person event at the lower level of the Funkhouser Real Estate Group office in Harrisonburg as we will learn from Roger & Louisa Priore about their great success creating tax free wealth in their self-directed IRAs. (Sorry, but this is a live event and will not be available in a virtual format.)

Profiting in a Competitive Real Estate Market With Nhan Lam

This month we are excited to announce Nhan Lam guest speaking on: How to Profit in a Competitive Real Estate Market. Nhan is a true entrepreneur who owns and operates several successful businesses. As the son of a family who escaped communist Vietnam in the 1970s, he was conditioned to never be complacent. His parents taught him to never take the freedoms we have in America for granted and that he should always give his best in everything he does. He has a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, and he achieved great success in Corporate America. However, despite his high salary, he knew that his job would not help him achieve the goals that he desired, which were to retire his parents, be a stay-at-home parent, and have the true freedoms that were meant for every American (the freedom of choice).

He continually sought out business opportunities in his spare time and became successful in several of them on a part-time basis but realize that his passion was in real estate. In 2011, he decided to attend a Real Estate Rehabbing Bootcamp. From there, he applied what he learned to building a sustainable real estate business while he was still working on his full-time job. Within 2 years, he replaced his full-time income and left his job.

He is a father to 5 children and the thing that he enjoys the most is his ability to be flexible to the needs of his family. Since going full time, he averages 12 to 15 deals per year which includes Rehabs, Wholesales, and Rentals and has also started a Real Estate Investing Education company to help students get started.

As of 2022, he has trained almost 1,000 students face to face or virtually through his bootcamp trainings and mentoring programs and is proud to say that the success rate of his students are well above industry average. He contributes this success to his commitment to provide a customized business plan for students based on the skills they have today and not commit them to long-term learning that may lead to nowhere. He believes that the measure of success is not by how much money you make, but instead by how many people you have helped along the way to achieve the same success.
Pass Code: ​  610402

How To Avoid and Handle Difficult Tenants with Steve Stein​

This month we are excited to announce that we will have Steve Stein with Realty Asset Management, Inc guest speaking on his business which specializes in commercial and residential asset management. This meeting will be mostly Q&A format so come ready with questions for Steve about his experience with property management and how he and his company are navigating the current rental market. Steve Stein is a retired real estate broker and the owner of Realty Asset Management, Inc located locally in the Shenandoah Valley. Over the past 40 years Steve has managed and leased thousands of units for individual and corporate investors alike, as well as personally owning and managing his own personal portfolio of residential and commercial properties. In addition to property management, Steve has had an impressive track record as a real estate broker with over $100 million in sales.

Private and Hard Money Lending with Rob Iten

This month we are excited to announce that we will have Rob Iten with Anchorbolt Lending, LLC guest speaking on his business which specializes in private and hard money lending for real estate! Rob Iten has been active in private lending since 2015. His company, Anchorbolt Lending LLC, is a direct private lender focusing primarily on providing short-term acquisition and renovation financing for deals in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, DC, and Florida. In his nearly 20 years in real estate, Rob has renovated nearly 400 homes, developed dozens of subdivisions, and owned and operated self-storages and mobile home parks. Come join us this month as Rob discusses his experience in the lending space and what you, as an investor, need to do in order to secure private or hard money loans.

How to Invest in Rental Property 

This month Chase Louderback & Mattias Clymer will be covering how to invest in rental property.  Whether you are a new real estate investor or seasoned landlord, you will benefit from learning the different strategies to build, and compound, your long-term wealth.

Join us this month for our October virtual meetup to learn how some investors are still finding rental real estate deals in a HOT market!

How to Estimate Renovation Costs

Are estimating renovation costs a concern for you to get your first (or next) flip? Join us this month for our September virtual meetup as Chase Louderback discusses some strategies to help estimate costs, mitigate risks, and how to look for potential “deal killers.” Join us on Zoom:

Brian Rodriguez - Wholesaling 

We are excited to announce that we have Brian Rodriguez guest speaking on Wholesaling Real Estate.  Brian initially learned about Wholesaling roughly 3 years ago, and it took him 7 months to get his first deal.  In 2019, Brian went to work with a wholesaling and flipping mentor for a year as an acquisition manager to better learn the business.  In March of this year, Brian launched his own wholesaling operation and has done 10 deals since that time.  Brian’s deals are a combination of local and virtual wholesaling – with some deals being as far as 500+ miles away!
 
