Fairfield County Real Estate Investors Association Meeting February 16, 2011

Looking to connect with other investors in Fairfield County and Lower New Haven County? Be sure to attend this quarterly meeting of the Fairfield County REIA sponsored by the CT REIA. Bring your business cards, deals, and your team of professionals. This will be an exciting night where deals will be made.

Westy’s staff is always on hand to assist CT REIA members. Coffee, Sweets, Cheese & Crackers, delights will be served at this meeting. (You will be pleasantly surprised to see this grand marble floor meeting room)

TOPIC: Using Componentization to Reduce Income Taxes with Ted Lanzaro Jr., CPA, CFE, CrFA (Lanzarro CPA LLC)

Componentization is cost segregation for smaller properties without the expensive engineering study. Essentially, you break the purchase price of a rental property down into the component parts of the property i.e. driveway, roof, cabinets, carpeting, etc. This helps investors save on taxes in two different ways. Investors will learn:
- What componentization is and why it is a great tax savings tool
- When is the ideal time to componentized a property
- How componentization can increase depreciation and reduce taxes
- How you can get immediate tax deductions for fixing up a rental property
- How rental losses can be used to offset earned income

TOPIC: Dialing for Dollars: Learn techniques to get and convert no-cost real estate leads with Laura Treonze (Keller Williams)

Learn techniques to get and convert no-cost real estate leads. We will share techniques for growing your buyer and seller database. We will also give you scripts that will help you turn those leads into dollars. This session will jump start your 2011 and change the way you do business.

Official Website: http://www.ctreia.com/events.php?a=v&i=327