Speakers for How to Profit from Foreclosure 2010

Neither Andy Heller nor his real estate partner Scott Frank, ever intended to become full time real estate investors. However, in their approximately 40 years of combined real estate investing, they have developed a long term real estate investing strategy that has allowed them to make loads of money while minimizing their time, effort and headaches. On a part-time basis, while involved in successful non-real estate careers and putting their families first, Scott and Andy have bought, rented and sold approximately 100 homes. Additionally, in many years, they have made more money in their 2-5 hour a week “side real estate investing job” than in their 40+ hour per week day job. Over the years, Andy and Scott learned a lot. They eventually developed the “Buy Low, Rent Smart, Sell High” program, which is a grounded and realistic wealth generating method. You can use it to buy one home, or dozens. Andy and Scott are living proof that it can be done, and it does not take a lot of money or a lot of time….just the desire to make it happen. In 2005, FORTUNE MAGAZINE recognized the “Buy Low, Rent Smart, Sell High” program among the top five real estate wealth building strategies. After the Fortune recognition, requests came in for Andy and Scott to speak and teach others what they have learned during their real estate investing career. Shortly thereafter Andy and Scott formed their educational company called “Regular Riches”. Andy and Scott selected the name “Regular Riches” to show that “regular guys” and “regular gals” just like them can achieve real estate riches. Andy was born in Canada, raised in Florida, has lived for many years in Georgia and California, and has studied real estate markets throughout North America. He has helped countless people in their efforts to realize their dreams, and he is ready to share his knowledge to simply and easily put you on the road to financial freedom.

Ilyce Glink is an award-winning, nationally-syndicated columnist, television reporter, radio talk show host and bestselling book author. Her syndicated column, Real Estate Matters, appears in more than 100 newspapers and Web sites, including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Detroit Free Press and the Wilmington (Del.) News Journal.

Ricky 
B. 
Novak
 serves 
as 
president 
of 
Strategic 
1031
 Exchange
 Advisors 
(“SEA
 1031”),
 an
 Atlanta
 based
 consulting
 firm
 and
 qualified
 intermediary
 that 
provides
 real
 estate
 and
 tax
 consulting
 services
 for
 clients
 structuring
 complex 
real 
estate 
transactions 
and
 asset
 dispositions. 

SEA
 1031’s 
global
 client
 base
 includes
 many
 of
 the
 most
 sophisticated
 commercial
 and
 residential
 real
 estate 
investors 
and
 developers.
 Mr.
 Novak 
specializes 
in 
the 
facilitation 
of
tax‐deferred
 like‐kind
 exchanges
 under
 Internal
 Revenue
 Code
 Section
 1031,
 and
 has
 assisted
 clients
 in
 structuring
 reverse
 exchanges,
construction
 exchanges,
 non‐safe
 harbor
 exchanges,
 personal
 property 
exchanges, 
multi‐asset 
business 
sales, 
and
 international
 exchanges.
 

Mr. 
Novak
 has
 spoken
 locally
 and
 nationally 
on 
various
 1031
 related
 topics, 
and 
has 
served
 as 
a
 guest
 lecturer 
for 
numerous 
universities 
and
 law 
schools.

 Additionally,
 his
 writings
 have
 been
 published
 in
 a
 varying
 array
 of 
periodicals, 
including
 Commercial
 Investment
 Real 
Estate 
(the
magazine
 of 
the
 CCIM
 Institute).
 
 Mr.
 Novak
 was
 honored
 by
 his
 legal
 peers
 by
 his
 selection 
as 
a
 2009 
Georgia 
Super Lawyer® 
Rising 
Star,
an 
honor 
bestowed
 up on 
only 
the
 top 
2.5%
 of
attorney’s 
under 
40 
years 
old. 


His 
peers 
also 
recently 
selected 
him 
as 
one 
of 
Georgia
 Trend 
Magazine’s
 2009 
Legal 
Elite.
 
 Mr.
Novak
 obtained 
his 
undergraduate 
degree 
from
 the 
Georgia 
Institute 
of 
Technology,
 graduating 
magna
 cum 
laude,
majoring
 in
 International 
Affairs 
with
 Certificates 
in 
International 
Business
 Management 
and 
Spanish.
 He 
is 
credited
 with
 studying
 at
 both
 the
 European
 Union
 and
 NATO
 in 
Brussels, 
Belgium.
 
