We're remaking this group into a community of people interested in using the tools of real estate to do good by doing well - Socially Responsible Investment and mutual support. How can we serve the needs of the people and help them get a stake in their neighborhoods, make long-term investments, connect with their neighbors, and partner up? What we do here is up to you. We're planning some basic get-togethers, and looking for folks to step up to leadership.

REO's are foreclosures owned by the Banks. Every area now has them and Price is not the only yardstick of value. How can you make money on REO's is simple. Buy Low and Sell High Given the hundreds of markets and thousands of properties, what is Best? That is a good question and it is individual. The reason so many people got foreclosed was the Rich Dad Theories made a lot of Poor Dad's Now is the time to buy property with INCOME. It will be a year or more for any easing of the Credit Crisi …

Are you an investor looking for private money lending or partners for a real estate project? Are you an Agent that has great deals to bring to the table? If so, we want you at our San Francisco Bay Area Private Money and Deal Structuring for Investors Meet-up. From newbie’s to experienced investors, we can learn from each other. Today’s real estate market has created some enormous opportunities and this group will empower all who want to take advantage of these times. We have a direct private mo …

REI NETWORKING: The Real Estate Investors Place to Network REI Networking is a club created to inspire collaborate teamwork and support between real estate investors. Essentially REI Networking offers: Lively and ongoing discussions about the current trends in the market (presenting diverse viewpoints). Inspirational speakers sharing their vast knowledge and expertise with the network. “Mastermind sessions” where we will collaborate and help members structure investment opportunities. Topics wi …

As the name suggests, this group is designed for, but not necessarily dedicated to, investors who have significant construction experience in the San Francisco Bay Area. The main purpose of this group is to bring together various construction professionals under one roof (a solid, built-to-code roof, of course...) in hopes that strong alliances / joint ventures may be formed to tackle rehab projects as each investor contributes their construction expertise and/or funding to create a beautiful, w …

Have you been to a business networking event where conversation was stilted? Or where your conversation partner seemed to be trying to assess if you might be a potential client, rather than being interested in who you really are? Have you learned an elevator pitch technique that sounded great, but felt forced when it actually came out of your mouth? Do you feel uncomfortable when networking, or even dread attending events?When we seek to grow our businesses, find new positions, and make new cont …

We are a Chinese EB-5 Investor Awareness group. Our purpose is to help Chinese investors and realtors learn the TRUTH about the EB-5 program that the U.S. government has been strongly encouraging since the 2008 financial crisis to create more jobs and investments in the United States. Our job is to educate people about the program and distinguish the good projects from the bad ones because there are too many investors who just lost their money in projects that are on the market. Furthermore, we …

Meet fellow Apartment (Multifamily) owners, operators, and investors. If you're looking to invest in your first multi-family property you're welcome to join as well. The purpose of this meet up is two-fold a) collaborate with existing owners on key learnings and best practices so we can all manage our buildings more effectively and b) provide those looking to get started a good resource network to learn from. Students of CCIM, David Lindahl and Scott Scheel are welcome.

Join MeetUp group organizer and Entrust Group representative Bill St. John in learning about how to invest in alternative assets with your self-directed IRA. Learn from educational talks with leaders and peers who are making similar investment choices. Find out about their successes and failures with self-direction while learning how to conduct your own due diligence before leaping into a new investment with your self-directed IRA or tax-deferred account. Background on the Self-Directed IRA The …

REI Circle is a Real Estate, Entrepreneur & Investment Community where members empower members through Networking, Investing, Education, Support, and Resources. REI means different opportunities to different people - real estate, enterprise venture, portfolio investment… We believe that opportunities are endless if you know how to tap into an association of like-minded individuals with a passion for achievement in wealth creation and financial independence. Whether you are a novice or entreprene …

Druid is a distributed, column-oriented, real-time, interactive analytical datastore. It was created to allow consistently fast, multidimensional ad-hoc drill-down type querying for large quantities of data - in real time. If you're searching for a solution beyond what proprietary column oriented, or in memory data stores offer both in price and capability - then join us. The Bay Area Druid User Group is dedicated to bringing together users and developers of Druid to exchange knowledge, insight …

Welcome to the Real Social Dynamics group in San Francisco! The goal of this group is to gather all men who want to improve their lives by learning how to interact better in social situations especially when it comes to women. ****************************************************** Real social dynamics is a top dating and self-actualization company which has in the last 10 years shaped the life of thousands of men around the world. Join this group and participate in the events to go out, have fu …

Who: Anyone who wants to create a real “Cashmere Mafia” or circle of friends as close as Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda. (and who is tired of making only superficial connections via meetup) You may be new to town and maybe wanting to make new set of friends or maybe you’ve been here for a while but never had the time or made the effort to do so. What this group will be about: About having a good time and establishing solid relationships. As females, it generally may seem much easier …

Calling all enlightened singles! Are you into transformational work and/or spirituality? Do the words "conscious evolution" give you a warm, fuzzy feeling and you're looking for that right someone who feels the same way? Join our community of enlightened singles who are looking to create true, mad, deep love. Our online community is unique: we will have gay and straight folks in our online community and we'd love to see people "recommending" their gay/straight friends in online conversations. If …

