THURSDAY MEETING July 3, 2025

SARASOTA REIA ‘FIRST THURSDAY INVESTOR WORKSHOP’
FREE – ALL ARE WELCOME

Join us this Thursday as we welcome Bill Cook and J Scott
Bill Cook and J Scott will host an open workshop on the following topics and are encouraging all to bring their questions and join the dialog.

Bill and J bring over 50-years of combined experience to the room.

• How each of us finds, funds, structures, holds and ultimately, exits the property.
• 5 important real estate investment lessons you’ve learned
• Open conversation with attendees’ questions and/or concerns about current market conditions

Bill Cook, and his wife Kim, are a husband-and-wife real estate investing team.  They have been active investors for almost 3 decades. Their investment portfolio consists of single-family rental homes, mobile homes, and a small mobile home park.  In addition, they own notes, options, stocks, precious metals, and crypto currency.

J Scott spent much of his early career in Silicon Valley where he held management positions at several Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and eBay. In 2008, J and his wife Carol decided to quit their corporate jobs and focus on real estate investing. J is the former co-host of The BiggerPockets Business Podcast. Over the past 15 years, they have bought, built, rehabbed, sold, lent-on and held over $150M in property around the country. J is the author of five books on real estate investing helping investors from around the world get started with real estate. FREE – ALL ARE WELCOME
Thursday July 3,  2025
6PM – 8PM
MALONEY FUNERAL HOME
(TURN AT SHERWIN WILLIAMS)
2401 CATTLEMEN ROAD
SARASOTA, FL 34232

Special thanks to owner Dean Maloney for hosting us
Questions? Call Ed Taylor # 941.315.8050

SHOULD YOU WISH TO JOIN US REMOTELY THIS FIRST THURSDAY MEETING WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA ZOOM. THE ZOOM MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 PM
https://zoom.us/j/925511410?pwd=ZHJZQ3RDOFFwb2c3RTdJTWNxQ1pRdz09
Meeting ID: 925 511 410 Password: 113769

Annual ROAD TRIP to Floor and Decor

June’s “1st Thursday Investor Workshop” will be hosted by Dan Harman, General Manager, Floor and Decor (8415 Lockwood Ridge Rd – @ University Blvd – Sarasota, FL) — we will meet at his store June 5th at 6pm

This annual event is FREE AND OPEN TO ALL — Sarasota REIA members are encouraged to invite guests, their trades, and anyone else interested in learning more about the services and products from our great business partner, Floor and Decor

Questions? Ed Taylor, President 941.315.8050

SARASOTA REIA ‘FIRST THURSDAY INVESTOR WORKSHOP’
FREE – ALL ARE WELCOME

Join us this Thursday as we welcome Matt Strauss

Matt is the Founder and Managing Partner of Ob Portu Ventures, a real estate consulting and venture capital firm providing homebuilder support from deal origination through exit, as well as a source for community-driven alternative investment opportunities. Prior to pursuing an entrepreneurial path, Matt led land acquisition underwriting and supported project entitlement management for publicly traded Taylor Morrison (NYSE: TMHC) where he supported corporate approval of over 5500 residential lots both locally and across the state. Matt is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with degrees in Finance and Business Analytics.

Matt was raised in the Lakewood Ranch / Sarasota area and has been able to observe tremendous cycles of economic development, from boom to crash to recovery, and thus holds a unique perspective regarding how far this market has come and a bullish outlook regarding what the future may hold.

Thursday’s meeting will cover nuances of residential development, an economic review of where the market sits today, and future growth corridors in the region.
obportuventures.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewstrauss/
FREE – ALL ARE WELCOME
THURSDAY APRIL 3, 2025
6PM – 8PM
MALONEY FUNERAL HOME
(TURN AT SHERWIN WILLIAMS)
2401 CATTLEMEN ROAD
SARASOTA, FL 34232

Special thanks to owner Dean Maloney for hosting us
Questions? Call Ed Taylor # 941.315.8050
SHOULD YOU WISH TO JOIN US REMOTELY THIS FIRST THURSDAY MEETING WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA ZOOM. THE ZOOM MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 PM
https://zoom.us/j/925511410?pwd=ZHJZQ3RDOFFwb2c3RTdJTWNxQ1pRdz09
Meeting ID: 925 511 410 Password: 113769

THURSDAY MEETING MARCH 6, 2025

SARASOTA REIA ‘FIRST THURSDAY INVESTOR WORKSHOP’
FREE – ALL ARE WELCOME

David Tilney, Hassle-Free Property Management

David Tilney is known and respected nationwide in the real estate community for his skills as a landlord and for master-leasing. For over 40 years David Tilney has been a hands-on investor and landlord. He credits his success – always – to one thing: good management. David’s management philosophy has always been to treat their tenants the way they would like to be treated, while maintaining strong controls to assure maximum profitability with a minimum of hassles.

FREE – ALL ARE WELCOME
THURSDAY MARCH 6, 2025
6PM – 8PM
Maloney Funeral Home
(turn at Sherwin Williams)
2401 Cattlemen Road
Sarasota, FL 34232

Special thanks to owner Dean Maloney for hosting us
Questions? Call Ed Taylor # 941.315.8050

SHOULD YOU WISH TO JOIN US REMOTELY THIS FIRST THURSDAY MEETING WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA ZOOM. THE ZOOM MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 PM
https://zoom.us/j/925511410?pwd=ZHJZQ3RDOFFwb2c3RTdJTWNxQ1pRdz09
Meeting ID: 925 511 410 Password: 113769

David Tilney is known and respected nationwide in the real estate community for his skills as a landlord and master-leasing. For over 40 years David Tilney has been as a hand-on investor and landlord – he credits his success – always – to one thing: good management. David’s management philosophy has always been to treat their tenants the way they would like to be treated, while maintaining strong controls to assure maximum profitability with a minimum of hassles.