The Raleigh & Durham Real Estate Buying & Investing Group will have it's next meeting on January 10, 2008.

Due to the holidays, most have commented that they will be busy this month, so, we will start out the new year with a meeting on the 10th; I will send out reminders in the weeks to come, but, please mark your calendar now.

If you are new to the group or needing a reminder about what this group is about, check the message board for a recent message from me discussing what this group is all about - it's education, discussion & networking. This is not an MLM or group looking to sell you their system or product or whatever - this group is about folks in the area getting together to discuss the real estate market, learn from each other about this market and taking some time to network with each other to develop business relationships.

It is important that you RSVP concerning your attendance. I have several meeting locations that we can use dependent on how many can attend.

The meeting will consist of:

- Introductions (quick introductions)
- Brief Educational Presentation by a member (this is someone different each meeting; just a brief presentation to discuss some area of real estate, e.g. investing, mortgages, commercial investing, residential home buying, first time home buyer, etc. - different each meeting)
- Topic discussion - sometimes as a group or, if large group, broken out into smaller groups.
- Networking - this is a chance at the end of the meeting for everyone to get to know everyone else. Bring plenty of business cards!!

I also like to provide a table where members can put their business cards and/or flyers, brochures, cd's, etc. concerning their business, product, service, etc. This gives everyone an opportunity to see what you do and take home a flyer, etc.

I look forward to many, many RSVP's to this meeting.

Drew Dunn
Organizer