I Survived Real Estate 2008 - Bringing together the real estate community to benefit the Orange County Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Thank you Proxibid for helping The Norris Group broadcast “I Survived Real Estate 2008″ via the internet and to also conduct the online benefit auction. Your team was incredible and your service allowed numerous people who could not attend the live event to tune in over the internet!

More about Proxibid: http://www.proxibid.com/

Based in Omaha, NE, Proxibid provides the auction industry with a turn-key, live Internet bidding solution for companies of all sizes. From personalized account managers to hands-on marketing assistance, we work with auctioneers to bring live Internet bidding to a global online audience. We are committed to providing the auction industry with cutting-edge technology while continually assessing the wants and needs of auction companies, auctioneers and their customers. Our goal is to create innovative and advanced Web applications to meet the demanding requirements of the industry. We are dedicated to providing the highest level of reliability, service and support to our clients.

Our customer service and support is unmatched in the industry. We host more than 400 auctions each month in a variety of auction categories, from antiques and collectibles to farm and heavy equipment and everything in between. No one in the industry provides as many auctions per month with real-time Internet bidding. Whether you’re a one man shop, or a large auction company, we can work with you to customize an auction solution that meets your individual needs.

For Auctioneers
When you work with Proxibid, you can rest assured that your auction is our number one priority. We are proud to offer the most comprehensive customer service and support package in the industry. We view our relationships with our customers as a partnership, and we stand by our customers to ensure the best online auction experience possible.
- Customer service & support
- Professional marketing team
- Personal account manager
- Live Internet bidding technology
- Free live audio / video streaming
- Fraud prevention team
- Time-saving auction tools
- Unlimited Training

For Bidders
With Proxibid, bidders can log on, bid and win on thousands of items from hundreds of auctions each month. Our live online bidding software enables bidding from every corner of the globe and ensures that you won’t have to miss an auction ever again! Bid from your home or office, just as if you were at the live auction. We work directly with auctioneers, which means you never have to worry about fraudulent sellers. And when you need assistance our customer service and support team is here to help.

About Live Interactive Webcast Auctions
Proxibid offers a dynamic Internet-based application to deliver a visual representation of onsite auctions to Internet bidders. This allows auction companies to provide Internet bidders with a means of participating in “live” auctions through an Internet-based application. Internet bidders can observe, communicate, and participate in a “live” auction online with Proxibid’s proprietary bidding application. With Proxibid’s online bidding application, bidders can participate from live auctions from the comfort of their home or office, just as if they were at the live auction. Bidders can even pre-bid and leave absentee bids on Proxibid.

About Timed Auctions
Proxibid offers timed auctions with extended bidding. Extended bidding during timed auctions ensures that all bidders have the opportunity to bid on and win their item. If a bid is placed during the final five minutes of an auction, the auction is automatically extended five more minutes. This ensures that sniping, or bidding at the last second of an auction, cannot occur, and levels the playing field for all participants. For bidders, a timed auction with extended bidding ensures that everyone has the same opportunity to win their item of interest. For auctioneers, a timed auction with extended bidding provides the opportunity to sell an item at a higher price than with other timed auction providers.

Industry Leadership
Proxibid has become the industry leader because of the Company’s knowledge of its vertical markets, its unparalleled customer service and support and its expertise in developing and implementing it proprietary Internet bidding application. Proxibid has embraced expert auctioneers from within the global auction community to build products and to provide services that work directly with current and future practices, methods and rules used throughout the auction industry. Proxibid understands the critical integration points between the real world and the virtual world.

Proxibid provides its auction house customers with a level of service and support that is unmatched in the industry. Each auction company client is assigned a personal account manager who works with the client throughout the relationship. Proxibid also provides strategic marketing for auction companies, including co-op advertising programs, public relations and collateral generation. The Company’s bidder support is second-to-none. Its call center is open before, during and after all live auction events, no matter the date or time, ensuring that all bidder questions are answered and that any issues are resolved in a timely fashion.

History
Proxibid, Inc. was founded as a Nebraska corporation on July 28, 2001 and hosted its first online auction in January, 2003. Since that time the company has grown exponentially. It works with more than 950 auction companies across the U.S. and hosts more than 400 auctions each month. Proxibid founders are Andrew Liakos, Product Manager; Ken Maxwell, Vice President of Marketing; and Joe Petsick, Chief Financial Officer.

Thank you so much Bill Tan and the San Diego Creative Investors Association for being Platinum Sponors for I Survived Real Estate 2008.  We couldn’t have done it without you!

More information on San Diego Creative Investors Association (SDCIA) - http://www.sdcia.com/

SDCIA was formed to promote networking and learning between San Diego real estate investors. If you buy, sell, rent, flip, lease-option, loan, etc, this is your club! We welcome all levels of experience. We normally meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month (but dates can vary) and feature an expert speaker at every meeting. SDCIA is one of the only clubs with an extensive investor library. This is a not-for-profit investor club and the largest in the area.

Thank you Clair Bartos and the Las Brisas Escrow team for your Gold Sponsorship.  We couldn’t have done it without you!

More about Las Brisas Escrow: http://www.lasbrisasescrow.com/

When it comes to finances, buying or selling a home is usually the most important  investment a person will make.  At Las Brisas Escrow, we are dedicated to providing personalized escrow services tailored to your specific needs.

With a combined 45 years experience in the Escrow/Lending/Title/Real Estate Industries, we are confident you won’t find a more professional, personable, and expierenced escrow team! 

