About us
Real Estate Education and Networking - Local and Global Community
All details here - Santa Barbara REIA
and here - Joint Venture Land Deals
Join our SB REIA Meetup - it's Free - you must register here through Meetup for all meetings so we can get a good attendance count. If it's your first time you get in free, if not then it's $10 online through our website above not through Meetup or $20 at the door.
If you are starting your investing with only $1,000 why start with no information or education when you can network with Santa Barbara millionaires! They will give you some very good advice of what to do and what not to do. They didn't get there without making some very expensive mistakes that you can now avoid by learning from them.
Dan Ringwald, is the President of the Santa Barbara Real Estate Investors Association. He created the SB REIA in 2008 as a community service project for education and networking on real estate investing. His goal is to provide the best for less and that's why it's FREE and Online all the Time.
YouTube.com/DanRingwald - see all the past videos and educational information. Videos are great but you can't network and you can't ask those all important questions. Dan met a Santa Barbara multimillionaire private lender at a REIA meeting and he got a private loan which was used to pay down his credit card debt. That moved his credit score from 612 to 800 in 90 days. It was a private loan so it did not show up on his credit. He paid off his credit cards and they had no clue it came from a private loan. Da, where does someone just come up with a $100,000 to pay off credit card debt? That qualified him to refinance his primary home and one of his rentals in Santa Barbara and paid off his private lender all at the same time. That is the power of networking and real estate education!
Why Use SB REIA Meetup.com ?
More attendees means better networking - More attendees means better Speakers - Speakers want proof of attendance or they will not speak - If you are a first timer you get in free - It will expand your Networking
You can show what services you have to offer - You can see what services others have to offer - See who is attending our Meetings - Show others you will be attending so they can meet you - Find other Meetups you might like go to
Find out more about our Meetings - See pictures of past meetings - Ask questions about the meetup to other members - SB REIA is your club too, so help build it - It's FREE to be a Meetup member!
Problems Registering - Call or Text Dan Ringwald - 805-242-3004 any time with any questions
Upcoming events
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Real Estate Agent Virtual Coffee Mastermind
·OnlineOnlineStart your morning... with a coffee & friends from all over the country. Don't miss out on our live (virtual) networking event every Thursday morning. It's the perfect opportunity to build relationships with Realtors across the state and across the country (sometimes even on the other side of the world) that will serve your clients well when they need a referral.
We have a short educational/informative presentation at the beginning of the meeting and then go into 3 or 4 person breakout rooms where you can get to know the other attendees. At the end there will be time for you to download the contact info of everyone who attended so you can follow up.
If you're not already a member of our fb group, you can join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/therealestateagentreferralnetwork
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Building a Rental Portfolio
·OnlineOnlineBuilding a Rental Portfolio
MONDAY MARCH 9TH, 8PM EST 7PM CST 5PM PST
Register Here: SIGN UP HERE
Build a rental portfolio with a repeatable system: buy box, underwriting, financing, BRRRR reality, operations, and scaling without chaos.
Most people don’t fail at rentals because they “picked the wrong house.”
They fail because they don’t have a repeatable system for buying, financing, stabilizing, and scaling.
This session is your blueprint for building a real rental portfolio—whether you’re starting from zero or you already own a few and want to grow faster with fewer mistakes.
We’ll break down the actual operator playbook: what to buy, how to fund it, how to underwrite it, how to manage risk, and how to build a portfolio that doesn’t collapse the first time repairs spike, rents soften, or your lender gets conservative.
### What You’ll Learn- The 3 rental portfolio paths (and which one fits your time, capital, and risk tolerance)
- Buy Box clarity: property type, price band, neighborhoods, and tenant profile
- Underwriting that keeps you out of trouble: cash flow, reserves, CapEx, and realistic rent assumptions
- Financing options that scale: conventional, DSCR, portfolio, private money, and when each fits
- The BRRRR reality check: when it works, when it doesn’t, and what breaks most people
- Stabilization + operations: scope discipline, lease-up, management, and protecting your margin
- Scaling without chaos: how to go from “one rental” to a portfolio with consistency and control
### Who This Is For
- Beginners who want a clear path to their first rental (without guessing)
- Investors with 1–5 rentals who want to scale faster with better financing + systems
- Busy professionals who need a portfolio plan that works with limited time
### What You’ll Walk Away With
- A simple 30–90 day rental acquisition plan
- A clean buy box + criteria framework you can use immediately
- Clarity on your financing path and next steps
- A stronger understanding of what it actually takes to build a durable, scalable portfolio
### Want the Full Deep Dive?
This Monday/Wednesday session is the foundation.
We’ll also be running a full Saturday workshop on the same topic for people who want the expanded step-by-step implementation.Register Here: SIGN UP HERE
1 attendee
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