Our Purpose
Group Summary
The Visionaries Investor Ring buying group is affiliated with one of the most powerful and important Real Estate buying groups in the country. We are a Private Group comprised of thousands of members working together to improve their individual results. By banding together with other like-minded individuals and licensed professionals we offer an unmatched value proposition to developers. There aren't any other groups out there that can take down as much inventory as we can. That being said, we know that size alone does not ensure success. A master team of Real Estate professionals provide leadership, experience, competency and stewardship for the group.
Our Purpose
The purpose of our buying group is to provide our members with opportunities to purchase properties in desirable markets at pricing and terms that they would not have access to as individuals. Our members purchase these properties for a variety of reasons such as, but not limited to:
Future retirement property
Second/vacation home sites
Additions to their estates to pass down as inheritance
Potential for appreciation*
What We Look For In a Property
There are many factors that are considered when evaluating a particular project before it is offered to our group.
The project must have what we call "desirability" . Projects are not required to have all of these factors but they must have some combination of these factors to make them desirable:
Aesthetics: Beautiful locations with breath-taking views
Recreation: We look for a variety of activities such as boating, water sports, hiking, biking, golf, fishing etc.
Community: Upscale communities with many amenities and services
Population migration due to the desirability of the area and other factors such as job creation.
Economy: The local area has a strong economic base.
Potential for appreciation: The project area has shown good property appreciation rates.*
Developer qualifications: The developer must have a good track record of completing projects and be fully bonded on the project. In addition the developer must be receptive to our group and offer us favorable terms and pricing.
*The ultimate value of real estate like any other major asset is determined by a multitude of market factors and conditions which are not controllable by any individual or group, thus we make no guarantees, either explicit or implied for the individual members outcome on property purchases with the group.
Communication
We transmit our deals to our members through emails that contain links to web pages with information on the opportunity. Many deals will allow you to join a conference call with the developers to ask questions and hear them speak about the project. People call in only if they want to buy. Our offerings always sell out so we can remain objective in helping people decide whether or not a deal makes sense for them.
Access to desirable Markets
The founding brokers of the buying group perform detailed research, follow trends and can spot emerging markets and micro markets early. They have over 33 years of real estate experience and have amassed a massive real estate portfolio. They caught Vegas early. They were buying in Phoenix early. Over and over they have found hyper appreciating markets prior to them officially becoming "hot markets". Market intelligence comes to the group through our core team of researching professionals as well as our individual members. Our members bought hundreds of homes in Vegas and made tens of millions of dollars. When Vegas started to peak we shifted to Phoenix and we got hundreds of people into pre-construction homes. The market then exploded. Then all of a sudden the major builders cut off investors. We figured out how to find local builders that would sell to our buyers group and were the only ones with pre-construction inventory in any quantity in Phoenix. (How we did it is still classified). We were the first ones to get our buyers group into the emerging high-rise game in Vegas, right before prices doubled. When Phoenix started slowing we were already running numbers in other markets where the developers never saw a buyers group before. When everyone else was scrambling for pre-construction, we started doing pre-development. It’s about staying one step ahead of the market and innovating.
Click on the links below for OFHEO market data reports and interesting articles:
Baby Boomer article 1, Baby Boomer article 2, 1999 HPI report, 2000 HPI report, 2001 HPI report, 2002 HPI report 2003 HPI report, 2004 HPI report, 2005 HPI report, 2006 HPI report
Code of Ethics:
The Investor Ring founding brokers are intuitive investors that live by the following code of ethics: Do not buy anything if you cannot answer YES to these three questions: 1) Is it a good deal for the buyer? 2) Would I buy it? 3) If the buyer were my mother or a loved one, would I sell it to her?
Flexibility:
This business is dynamic. We have literally have to be able to reinvent ourselves on a dime. Most buyer groups are not fluid enough to address change. They tend to become "experts" in a single market or a single buying strategy. Certain education companies also sell investment properties. The problem here is the whole organization is built around a core teaching like, "buy and old house and rent it out and try to get a positive cash flow". Their philosophy is built around one core strategy. It becomes easier to sell the same old stuff than to rewrite everything and retrain everyone. It becomes a mill turning out mindless buyers making $50 a month. We have to react to each and every market opportunity and adversity. As buyers we too need to be equally flexible and adaptive to change.
Membership:
While we do not charge a membership fee, performance is critical to the integrity of the group. If you are prone to dropping out, are terrified of making a decision, can't come up with a down payment, or can't qualify for loans we encourage you to "Armor Up" before attempting to buy. Would you want to go into combat terrified without body armor or weapons? Make sure you have the tools it takes to perform. Typically, we recommend having a 640 credit score and a minimum of $10-20K in available capital. For this reason we ask that you submit the pre-qualification form found on this website. Remember your network is your net-worth. Join with thousands of like-minded individuals to improve your real estate purchasing power.