Global Real Estate Investment Expo 2008 ( March 8) was a Success!

Location, Location, Location. Now it is information, information and more information for investment decisions.

It is everybody’s knowledge that there are foreclosures, not a few but many, everywhere. Real Estate price is dropping. Interest rate has been cut, yet lending rate is not. What a lot of people do not know is, giving the current condition of the economy and market condition, what do they make of it and how to respond to it for investment gains?

On March 8, 837 attendees sought the answers in the Global Real Estate Investment Expo at the South San Francisco Conference Center. They were pleased with the time spent there. The most awaited speech by Mr. Larry Souza from Charles Schwab Investment Management about the economic trend and the Real Estate market condition for 2008 helped them set up a frame work to interpret all the market information.

The insightful California Market Update from Mr. Bruce Norris allowed them to navigate through the uneven terrain of California market to identify investment potentials.  Then their attention was brought to the international market by Mr. Robert Helms of the Real Estate Guys not just to hedge against the uncertainty in domestic market but also to take advantage of the growth potential of selected markets overseas. Foreclosure characterizes this downturn of the market. But then, it is an opportunity pending the return of the market down the road. These expo attendees filled up the seminar room when Mr. Reggie Lal presented how to create wealth by investing in Foreclosures and REOs.  In between the 14 seminars held that day, the attendees all had a chance to talk to brokers and developers of different projects from all over the US. They were quite satisfied with the information they got in talking face to face with the industry professionals and the chance to feel the pulse from the industry. Many of them praised Just Global, Inc., the organizer of the event, for bringing quality information to the investor community timely amid a confusing downturn of the market and economy.

From the speakers’ perspective, the many questions raised with such enthusiasm by the attendees during the Q & A session reflected a cautious and generally optimistic mood towards investing in near terms among these potential investors. Their interests in terms of property type shifted from single family residential to commercial and multi unit dwellings, with the exception of foreclosures that could offer built in values. They were all prepared to work with a longer investment cycle. Long Term Wealth Building replaces Short Term Profit Taking as happened before the downturn.

What many of the Exhibitors found out from the conversations with the attendees was that qualified investors are still out there working diligently for value investment. The sales cycle definitely will be longer than before. What is important is that investments are still being made. Packaging the value and presenting it in an easy to understand and compare manner is now a must in order to secure their commitment.

The Southern California version of the Global Real Estate Investment Expo will be held on June 14 at Hilton Los Angeles in San Gabriel, California with more up to date information and projects for the investors there. For details, please visit www.RealEstateShowExpo.Com or call 1-888 879 7158 for details. The event is sponsored by Global Real Estate Investors Club, www.GREIclub.com