This group is designed to improve your dating skills and teach you the secrets of attraction. You will master everything there is to know about meeting women, building instant attraction, creating deep comfort and building everlasting relationships with beautiful women. I am a San Francisco dating coach and lead instructor for both The Attractive Man 1-on-1 Dating Coach company and Seduction Coaching, and will be teaching the majority of the events. I have also written a few books, have taught d …

This is a group for experience designers who want to practice their trade, and developers, project managers and visual designers who want to understand more about what UI/UX design is, how it's practiced, and what factors real UI/UX designers consider. This is a place to understand the nuances of designing human-computer interaction and to help everyone get an idea of what to look for, how to approach it, and what the design process should look and feel like. Meetups are based on demand and are …

Do you love Jesus Christ and desire His leading in building a business that glorifies Him? Do you believe that God wants you to be successful in your business and in the workplace? Is it in your heart to serve God in the workplace? Would you like to fellowship and network with other Kingdom Builders? If that's you, that's who we are too! All levels of walking with Christ are welcome, no business experience required, and men and women of all ages are welcome. We meet once per week on Thursday eve …

<<==Yacht Club Party Photo from Golden Gate Yacht Club in San Francisco Want to organize some events? See note below about this. Before applying for membership, please read this description carefully and answer the communication check questions below. Bay Area Singles Meetup has many exciting events; some are small cocktail parties, others are huge events at major hotels. We have wine hikes, Bay cruises, and tours to other countries, as well as exciting dance party mixers.  Team members are co …

SF Data Engineering hosts events where the lead engineers from pre-screened companies showcase their technical challenges. ONLY ENGINEERS can attend. If you are not an engineer, please be aware that you may be removed from the group. Software engineers are presently faced with an ever-increasing amount of data as well as a plethora of options for open-source technologies to use to manage it. And the architectures required to process the data into useful information using machine learning, NLP, …

Who We Are: From food novices to epicurean gourmands, San Francisco Foodies always have a great time enjoying delicious food. Join us to share a meal with Real Foodies! What We Do: We bring together Real Foodies around delicious food. Our events include restaurant excursions, food pop-ups, cooking classes, potlucks, picnics, food truck runs, food crawls, food festivals as well as food-related book launch parties, film screenings, benefit galas and more! Our group checks out restaurants through …

Come Together For Health™ Improving access to affordable healthcare by promoting innovative technologies that transform healthcare. Health Technology Forum (HTF) is a platform for people worldwide who have a common interest in making healthcare better, more accessible and affordable. Our international network of technology and healthcare entrepreneurs, developers, regulators, and providers are advancing the pace of healthcare innovation by engaging in exciting and productive dialogue between e …

So who are we and why should you come to one of our workshops? By combining the art and science of communication, Social Fluency has developed a fun, skills-based curriculum that is built on peer-reviewed research in cognitive behavioral psychology, neuroscience and other cutting-edge disciplines. Our effectiveness has been proven by both scientific studies and real world results. Our unique and fun teaching techniques, along with our highly skilled instructors blend interesting content and inte …

Do you want to find a group of close friends in the city you can truly rely on and you can do about just everything with? Are you tired of going to events feel like you end up meeting strangers all the time? If the answer is yes, then this is the group for you, we want to make this group a place for members to make real friendship happen. San Francisco is such a charming city to live in, but friends will make it even better!  We will have all sorts of events such as happy hours, dinners, wine ta …

The reason why I started this Meetup: http://www.charlottehan.com/post/43449623357/its-time-to-be-real-women-in-tech In short, this is a place where women can be safe and comfortable to be real "women", in tech. • We started in SF, but we’re (more than) happy to be in other cities in the world • We are women who share the common interest in tech • We co-work, learn, help and share. Most importantly, we have fun! • We also discuss broader “girlie topics”. After all, "technology" is just one part …

In San Francisco, we have a plethora of language exchange meet up groups dedicated to a particular language which usually meet in a coffee-shop. SF Babel aims to provide a fun and relaxed atmosphere in a bar environment where speakers of many different languages come together to practice speaking a different language in a real-world context with real people, all for FREE. The goal is to have a night-out, with an international crowd on a consistent basis. HOW IT WORKS The idea of the group is th …

With Laughter Yoga, hilarity brings clarity! Like physical yoga, breath and presence is of the essence. But, in Laughter Yoga our exercises are about movement rather than postures. And, our breath and movement are fueled by laughter! My name is Tommy Westerfield, and I am a Certified Laughter Yoga Instructor. I received my training at the American School of Laughter Yoga in Los Angeles in 2009. What I love about Laughter Yoga is you don't need to be happy, or have a sense of humor, or even have …

The MF|Collective is a multifamily investor community where investors can find opportunities to learn, share, grow, and profit. All are welcome! Whether you are just interested, just getting started, or a seasoned multifamily (apartment) investor, the MF|Collective is the investment club for you. Join the MF|Collective to network with other go-getters, learn to conduct market research, analyze investments, conduct due diligence, find other pieces of your deal, build, improve, and/or manage you …

This is a group for people interested in learning more about or working with the Koding.com platform. Developing in your browser with a real VM and a real terminal.