Stop collecting strategies. Start understanding the next step.
Whether you're trying to understand seller financing, a title problem, or the numbers, another open browser tab only gets you so far. FOCUS brings real estate investing education in Riverside down to one practical skill each Wednesday, so you can concentrate on the part you're trying to learn.
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Real estate investing education Riverside investors can work through
Give one skill an hour, instead of giving ten strategies your scattered attention.
FOCUS runs every Wednesday from 6 to 7 PM Pacific. Work on the questions to ask, the numbers to examine, or the process to understand.
This weekly real estate investing class gives your learning a clear subject and a regular place on your calendar.
Start with the question in front of you
Past topics include finding off-market deals, dirty title and probate, seller financing, raising private money, becoming the lender, non-performing notes, 1031 exchanges, options, BRRR in California, ADUs, flipping mobile homes, residential assisted living, wholesaling in a shifting market, and AI for investors.
Check the events page for upcoming topics and presenters. Choose the subject closest to what you're working to understand.
See who's teaching the skill you need
The FIRE Center Captains lead FOCUS: Rich Rice, Evan Brown, Jim Keller, Goodwin Yee, and Darren Elliott. Guest speakers also teach specific areas of investing.
Read about them on the instructors page. Then check the events page for the scheduled topic and presenter, so you know what you're coming to learn and who's teaching it.
The FIRE Center also brings in occasional guest speakers with experience in specific parts of real estate investing.
Past FOCUS guests have included:
John Schaub, National Best Selling Author, described the meeting this way:
“There are a lot of investment groups that are for profit, they bring in speakers that sell things for $10,000, and they're not really there just to help. This meeting, people get help when they come. It's worth its weight in gold.”
Real questions have filled this teaching hour
How does seller financing work? What happens when a property has dirty title? Where does AI fit into investing?
Those subjects are part of the FOCUS teaching history. Recent sessions and guest speaker nights over the past two years show the range behind the weekly format.
The Replay Vault is where members watch the recordings.
The format changes because the work changes.
A seller conversation is easier to understand through role-play. A deal may need numbers on a board. A complicated topic may work better as an interview or a live set of questions.
Join live. Revisit the part you need.
FIRE Starter members can join FOCUS live on Zoom, Wednesdays from 6 to 7 PM Pacific.
They also get more than 130 session recordings going back to 2023, organized into eight shelves in the Replay Vault.
Follow the week's topic live or return to an available recording for another look. See the remote participation page for access details.
The shelves make it easier to find a recording tied to the question you are working through.
Visit membership for membership details.
First-time guests attend FOCUS in person. Zoom access and the recording library are for FIRE Starter members.
One visit. A lesson and a room to meet.
Your first Wednesday is free, once per person. First-time guests attend in person.
Join me at the FIRE Center, 1660 Chicago Ave STE M2, Riverside, CA 92507.
Reserve your first visit through the guest-pass page.
- Doors open at 3:45 PM.
- Deal Room: 4 to 5 PM.
- Power Hour dinner and networking: 5 to 6 PM.
- FOCUS: 6 to 7 PM Pacific.
What people ask before their first FOCUS
FOCUS is the FIRE Center's weekly teaching hour, covering one practical real estate investing skill every Wednesday from 6 to 7 PM Pacific.
The events page lists upcoming topics and presenters. The instructors page introduces the people behind the lessons.
FIRE Starter members can join FOCUS live on Zoom; see the remote participation page for access details. First-time guests attend in person.
FIRE Starter includes the Replay Vault, with more than 130 FOCUS session recordings going back to 2023, organized into eight shelves.
Yes. Your first Wednesday at the FIRE Center is free, once per person.
Stay for the other two hours.
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“As a real estate agent with 20 years of experience, I highly recommend the FIRE Center. I wish I had discovered this group years ago.”
“This is an incredible group of people. As long as you come with an open mind and willingness to learn this place is right for you.”
Make time for the skill you're missing
Join me for your first free Wednesday and spend the FOCUS hour on one practical part of real estate investing.
Reserve a first visit