 Mr.
 Novak
 received
 his
 Juris
 Doctorate
 from
 Emory
 University’s 
School 
of 
Law,
with
 a 
concentration
 in
 tax, 
real 
estate,
and
 international 
law.

 He 
also 
attended
 the
 Jagiellonian 
University
 School
 of 
Law
 in
 Krakow,
 Poland, 
concentrating 
in 
Eastern 
and 
Central
 European 
business 
and
 law.

 
 Mr.
 Novak
 joined
 Arthur 
Andersen’s 
Global 
Tax
 practice,
where
 he 
assisted
 multinational
 clients
 with
 global
 tax
 strategy,
 corporate
 restructuring,
 and
 mergers
 &
 acquisitions.
 
 He
 later
 joined
 Deloitte
 &
 Touche’s
 Atlanta
 Real
 Estate
 Tax
 practice,
 where
 he
 furthered
 his
 tax
 expertise
 by
 structuring
 complex
 real
 estate
 transactions
 for
 major
 national
 and
 international
 real
 estate
 investors, 
REITs,
partnerships,
 and 
corporations.

 
 Mr.
Novak
 currently
 lives
 in
 the 
metro
 Atlanta
 area
 with
 his
 wife,
 Lisa, 
and 
their
 son,
 Aidan.
 
 In
 his
 spare
 time,
 he
 enjoys
 tennis,
 deep‐sea
 fishing, 
reading,
and
 watching
 college 
athletics. 

He 
is 
an 
active 
member
 of 
the 
State 
Bar
 of
 Georgia,
 the
 Lawyer’s
 Club
 of
 Atlanta,
 and
 Real
 Estate
 Group
 of 
Atlanta.
 
Mr.
Novak
 currently
 serves
 as 
Chair 
of
 the 
Board
 of
 Directors
 for 
the 
Atlanta
 Bar 
Association
 Real 
Estate
 Section
 as 
well 
as 
the 
Board 
of 
Advisors
 for
 several 
real 
estate 
developers
 and
 businesses. 

He 
is 
also 
a
 member
 of 
various
 community
 and
 volunteer 
organizations,
 and 
he 
and
 his 
family
 are
 active
 members 
of 
their 
church.

Samuel Tamkin is a Chicago-based real estate attorney with more than 20 years of experience working with residential and commercial clients. Sam graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Economics, History and International Relations. Following the University of Pennsylvania, Sam received his law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign-Urbana. In addition to his work with buyers and sellers of residential real estate transactions, he has helped homeowners with loan modifications, residential leases, easements and licenses. His work with commercial real estate clients has included 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges, construction loans, permanent loans, letters of credit, ground leases and retail, office, industrial and restaurant leases. He has represented both landlords and tenants in their lease transactions. Sam has also represented industrial and commercial purchasers in their acquisition of land for their properties and has represented sellers in their sale of industrial, office, retail and apartment buildings. Currently, Sam's articles are syndicated in newspapers across the United States, including the Washington Post, Orlando Sentinel, among many others.

Shannon Judd comes to PEMCO Ltd after spending the last eight years in mortgage finance. Over her career in real estate, she has held her mortgage license in Georgia and Florida, worked in all levels of mortgage finance from sales to underwriting, and worked in appraisal management and review. She joined the PEMCO Ltd team this March of 2009 as their neighborhood stabilization program (NSP) coordinator. Judd currently works with all federally funded NSP, training them on how to buy HUD homes and providing support through the acquisition process. She is also actively involved in PEMCO’s buyer and realtor outreach program, educating the real estate community and consumers on HUD’s homeownership opportunities. Ms. Judd’s extensive and diverse real estate background has made her a valuable and knowledgeable part of the PEMCO Ltd team. You may contact Judd at sjudd@pemco-limited.com or www.hudpemco.com.

Wes Moss is Executive Vice President/Chief Investment Strategist of Capital Investment Advisors (CIA). He works directly with clients providing investment strategy and guidance to help them meet their financial objectives.