Join us July 21st, 6PM-8PM as Brian discusses Wholesaling and walks us through the process of getting a wholesaling deal done! We will meet in person at Funkhouser Real Estate Group (401 University Blvd in Harrisonburg). You can also join through zoom or YouTube live. We can't wait to see you!

How to Buy Your First (or Next) Investment Property 

(Part 2 of 2)
This month we are excited to announce that Chase  will be covering the full process on how to buy your first, or next, investment property!  This topic will be broken up into two parts to give a full, in-depth guidance on closing an investment property.  Last month we covered Part 1:  Getting Started, Sourcing Funds/Loan Pre-approval, Analyzing Deals, and Making Offers (to on & off-market sellers).  This month we will finish the process with Part 2: Contract Negotiation, Due Diligence, Funding the Deal/Loan Process, and Closing.  Whether you are a complete newbie or experienced investor, we are sure you will learn new tips and resources to help with your current investment process.

Come join us this month as we take a deep dive into investing in the local real estate markets!

How to Buy Your First (or Next) Investment Property 

(Part 1 of 2)

This month we are excited to announce that Chase and Mattias will be covering the full process on how to buy your first, or next, investment property!  This topic will be broken up into two parts to give a full, in-depth guidance on closing an investment property.  This month we will cover Part 1:  Getting Started, Sourcing Funds/Loan Pre-approval, Analyzing Deals, and Making Offers (to on & off-market sellers).  Next month we will finish the process with Part 2: Contract Negotiation, Due Diligence, Funding the Deal/Loan Process, and Closing.  Whether you are a complete newbie or experienced investor, we are sure you will learn new tips and resources to help with your current investment process.


Real Estate Development with Hans Harman

This month we are excited to announce that we have Hans Harman guest speaking on Real Estate Development.  Hans is the current President and CEO of Momentum Earthworks, LLC and current President of Velocity Property Group located in Harrisonburg, VA.  In 2009, Hans had managed all phases of the development process for Velocity Property Group including, zoning and local government relations, property acquisitions, networking marketing and branding.  In 2011, Hans completed a company asset acquisition of a local longstanding site excavating company which became Momentum Earthworks, LLC.  Hans has grown the company from 7 full-time employees to 30 full time employees while tripling the revenues in the first 36 months.  Hans also has ample experience with construction projects from successfully managing over 40 million dollars of new construction projects from when he was a Construction Project Manager for Harman Construction, Inc. from 2008 to 2011.

Hans currently serves as President of the AGC of Virginia Valley District Executive Board. He also serves Shenandoah Valley Builders Association Board, Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, and VMRC foundation boards. He is also very involved in several church based and civic organizations.  In 2017 Hans was recognized as the Harrisonburg Rockingham Chamber’s Entrepreneur of the year, as well as being listed in the Shenandoah Valley Business Journal’s “Top 10 under 40” innovative leaders.

Come join us this month as Hans discusses his experience with real estate development in Harrisonburg!

Short Term Rentals

Mattias has not only sold short term rentals to clients but also has taken a deep dive into understanding how to create successful short term rental business locally. This month, Mattias will be guiding us through how to analyze a property to see if it makes sense as a short-term rental.

​Mattias Clymer got his license in 2014.  He had the honor being named a Top Agent by Virginia Living Magazine, a Top Agent in America and in the top 5% of local agents in production and negotiation by HomeLight.  In addition to sales, Mattias is passionate about micro loans and created a local KIVA team that provides loans to those who could not otherwise get financing. Mattias’ passion for real estate investing that eventually led him to start an investment club in 2017; which later joined forces with Chase Louderback to create the club we have today.

Join us on February 17th from 6-8 pm as we dissect a previously listed short-term rental that was for sale.

We will host the event on zoom or it will be live streamed here. 