Whether you are buying, selling, or refinancing your home, you can rest assured that Las Brisas Escrow is dedicated to providing you with the highest quality of service. 

Our team has worked together for over 5 years, and has developed a family-style relationship built on honesty, integrity, teamwork, and professionalism.  At Las Brisas Escrow, we treat each and every escrow as if it were our very own.  You aren’t just a file to us…your part of the family!

Thank Michael Pines and the REVenture Team for help making I Survived Real Estate 2008 such a huge success.

Information on REVentures: http://www.reventuresrealty.com/

Our goal is to become the foremost solution provider in relation to distressed assets within the financial and real estate markets. We plan to accomplish this by:

• Establishing REventures as THE prominent resource for undervalued and distressed real estate assets in Southern California
• Providing superior returns to investors
• Leveraging economies of scale to allow individual investors to take part in this exciting market
• Developing a business model that can be quickly scaled and replicated in other markets nationwide

We believe the real estate business is about relationships.

Relationships with investors, banks, brokers, buyers, and the community at large. By matching distressed assets with buyers we believe we are providing a public service while attaining superior investment returns during these troubled times. There are a number of ways investors can participate in our success:

• Invest in REventures Private Placement Funds directed toward the acquisition of distressed assets within the real estate market
• Invest in customized opportunities tailored to your specific needs
• Invest in our overall business so we can exploit opportunities as they arise
• Participate in Joint Venture partnerships with us

Ultimately, our goal is to build a network of highly satisfied investors and homeowners. This is the key strategic lever to the success of our business and our ability to provide superior returns to our financial partners.

Information on REVentures: http://www.reventuresrealty.com/

Thank your Northern California Real Estate Investors Association (NORCALREIA) and David Granzella.

Thank you so much to the Northern California Real Estate Investors Association (NORCALREIA) and David Granzella for sponsoring a table at I Survived Real Estate 2008.  David and the NORCALRIE club could not make it down to Southern California for the evening but instead donated the table to cancer survivors. Thank you David and NORCALREIA for your huge hearts and for helping make the event even more special.

Info on NORCALREIA: http://www.norcalreia.com/

NORCALREIA is Sacramento’s premier real estate investment club. NORCALREIA provides quality real estate investment education and resources for our members, guests and friends. Our emphasis and commitment to solid real estate investor education enables our members to make CALCULATED investment decisions for continued wealth acquisition and wealth retention in this rapidly changing market environment. Since 2004, our associations and relationships with successful investors and educators such as Bruce Norris, Jack Fullerton, Peter Fortunato, Jack Miller, Dave Wilson and many others have allowed NORCALREIA to provide its membership with the most current and essential real estate investment techniques, strategies, and industry analysis. The capstone of success is not merely monetary, but relationships fortified by  honesty, integrity, consistency and hard work. In other words, “suit up - show up- be honest.” We invite you to build wealth and success together, as NORCALREIA provides you with real estate knowledge, and solutions for today’s real estate market!!

“Building wealth and relationships together”
David Granzella

http://www.norcalreia.com/

A very special thank you to Randy Grigg, Mike Grigg, Rick Werner, and Connie Waddel from Elite Auctions for not only being Gols Sponsors but for also helping Tommy Williams with our auctions during the program. With their help, I Survived Real Estate raised another $3,000 for the cause. Thank you Elite Auctions!!!

About Elite Auctions:

Elite Auctions was formed out of a need to sell residential real estate more efficiently. The owners of the company are investors who buy and sell property, primarily single family homes.

Obtaining the highest price in the shortest period of time has always been their priority. In traditional sales, where property is listed with the hope of attracting a buyer using the MLS and a sign in the front yard, the owners found that in most markets it takes much more to get the job done quickly. “Many times we had vacant houses that were fixed up. It was critical that our carrying costs (interest on acquisition costs, labor and materials for fix up costs, insurance and property tax expenses) be reduced by selling and closing as soon as possible after the rehab was completed.

Before we assisted others in selling their property, our own real estate was used as “guinea pigs.” After two years of selling our property using the auction method and after tweaking and adjusting our marketing program, we felt comfortable selling for others.

Our goal was to sell real estate quicker and more efficiently without sacrificing the net amount our clients receive at closing (compared to the traditional list and sell method).

Several of our clients are Realtors who make their living selling real estate. Due to the fact they come to us to not only sell their own properties but also properties for their clients, we must be doing something right.

Many people think when a property is offered for public auction, the resulting price will be much lower than if it was offered at a listed price. More than likely if the property is listed at exactly the right price the marketplace is willing to pay, and the market is properly reached, the property will most likely sell quickly. The problem is most properties are not listed at exactly the price the market is willing to pay.

Appraisals and comparable sales are just guesses. Unlike a bar of gold or a share of stock, where price is set daily by supply and demand, any piece of real estate has its own unique value. Its price has little to do with value, people make value. Real estate is worth whatever people will pay. The auction method, together with our state of the art marketing program, where much more than the MLS and a sign are used to attract buyers, allows the price to match what the property is really worth. By creating both urgency and emotional competition using the auction method, we’ve found our clients avoid selling too cheap or sabotaging a sale by listing at a price too high.

Hopefully this gives you some insight into how our service is designed.

http://www.sellwithauction.com/

If you are in need of auction serivices, please check out Elite Auctions. The Norris Group sold its commercial building and several other homes with Elite and have been extremely happy.