On September 11th, 2010, we not only commemorated our losses from the September 11th terrorist attacks on America, but we also celebrated the Fuller Center 2010 Legacy Build and dedicated 100 houses that were recently built or renovated by volunteers nationwide, 6 of which were in Atlanta. We've been working every other weekend all summer to finish up these homes and look forward to starting on more homes next weekend. Yesterday was a wonderful celebration of what volunteers, local citizens, neighbors, friends, families, church groups, non-profits and businesses can accomplish by working together to achieve the common goal of eradicating poverty and substandard housing right here at home for all Americans one home at a time. It was a very rewarding experience to all those who participat... 09/12/2010

Are you ready for an "Extreme Search Engine Makeover" for your websites? Would you like to learn how to "Totally Dominate the Major Search Engines and Your Local Competition Online in the Next 90 Days?" Starting on Sept 20th, 2010, Dustin Griffin of Super Smart and Atlanta REIA, along with many other real estate investors and entrepreneurs in Atlanta, Orlando and scattered throughout the USA will be embarking on a 90 Day Extreme Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Makeover in efforts to get their web sites, pages and profiles dominating the first page of major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing and other quicker than they ever thought possible! This program is called an Extreme SEO/SEM Makeover not because it is difficult, complicated or overly tim... 09/12/2010

We've been working diligently to expand our new Atlanta REIA group we started in June 2010 and greatly appreciate all of your ongoing support. This post is designed to keep you updated on what we've been up to lately. Be sure to check to Join Our Email List so we can email you all of our latest updates and event notifications. Our Atlanta REIA Main Monthly Meeting is TONIGHT! TONIGHT, Monday, September 6th, 2010 at 5:30 PM is our next Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance Meeting at the Doubletree Hotel of Roswell GA. Yes, it's the Labor Day holiday for all of you with J.O.B.s, but for the rest of us, this is just another day to get together with our fellow real estate professionals and celebrate the fact that we don't have jobs thanks to the financial Independence that real estate inv... 09/05/2010

Hey everyone, our next Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance Meeting is on Monday, September 6th, 2010 at 5:30 PM at the Doubletree Hotel in Roswell GA. Yes, this is the Labor Day holiday for all of you with J.O.B.s. But for the rest of us, Labor Day is just another day since every day is a job free holiday. So if you have a job, enjoy the weekend and better part of Monday with your friends and family, and then come out and join us at 5:30 PM and celebrate what may be your Last Labor Day. Then you can spend the rest of the year working with your new real estate investor association to achieve the financial freedom you want and deserve so you can "lose your job" and join the ranks of the "self unemployed"! We are absolutely not suggesting that you quit your job, but that you do indeed s... 08/31/2010

Finally, a Real Estate Investor Association Serving North Gwinnett County! Dear Real Estate Pro, Atlanta REIA North is a new subchapter of the Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance, an Atlanta Georgia Real Estate Investors Association, that meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D, Buford, Georgia in North Gwinnett County just a few miles from the Mall of Georgia. This meeting is strategically located to serve Buford, Dacula, Lawrenceville, Suwanee, Sugar Hill, Cumming, Duluth, Flowery Branch, Gainesville and other areas. Like the Main Atlanta REIA Monthly Meeting, this subchapter will be led by Dustin Griffin and Gordon Catts and will focus on a wide variety of cutting edge real estate investing strategies with a special emphasi... 08/16/2010

Atlanta REIA North is a new subchapter of the Atlanta Real Estate Investors Alliance that meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D, Buford, Georgia in North Gwinnett County just a few miles from the Mall of Georgia. Like the Main Atlanta REIA Monthly Meeting, this subchaper will be led by Dustin Griffin and Gordon Catts and will focus on a wide variety of real estate investing strategies with a special emphasis on Internet Marketing and Technology for the modern day "High Tech Investor". Immediately after the Atlanta REIA North Monthly Meeting, we will reconvene at the Mall of Georgia Taco Mac for Late Nite Networking. We hope you will come out and eat, drink, network, learn and have fun with us! The Atlanta REIA North Monthly ... 08/13/2010

Super Smart Foreclosures Gone Wild Monthly Webinar (FREE) with Kimberlee Frank and Dustin Griffin Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (1 Hour) GoToWebinar.com Do you need to get your Short Sales thru Faster? Are you unsure why your short sale is taking so long? Have you submitted all the documents and it seems like the mortgage company has put the brakes on your deal? Join Super Smart Power Hour with Kimberlee Frank a licensed Real Estate Broker/Investor who will share the secrets of her success to get the short sale approved faster than before. The mortgage industry has changed and it has caused a delay in getting your files approved. Learn what additional forms are necessary to get them accepted quickly. Kimberlee will be sharing with us all the latest tips and tricks on sho... 08/10/2010

