Virtual Event
Join Geraci Media for Evolve: The State of the Market, this September 2020.
A fast-paced, industry meet-up revolving around education and face-to-face networking…
ALL ONLINE.
The current state of the world has led to an overwhelming amount of virtual conferences – including our own full, virtual conference this past May 2020. However, this time, we're hosting a virtual “meet up” filled solely with networking and education!
We polled various leaders, companies, and clients within the Private Lending industry, put our heads together, and pivoted to provide you with what you want and need: top-tier, face-to-face, CONNECTIONS through networking tools, and CURRENT information, education, and advice on how to run and grow your business in a time of uncertainty. Our goal is to maximize your time, new industry connections, and access to new information in a simple, familiar format.
This virtual event will facilitate connections and relationships through Brella, our powerful networking software, while also addressing The State of the Market in regard to the following topics via Livestream:
- SFR - Rental Loans & Capital Market Expectations
- SFR - Fix & Flip
- Commercial Real Estate
- ...and more!
*Please note that there will be NO Exhibitor Hall or Booth Sponsorships available for this online event, but there are A La Carte options available*
Event Speakers
Schedule
September 28, 2020 (all times are in PDT)
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Pre-Event Mixer - Hosted by Toorak Capital Partners (open to all attendees) |
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September 29, 2020 (all times are in PDT)
| 8:00am - 8:45am | Education and Espresso: Round Table Discussion - Hosted by The Mortgage Office (Invitation Only - Not open to all attendees) |
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| 9:00am - 9:20am | Welcome to EVOLVE - Co-hosted with Temple View Capital |
| 9:20am - 10:20am | CRE – What Lending Looks Like in Times of Uncertainty Commercial Real Estate continues to be an asset class filled with uncertainties. Initially state lock down orders decimated many CRE sectors. Unlike residential assets, government financial assistance mostly overlooked commercial assets, leading to higher default rates and forbearances with certain assets. Our panel of active commercial lenders will provide guidance on how they are able to continue to write CRE loans despite strong headwinds. |
| 10:20am - 11:00am | Brella Networking Break Schedule private 1-1 or group video meetings with other attendees via Brella |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | SFR- Rental Loans & Capital Market Expectations Opportunities for residential lenders have returned. Many say business is back to usual. Lets hear from industry leaders about the state of the market for residential lenders. This discussion will explore the current state of the market including trends in lending guidelines, capital markets requirements, and unique challenges presented by this altered marketplace. |
| 12:00pm - 12:30pm | Break for lunch (on your own - you may continue to network) |
| 12:30pm - 1:00pm | Brella Networking Break Schedule private 1-1 or group video meetings with other attendees via Brella |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Residential Bridge Market Outlook Now that the shock of government lockdowns is subsiding, the new normal of short term financing is emerging. This asset class fared better than anticipated with low default rates, historically low interest rates keeping asset values steady, and a hyper competitive home purchasing marketplace. Our expert panelists will provide their unique insight into how the marketplace has shifted since Pre-COVID and what they expect for the remainder of 2020. |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Brella Networking Break Schedule private 1-1 or group video meetings with other attendees via Brella |
| 2:30pm - 3:30pm | Closing Reception – Sponsored by Spiegel Accountancy Corp |
Sponsors
Testimonials
The "Geraci family,” Media group, Law group, Conferences and all the people at Geraci are extremely professional, capable, attentive to every person and every need and clearly strive to give each client and participant a personal customized attention to suit their needs.
As a startup, we are actively seeking out new lenders to sell us loans, the conferences have provided a wonderful environment to do so. Meeting new lenders at these conferences has led to new clients and more business. The Geraci team does a wonderful job of introducing the right players to their counterparts.
The networking at Geraci events has allowed us to benefit with new deals and education by being connected to folks in diverse geographical locations, it gives us a big picture view we ordinarily wouldn't have. As a smaller fund, the partners that we have gained through the Geraci events have made it possible for us to fund more than a third more loans by enabling us to free up capital. We can sell loans instead of waiting for them to pay off, generating additional origination fees. There is an overall feeling coming away from each event that I'm able to reconnect with people I now call friends and have new ones, I learn something new every time and finally, I typically have an opportunity to work on when I get home.
I was able to work with new companies in setting up our correspondent programs due to the number of other lenders that were in the area. I have also been able to connect with several developers that were looking for capital. I always get a client out of the conference whether it is a lender we can fund deals for or an actual investor that we can directly help. When I went to the Newport conference last year, it was a great, intimate conference. I was able to meet some local lenders that had offices within a few blocks of our offices. We had a business so close, yet it took going to your conference to build the relationship. Geraci is by far one of the best conferences for building relationships and creating memories that will grow many fruitful relationships.
The Geraci conference has more value as a whole. What we see is not only that so many great private lenders come back to this event, but that we’re also able to continue to build on those relationships each time. We’re constantly seeing new private lenders who are recognizing the value of Geraci, who are coming into the conferences as well. That adds value to vendors such as Appraisal Nation, when we get to experience new opportunities.
One of the things we find very valuable about the conference is that there are new faces, and new people that we’re meeting – we’ve attended other private lending conferences for many years, we got to know everybody there, and now that we’re coming to the Geraci conferences, there’s new people, new businesses, new ideas, new energy… We’re just implementing the Mortgage Office right now, we’re interacting with a number of the other sponsors and vendors that are here – we really like the aspect of this event where they’re really dedicated to the investor side of the equation- in our space of hard money lending and real estate investing, you need a good investor group with good investor backing, so we think that Geraci is really standing out that way, and we like that.
I came out here because there are people here who could potentially change the game, and I want to get in front of those people so that we’re on the same wavelength. There are changes happening in the business, and I think Geraci is trying to stay ahead of everybody else there. I’m here all the way from Texas because they are doing big things, and I want to make sure I understand it so that we can complement it in the future. This wasn’t a business grab, this was a strategic play for me.