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Real Estate Investors: Joining Professional Networking Groups to Find Private Lenders

By Michel Lautensack

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Professional networking groups are a great way to use your elevator speech to locate private lenders. You can join networking groups such as Business Networking International (BNI) and gain access to many other professionals with like-minded interests, and be sure to include your 60-second elevator speech at every chance you get.

Benefits of Joining

If you want to have access to a lot of opportunities to create wealth by investing in real estate, professional networking groups are a great way to accomplish this. Like a real estate investment club, a really good professional networking group will provide the following benefits:

Seminars by Seasoned Professionals: Membership in a professional networking group will provide you with the opportunities to enjoy workshops by professional who have actually created a lot of success in your profession.

Increase Referrals: As I mentioned before, use your 60-second elevator speech at every chance you get and you will increase the number of prospects as well as the number of referrals they send your way.

Networking Meetings: You will have the opportunity to participate in a large number of networking meetings each year. This will open up your services to a wide variety of new prospects that will most likely be interested in your real estate deal.

Tradeshows: You will receive information on tradeshows that are going on which are specifically related to real estate investment. Another perfect opportunity to use your 60-second elevator speech or to display your private lending portfolio to a targeted audience.

People from Other Businesses: You will have access to people from businesses other than real estate investment, but who knows.....you may meet someone that invests in real estate on the side or wants to expand their existing business by purchasing real estate. This also may provide you with the opportunity to pursue additional business options.

Jumpstart Your Business: Starting a business is always difficult but once you get the momentum going the opportunities are endless. A professional networking group is great way to get your real estate investment business up and running in a shorter amount of time.

How Can I Join?

Do Your Research: Like real estate investment clubs you will need to do your research to find the reputable networking groups such as Business Networking International. Paying careful attention to the speakers in seminars will tell you a lot about the organization. Are they always selling something or are they offering good solid resourceful information?

State Chapter: Large professional networking groups such as BNI usually have a chapter for each state where you can sign up online. Most of the reputable ones will ask you for references and other materials to ensure you are serious about networking. This way you will also know that other members you will be networking with are also reliable and serious about their business.

If you are serious about learning the ropes for networking to expand your business and make new connections, then you seriously want to consider joining a professional networking group as a means to achieve these goals.

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