At our August Atlanta REIA Main Monthly Meeting, Dustin Griffin he is starting a new "Atlanta REIA North" subgroup meeting being held at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on the third Tuesday of each month at his office located at 1960 Skylar Hill Dr, Suite D, Buford, Georgia in North Gwinnett County a few miles from the Mall of Georgia. Like the Main Atlanta REIA Monthly Meeting, this subgroup will be led by Dustin Griffin and Gordon Catts and will focus on a wide variety of real estate investing strategies with a special emphasis on Internet Marketing and Technology for the modern day "High Tech Investor". Immediately following the Atlanta REIA North Monthly Meeting, we will reconvene at the Mall of Georgia Taco Mac for Late Nite Networking North. We hope you will come out and eat, drink, network, l... 08/06/2010

Perhaps you’ve heard, that as a modern day real estate investor, you need to have a strong Internet presence and the ability to convert online traffic into leads and leads into deeds in order to survive and thrive in this new economy and real estate market in which we now live and operate. Just a few short years ago, if you had a real estate investor website and could be easily found on Google, you were far ahead of most investors and likely got your fair share of the online leads. These days, a good website alone is no longer enough to adequately compete for leads online. In order to compete for the coveted top 5 listings on any Google search, we must now use a variety of other Internet websites, pages and profiles such as blogs, social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and ot... 08/03/2010

Buford, GA is a suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett and Hall Counties. The population is 2000 was 10,668, but that only included the area inside the city limits, and it had seen tremendous growth since that census.  Buford is home to Lake Lanier, one of Georgia’s premiere recreational areas, and Lake Lanier Islands.  Recently, the City of Buford has revamped their old town. It is also home to Buford (Buford City Schools aren’t a part of Gwinnett County Schools), Mill Creek, Mountain View and Lanier High School (Lanier will open for the 2010-11 school year). Image via Wikipedia Market stats for Buford, GA, March, 2010 indicate that there were 644 properties on the market. Overall, there was about an 10.3 month supply of properties.  Sales, while up for March, dropped for April, both compared t... 06/06/2010

For more than 60 years Buford GA was the largest city in Gwinnett County and during most of that time it had the only significant industrial development in the county. During this period it exerted a powerful, many times dominant influence upon county politics. As early as 1900 Buford was the largest city in the county, and Sugar Hill Militia District listed more ad valorem taxpayers than any other district in the county.Buford, GA had the first bank in the county. In fact, Buford had two flourishing banks before any other permanent banking facilities were established in the county. For most of its history Buford’s schools were widely recognized for quality education. For several decades, students came from other areas of the county and from adjoining counties to acquire the prestigious... 05/31/2010

The Excelerate Your Wealth in 2010 Webinar Series with Stefan Kasian Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (1 Hour) Why Credit Repair Doesn't Work &What to Do About It! The Webinar is TONIGHT, Tues, May 25, 2010 at 7PM ET If you have previously registered for the Excelerate Your Wealth Webinar this year,there is no need to register again using the same email address. If unsure, please register now. Dear Real Estate Investor and Respected Client, Let's face facts. Credit repair doesn't work anymore. I'm sure you have tried or at least heard of Lexington Law Firm. The letter writing paper mill that churns out letter after letter for you. They mail it to the credit bureaus in hopes some minimum wage employee reading it will help remove that late or charge off for you. That may have wo... 05/25/2010

Super Smart Foreclosures Gone Wild Monthly Webinar (FREE) with Kimberlee Frank and Dustin Griffin Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (1 Hour) GoToWebinar.com Bring All Your Short Sale & Pre-Foreclosure Questions & Get Them AnsweredTONIGHT on the Webinar at 7PM ET Dear Super Smart Investor, Our next Super Smart Foreclosures Gone Wild Power Hour is TONIGHT, Tuesday, May 11th at 7:00 PM ET. We got so many questions on the last few calls, that we weren't able to get them all answered during the one hour webinar so we are going to pick up where we left off last month and answer any new questions you may have. If you are having problems getting your short sales through or you have any burning questions about short sales, please be on the webinar TONIGHT at 7:00 PM and ask your questio... 05/11/2010

