Several dozen Roanoke Valley Real Estate Investors have formed a new dynamic forum for both beginner and established real estate investors and related professionals in Southwestern Virginia. The mission of the Roanoke Regional REIA is to provide recurring networking opportunities to maximize productivity and financial success by swapping investment deals, sharing resources, and creating solutions for real estate investors in the Roanoke Valley and surrounding areas. They have been meeting since March of 2007 and have grown steadily through word of mouth advertising.

Roanoke, VA (PRWEB) July 26, 2007 -- Several dozen Roanoke Valley Real Estate Investors have formed a new dynamic forum for both beginner and established real estate investors and related professionals in Southwestern Virginia. The mission of the Roanoke Regional REIA is to provide recurring networking opportunities to maximize productivity and financial success by swapping investment deals, sharing resources, and creating solutions for real estate investors in the Roanoke Valley and surrounding areas. They have been meeting since March of 2007 and have grown steadily through word of mouth advertising.

Monthly meetings allow time to network, share deals, and usually include highly respected speakers and trainers. Weekly breakfast meetings for members and guests provide for more frequent deal swapping and networking opportunities. The monthly training meetings are currently being co-sponsored with the newly launched real estate investing training firm, REI Most Wanted (www.reimostwanted.com). The next monthly meeting on Tuesday August 7th will feature nationally renowned speaker and trainer Bill Gatten of North American Realty Services, Inc. discussing the power of investing using Land Trusts followed by a weekend of in-depth Land Trust training the weekend of August 10-12, 2007; both events (valued at over $2,000) are free to existing and new Roanoke Regional REIA members (internet memberships will be available soon).

Monthly meetings currently are held at the Hollins University Visual Arts Center in Roanoke on the first Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:30 PM. (For map of campus, see http://www.hollins.edu/about/map/map.htm - street address is 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA). Weekly networking meetings currently held at Pete's Deli & Cafe at 1347 Towne Square Blvd NW in Roanoke (near Sam's Club and Office Max) every Wednesday morning at 7AM for about an hour.

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