Board of Advisors

Than Merrill - Marketing & Wholesaling

Than Merrill, founder and CEO of CT Homes, LLC based in New Haven CT, has quickly established himself as one of the most successful young investors in the nation. His leadership and business acumen have brought CT Homes, LLC to extraordinary heights. Currently, he is buying 9-10 single family and multi-family properties a month with an average profit of over $30,000 each. In the last three years alone he has closed a total of over 200 deals in the states of Connecticut, New York, Florida and California. Merrill's strength lies in his unparalleled knowledge of real estate marketing, wholesaling and rehabbing combined with his unwavering dedication to perfecting his strategies. Through the formation of FortuneBuilders Inc., Than took the speaking circuit by storm. He brings a breath of fresh air and enthusiasm into the realm of speaking, giving other investors the opportunity to benefit from his innovative business systems. His course Marketing for Killer Real Esate Deals and Wholesaling for Quick Cash have become best sellers in the real estate education field. Read more....

Paul Esajian - Rehabbing

Paul Esajian, CFO & Founder of CT Homes, LLC & FortuneBuilders Inc., is one of Connecticut’s premier young real estate investors and speakers. His ideas for building a business have been used to develop CT Homes into the premier real estate solutions company in Connecticut and the New England area. Through the implementation of his financial models & construction systems Paul’s company has opened offices from California to Rhode Island. Currently, Paul has managed over 200 projects with multiple teams of contractors & sub-contractors in four different states and over ten different cities. Paul’s expertise is in managing larger rehabs and multi-unit rehabs of over $50,000 dollars, in which his accounting systems have been designed specifically for the accounting and companies’ financial details since their inception. With a fanatical passion for his work & strict work ethic, Paul continues to grow his business, marketplace, & models for the benefit of his network, the community, & future Fortune Builders. Read more....

Will Lansing - Strategies, Systems and Tools

Will Lansing is no ordinary real estate investor. After skillfully building a real estate investing empire making over $30-million a year in revenues, Will is counted as one of the nation’s top real estate deal makers and educators. Will takes a different angle than most experts in detailing and outlining the true dangers and challenges of creative real estate investing, and how one truly needs to build a business in this kind of marketplace. www.WillLansing.com

 

Kevin Skarritt - Branding and Web Design

Kevin Skarritt, Chief Nut of Acorn Creative has a focus on Branding and website development. Kevin has taken his branding strategies and website techniques and is revolutionizing the real estate investing world! You think YOU – your company, products, services, and marketing – are confident, unstoppable, and unforgettable (Admit it!). But the more likely tale? You’re a ho-hum, accidental composite of whatever comes to your customers’ minds, whenever (if ever) they think about you. No worries, though. All that’s about to change. Kevin Skarritt and Acorn Creative ARE– your all-purpose, fully-loaded branding, creative design, and marketing team that helps businesses with identity crises ditch their baggage and become their strongest, ultra powerful, most profitable selves. And, as the six-time winner of Forbes Magazine’s “Best of the Web” award, we know they can work some serious magic with you. www.acorncreative.com

Sheila Farragher-Gemma - Foreclosures

Sheila Farragher-Gemma is co-founder of ForeclosuresMass.com, the leading provider of online Massachusetts foreclosure data and education for investors, real estate agents and mortgage brokers. Sheila has worked in real estate for over 10 years, and is one of the state’s most recognized authorities on the foreclosure market. She routinely counsels professionals on how to succeed in real estate and the ins-and-outs of the foreclosure process. In her role as an industry expert, Sheila has been a guest commentator on CBS Nightly News, FOX 25, NECN, WGBH TV and WBUR radio. www.foreclosuresmass.com

Bert Cox- Exit Strategies/Auctions

Bert Cox is an active Investor, REALTOR®, and Auctioneer, he operates in the I-93 corridor from Concord to Nashua as well as Keene and MA. He has been involved in Real Estate since 1985 and currently manage about 15 units. He is an advocate of real estate education and practice creative real estate. His mentors and teachers include AD Kessler, Ron LeGrand, and Robyn Thompson. He earned his MBA, Summa Cum Laude, from Southern New Hampshire University. He also holds the degree of BSME (Mechanical Engineering) from Northwestern and SMU. His studies include marketing, W. Edwards Deming's principles of quality control, and strategic planning. He served in the United States Air Force and holds one US patent. As a serial entrepreneur, Bert states that his true passion (outside of family) is Real Estate. Because of his passion for real estate, he started the NH Real Estate Investor’s Association in 2003 to promote education, networking and professionalism for the real estate investing community. Bert is a master at formulating numerous Exit Strategies before making offers on properties. One of his favorite Exit Strategies is Round Robin Auctions. Bert holds his auction license in both MA and NH and holds a wealth of information for members to tap into. www.1house.com

Attorney Alan Segal -Real Estate Law

Noted Attorney Alan Segal has 30 years of experience. He has handled over 30,000 real estate and mortgage closings and is well versed in business and entity structuring. www.segallawoffice.com