Market stats for Buford, GA, March, 2010 indicate that there were 637 properties on the market. Overall, there was about an 12¾ month supply of properties.  Sales were up dramatically from March, 2009, as well as February. Image by lane.bailey via Flickr In the sub-$200k arena, there were 283 listings, with a 10 months supply.  The 50 sales in this segment were VERY strong compared to 30 for March 2009 and 16 for February.  I expect a similarly strong showing for April. Between $200k and $400k, there were 282 listings for sale, and just over 14 months of supply.  In December, we were seeing accelerating sales.  January saw sales cut in half… and then they were slightly up for February.  March rocked... From $400k to $600k, there were 46 homes on the market. The absorption rate is around... 05/08/2010

The Excelerate Your Wealth in 2010 Webinar Series with Stefan Kasian Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (1 Hour) Special Update: Where to Get the MoneyEven If You've Been Turned Down Before(What Works in Today's Credit Market) Plus: 7 Amazing Intuitive Real Estate Strategies that Boost Your Profits and Enhance Your Experience The Webinar is TONIGHT, Tues, April 27, 2010 at 7PM ET If you have previously registered for the Excelerate Your Wealth Webinar this year,there is no need to register again using the same email address. If unsure, please register now. Dear Super Smart Real Estate Professional, Let's face it, its brutal out there. You need money like oxygen to survive and keep your business alive. I don't care what the news media is saying about the economy bouncing back. ... 04/27/2010

Market stats for Buford, February, 2010 indicate that there were 609 properties on the market. Overall, there was about an 15.5 month supply of properties, with sales slowing.  Oct/Nov were up dramatically, Dec was steady and January was down dramatically from last year.  February was down even more. In the sub-$200k arena, there were 250 listings, with over 11.4 months supply.  Sales are definately slowing, with Absorption Rates moving out of the 5s to the 11s in the last couple of months. Between $200k and $400k, there were 287 listings for sale, and just over 18 months of supply.  In December, we were seeing accelerating sales.  January saw sales cut in half... and then they were slightly up for February. From $400k to $600k, there were 49 homes on the market. The absorption rate is ... 04/17/2010

Buford, GA is working on a new deal on a new Community Center designed to out do Suwanee’s own city center.  This development should also keep more locals, well, local instead of feeling like they need to go to Duluth’s Gwinnett Center to host reunions, conferences or just large birthday parties."It'll be something similar to Suwanee's Town Center, but we hope to improve on it and make it bigger and better," said Phillip Beard, chairman of Buford's City Commission. "We've got the old downtown and now we're going to have the new downtown."The 40,000-square-foot, two-story community center will feature a ballroom, playhouse theater and public meeting space to rent for events such as birthday parties and anniversaries. The seven-acre site also will include walking trails, a park and childr... 04/15/2010

Super Smart Foreclosures Gone Wild Monthly Webinar (FREE) with Kimberlee Frank and Dustin Griffin Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (1 Hour) GoToWebinar.com Dear Super Smart Investor, As you may recall, Kimberlee Frank answered our foreclosure and short sale questions live on last month's Super Smart Foreclosures Gone Wild Power Hour. We got so many questions, that we weren't able to get them all answered during the one hour webinar. As a result, we are going to repeat the same question & answer format and pick up where we left off last month with more great questions. If you are having problems getting your short sales through or you have any burning questions about short sales, email them directly to AskKim@SuperSmartWebProfits.com or be on the webinar and ask your question... 04/13/2010

Super Smart Foreclosures Gone Wild Webinar Speaker Bio Speaker Bio Short Sale Question & Answers with Kimberlee Frank with Kimberlee Frank and Dustin Griffin As you may recall, Kimberlee Frank answered our foreclosure and short sale questions live on last month's Super Smart Foreclosures Gone Wild Power Hour. We were blown away by all the good questions we got as well as all the thanks we received from her responses. Due to popular demand, Kimberlee has agreed to have Round 2 of Stump the Short Sale Expert. She said to "Bring all your short sale and pre-foreclosure questions... there are no dumb questions... I will answer them all!" In case you didn't know, Kimberlee is a short sale expert and has closed well over 400 short sale deals over the past few years. She not only teaches here ... 03/25/2010

Stop Working So Hard To Find Good Real Estate Investment DealsThe Webinar is TONIGHT, Tues, March 23, 2010 at 7PM ET If you have previously registered for the Excelerate Your Wealth Webinar this year,there is no need to register again using the same email address. If unsure, please register now. Dear Super Smart Real Estate Professional, Stefan Kasian here again. I have had an opportunity to find out even more about Kathy's amazing system. Folks, you don't want to miss this incredible Webinar TONIGHT, Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET. It could make a huge difference in your profits this year! Kathy is going to cover some amazing strategies to help you crank up your buying machine and automatically schedule and manage all of the direct mail campaigns she uses to find highly qualifie... 03/23/2010