January 2021

Evan Mayo - Attorney and Investor

Evan Mayo is a trial attorney and real estate investor located in Charlottesville, Virginia. He began investing in real estate in Charlottesville in 2017 and has a personal portfolio in Charlottesville, Virginia and Harrisonburg. He also works in a real estate partnership based in Chattanooga, Tennessee that raised over 1M in private capital to purchase 30 units in the past eighteen months. Evan’s law practice focuses on personal injury, defamation, and construction litigation cases. He also advises on real estate tax matters including self-directed IRAs and 401ks. His primary real estate interests are creative financing and the use of equity and debt instruments to permit small and medium-scale real estate investors to continue growing beyond their personal means

November 2020

​Paul Moore's Journey: Newbie to Commercial Real Estate Mogul

​This month we are excited to announce that we have Paul Moore guest speaking on his journey from Newbie to Commercial Real Estate Mogul!  Paul Moore is the Founder and Managing Director of Wellings Capital, a company that manages recession-resistant commercial real estate funds.  Currently, Wellings Capital and their investors have invested in over 17,000 self-storage, mobile home park, and multifamily units across the US valued at over $500 million.
 
Paul began investing in real estate in 2000 to protect and grow his own wealth.  He then went on to complete over 85 real estate investments and exits, appeared on HGTV’s House Hunters, rehabbed and managed dozens of rental properties, built new construction and developed a subdivision.  Paul is an active contributor to BiggerPockets and Fox Business as well as the author of “The Perfect Investment – Create Enduring Wealth from the Historic Shift to Multifamily Housing (2016).  Paul has an upcoming book on self-storage investing and also hosts a wealth-building podcast called “How to Lose Money.”
 
Come join us this month as Paul discusses his journey to where he is today and what he is currently seeing in the real estate market.  You won’t want to miss this one!

Join us live on Wednesday the 18th from 6-8Pm: https://zoom.us/j/91709745792?pwd=R0dBVis3SEllQTB5RWVPY3FtUndXUT09

October 2020

Guest Speaker: Jason Magee (Real Estate Investing With a Full-Time Job)
This month we will have Jason Magee guest speaking on Real Estate Investing with a full-time job. Jason Magee is a buy-and-hold real estate investor who has found an optimal way to balance limited time while maximizing returns.

Since acquiring his first duplex in 2015, Jason now has a portfolio of 7 doors (and two more under contract) all across Virginia as well as being a Limited Partner in a syndication of a 194 unit apartment in San Antonio, Texas.

This will be particularly exciting as Jason's journey touches on numerous topics that we frequently get questions on, such as:
• Buy and Hold Investing
• Long Distance Investing as to not limit yourself to a single market
• How to build a cash-flowing portfolio while having a full time job

September 2020

An Introduction to Syndication, Hedge Funds, and Private Placements for Real Estate

This month we have Clifton Ray Kaderli guest speaking and you won't want to miss this one!

Learn how to use these tools in your real estate investing activity no matter your expertise, style, or size of operation.

Come learn from an experienced real estate broker of investment property about the specialized niche of syndication and investment funds. Ray Kaderli, Principal Broker for Results Realty Inc began his journey by mastering sales of REO, bank owned real estate.

By selling real estate owned by the banks beginning in 2007 he was able to master the art of the deal for fix-and-flip buyers. He had what every investor wanted, distressed property for sale at a discount.
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When the markets changed again, many investors did not have access to capital. This led Ray to build another skill, recruiting private money for investments. Many investors who fix-and-flip enjoy relationships with private lenders that support their business activity for a good return.

A natural progression of mastering your skills of real estate investing is to learn about syndication and investment funds.

Flippers: you will be able to do deals and create valuable investment offerings for private money.

Lenders: if you merely want to deploy your money into real estate, you will know how to shop for the best opportunities.

Landlords: you can create structure that reduced risk and increases strength to opportunities that you create.

Wholesalers: you will be able to align with operators that will be able to take all the deals that you can find.

August 2020

Buy and Hold Real Estate Investing
This month we will be covering buy and hold real estate investing. Whether you are a new real estate investor or seasoned landlord, you will definitely benefit from learning the different strategies to build - and compound- your long-term wealth.