The first step is to register with NARREIA. It's free, and the most personal
information that you're required to give us, aside from your name, is your email
address. Not only does this give us a login username, but it also identifies
how you came to NARREIA. Because we're free, the only objection we ever really
hear is that people are concerned that we'll distribute your contact information
to third parties. Believe me, I HATE spammers as much as you do. I promise that
we will NEVER sell or give out your registration information.
If the site is free, why do you need to register before you get full access?
Our site is completely free for you to use because it is driven by referral
fees from the commissions driven by the properties we and our Clients buy. For
us to send that referral fee, we need to know how you discovered us. If an Agent
went out of their way to tell you about NARREIA, they have done you a great
service, and they should be rewarded by getting the referral fees from the commissions
you generate. So we need to get you registered so we know where the referral
fee goes. For those of you who were not referred by an agent (ie, you
came through a search engine or a non-agent friend told you about us), the referral
fee goes to NARREIA. This is part of the business model that allows us to build
the website and Advisor network and keep it free for everyone. Nifty, eh?
Certainly, you might say "How do I know if I want to
register or not? I don't know anything about NARREIA or the website?" Well,
besides the fact that it's free and virtually risk free, there is quite a bit
of information in the open access portion of the website. Feel free to browse
around. If you come to an area that requires you to register, we'll tell you.
You can back out and go explore other areas of the website until you're satisfied
that we are who we say we are, and eventually you'll register. If you're champing
at the bit to register right now, you can click here
and get it over with. FYI, the links for the Clients in the area below are open
access, so you don't have to register to read them. The areas for the Agents
and Advisors are protected, but once you're registered, I invite you
to see how Agents and Advisors can best utilize NARREIA. After all, we're all
on the same team, and we should know what we are all doing and why. Information,
knowledge, and clear communication is critical for NARREIA to be maximally utilized.
On with the Show
NARREIA is basically two components, the network of investor
savvy real estate agents and the website. As simple as that may seem, there
really is a lot to NARREIA. This section will help you learn how to best utilize
NARREIA from the perspective of the Client, Agent and Advisor.
Basically, a Client finds NARREIA, either through our general
marketing, or they are referred in by a friend or an Agent. The procedural flowchart
below pretty much outlines the process:
Clients
For the individual Client, your objective is pretty clear: you want help building
a strategy and finding properties to fill your portfolio. You can click
here and learn how to go, step-by-step, through the process of figuring
out what you need, where you want to buy it, and who you can get to help you
buy it.
Agents
For Agents, you have two main concerns. Primarily, you need to figure out how
to help your Clients get involved in NARREIA and how they can get started locating
properties across the nation. To do this, we suggest you read the section we
have developed for the individual Clients. Your
next concern, then, should be how you can maximize
your benefit from NARREIA. We're an open book when it comes to this, so
individual Clients are more than welcome to learn how Agents and Advisors can
further benefit from NARREIA. Why shouldn't they understand the value that you
add to their investing experience, and they should appreciate that you will
be rewarded for this. It is the NARREIA concept that no one pays a dime to use
our services, but when a Client buys an investment property, they are getting
something that benefits them, and the Agents and Advisors that are involved
benefit from the commission paid by the seller. It's a win-win-win philosophy
that permeates throughout NARREIA.
Advisors
Whether you are a new Advisor, an Advisor candidate, or a seasoned Advisor
looking to maximize your benefit from NARREIA, we have developed a section for
you. Again, we suggest you read the section on how Clients
can benefit. Then you should read the section that we have developed for the
Agents, as you are first and foremost an Agent
yourself. One of the great aspects of being an Advisor is that you can help
your Clients by diversifying their portfolio across the country while helping
other Agents and Clients locate and buy properties in your own market. Once
you read those sections, you can learn how to take
full advantage of NARREIA and the website as an Advisor, as the more you
put into it, the more you get out of it, and the more NARREIA as a whole benefits
and grows.
Onward and Upward
For everyone, it is important to realize that this organization is for everyone.
It takes all three types of members, Clients, Agents, and Advisors, for NARREIA
to work. Has it sunk in yet that all we are doing is pooling our information
and knowledge, banding together like a military outfit, and that we are all
in this together, sink or swim? We have many Clients that provide us with very
valuable intel. One of my better Clients contacted me recently and informed
me of a great bargain in Raleigh, NC. We looked into it, and sure enough, it
was a good, viable investment that some of our other Clients could take advantage
of. Once you realize that we are all players on the same team, and the bigger,
better, and more knowledgeable we get, the better it is for all of us, we will
all start to build wealth and be able to free ourselves from the financial chains
that bind us. (LOL, I guess I can step down from my pulpit now.) So, as our
San Antonio Advisor, Brian Casebolt, likes to say, onward and upward!
