BAWB Regular Monthly Meeting Thursday May 17th 2012
A Two (2) Part Program

Part 1 - "Call me When you Find a GOOD Deal"

We've all heard this statement in the past... What does it really mean?

Learn about the "ART" of the deal and Why that is so crucial in this frenzied market to your success

Deal Structuring Tips and Tricks by Michael Morrongiello

Part 2 - Selling For Top Dollar in Today's Market

Do you Want to sell Your Properties Quickly and for Top Dollar?

Attend this months meeting to learn insider secrets about how to properly prepare your home for resale.

With the demand for Qualified Retail buyers intense and buyers becoming VERY picky you need to bring your property to the market so that it stands out from competing inventory.

Highlight your property strengths, downplay its weaknesses and appeal to the greatest possible pool of prospective buyers with these Selling & Staging tips.

Get your house looking its best and ready for sale within days. Learn Seamless and economical orchestration of all the small and large details such as landscaping, touch up, plumbing,electrical, gutter cleaning, clutter removal and organizing, window washing, pressure washing, painting, storage,interior design and yes STAGING are some of the services that will allow you to sell your house fast and for the highest price.

• Creating a marketing plan for your property
• What are the most crucial days from a marketing standpoint
• What Technologies & Tools can assist you in marketing your property
• Photographic image tips and traps ...
• What Glue makes your deals stick
• Why Staging?
• Benefits of Staging- When & Where to Stage?
• What is the Value / Cost proposition
• Partnering with a Staging Firm
• Plenty of Q&A

About Yami Arvelo

Yami Arvelo, founder and designer of MOONES, Inc & MOONEShome, has a keen eye and over 20 years of experience in redesigning spaces, reinventing them and making them uniquely her own. She has renovated and facilitated sales of numerous residential properties in the San Francisco Bay Area from Tiburon to Silicon Valley. With equal parts style and vision, Yami is an interior designer with a strong team of builder contractors and handy man. Whether you are renting an apartment or living in a mansion, MOONES wants to help you create a space filled with pure style and luxury

... a place that will inspire you!

Yami's work has been featured on INTERIOR DESIGN, DWELL, Modern Conteporary Furniture & Home Decorating, Home & Design, Design Journal and Seattle Life & Style publications to name just a few. To date, she has remodeled and staged more than one hundred high end homes and apartments in San Francisco and Marin counties. She has also designed and produced eco-friendly custom lighting for Caesars Palace Hotel Las Vegas, Yoshi's San Francisco, and private residences in Vancouver, Canada and Oahu, Hawaii.

She has revamped, remodeled and staged properties for a top Napa wine producer, Silicon Valley software developers, San Francisco Bay Area real estate brokers, developers/investors, international art collectors, and local artists. She is one of the most successful and devoted all-in-one designer and "turn-key-real estate solutions" providers in the Bay Area. Her work has gained recognition for Excellence in the ADEX 2005.

With her broad design background and international upbringing, Yami brings comfort, timeless style and value to each and every project she works on. Ms Arvelo's experience servicing international clients via innovation and stellar creative comes from her days at Contempo Design in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her extensive travels to Asia, Latin/North America, and Europe has influenced her metropolitan style and personal elan.

All meetings in 2012 will be held on the THIRD THURSDAY of the month.

Our General Monthly Meeting, featuring top-notch national and local entrepreneurs and educators, is held the THIRD THURSDAY of each month at 7:30pm.

Location

Our Roundtable Discussion is hosted monthly by a featured monitor and begins at 7:00pm, prior to the General Monthly Meeting.

At 7:30pm, the Property Pitch Session begins. Whether you're an agent, investor, or property seller, this session provides an opportunity to present your property and listings to a demographically perfect audience.

Guest speakers discuss topics to assist investors in acquiring Real Estate often with little or no money down. Future meeting topics include: