Date: February 29, 2008

I know you see a lot of emails, articles, and notices. And you probably pay attention to a fraction of them. But of all the notices you get this year, you MUST read this one because it addresses the future of the entire real estate investing industry ... the industry that you depend on for your financial future.

We must wake up because our industry is under attack!

Did you know that state lawmakers have approved or are considering some of the following legislation targeted directly at you and your fellow investors?

- Banning ALL Subject To transactions (North Carolina HB 1708)
- New regulations for Lease Options (Ohio HB 361)
- New regulations calling for potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and millions in potential lawsuit liability for real estate seminar speakers (North Carolina SB 1530)
- New regulations restricting access to homeowners facing foreclosure (Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, Delaware, Maryland, Arizona)
- New suitability standards for mortgage lenders that would spark a flurry of lawsuits and cripple the entire housing industry (H.R. 3915)

Oh wait, there's more. And these will be MUCH more damaging if we don't take action!...

- Nationwide limitations on investors ability to purchase or take any equity interest in a home in default (In a federal bill to be introduced soon by Senator Herb Kohl).
- Nationwide ban on all advertising related to “Saving Homes From Foreclosure” (Same federal bill by Kohl)
- Nationwide ban on Subject To Transactions (Kohl again.)

The National Association of Responsible Home Rebuilders and Investors (NARHRI) is the lobbying group that represents you, me, and the interests of real estate investors across the nation. There's an old saying that goes like this ... If you don't have a seat at the table, it means you are on the menu! NARHRI is keeping us off the menu!

In just three years, NARHRI has worked tirelessly to garner the following accomplishments for the industry:

- Recently worked with lawmakers, realtors, lenders and consumer groups to amend both foreclosure consultant bills in Virginia, thus creating a potential national model bill that the industry and all stakeholders can support. NARHRI’s measure is expected to pass and NARHRI plans to utilize the new bill as an alternative in other states.
- Recently initiated the NARHRI CARES program to educate lawmakers about the industry and retained a former state Attorney General to represent NARHRI before all 50 states' AGs.
- Recently secured five crucial amendments to a Colorado foreclosure consultant bill and made the measure the most investor-friendly foreclosure consultant measure in the country.
- Currently securing several new and crucial sponsorships to a law in that would bring Lease-Options back to investors in the state of Texas (HB 3553).
- Currently preventing passage of both the ban on Subject To transactions and the anti-seminar speaker legislation in North Carolina.
- Currently supporting consumer-friendly legislation aimed at reducing foreclosure rescue scams.

In short, NARHRI is doing good work to protect our industry. And that's fantastic because it's the only national voice we have. If NARHRI fails to stop damaging legislation, we all lose!

But here's the problem. NARHRI currently holds a fraction of the power it could hold. In order for NARHRI to stop the proposed legislation mentioned above, to expand its advocacy and educational programs to all 50 states, and to continue to secure victories on behalf of the real estate investing industry, it needs a LOT more funding.

It needs the support of EVERY investor. That includes you! And it includes me, too! To show my support, today I signed up as a NARHRI Gold Member ($250 per year) AND I gave them a donation of $3,000. They need much more money than that, but it's a step in the right direction.

NARHRI’s 2008 Fundraising Goal is to have 10,000 new individual members joining at the $250 level. If it reaches this goal, NARHRI will be able to represent the industry in every state and become the seal of approval for investors nationwide.

I highly encourage you to support NARHRI’s efforts to protect your rights as an investor and keep the industry alive and thriving. NOW is the time to step up to the plate and defend the real estate investing industry.

To do your part, go to www.NARHRI.org and click on Join Today. And then join as a Gold Member, which is $250 per year. Your money will go to lobbying efforts that will keep you in business for the long haul. No investors profit from your membership. This is investors helping investors.

Don't want to join? Think your money is better spent elsewhere? Scroll up and read that list of proposed legislation again. Because you must have missed something! This is your entire future we're talking about.

Here's what some of the most notable real estate investors in the country are saying about NARHRI:

“If you’re counting on the money you make through real estate investing for your family and your future then you need to join us in supporting NARHRI. I’ve seen over the last few years how they have fought ugly legislation to protect yours and my ability to make money and prosper when others wanted to take it away or make it harder. Everyone needs to take this seriously and support NARHRI so we can take a stand both locally and nationally to protect our industry.”

--Kris Kirschner
Autopilot™ Complete Real Estate Systems
July 2007

“I have been supporting NARHRI for two years now, and can state first hand we’d have a lot more nasty legislation passed if they weren’t on the job. Anyone whose income is derived from real estate training has an obligation to support the only voice in the industry we have, before we have no industry left.”

-- Ron LeGrand
Global Publishing
July 2007

"As real estate investors, we enjoy an almost regulation free industry. Securities, Insurance, Banking, etc. don't. If you don't want to see their problems happen to us, the time is NOW to support NARHRI. We need a voice locally and nationally and they are the ones to do it."

-- Louis "Lou" Brown
Street Smart Systems, LLC
July 2007

“NARHRI is the pre-eminent defender of our rights as Real Estate Investors, standing up against the ignorance and prejudice that exists in our legislatures. Personally, we could never even be in this business if we weren’t devoted to helping every seller and buyer who we are blessed to meet. NARHRI fights the good fight. They battle so that we can live in a free world, free to structure deals in the very best way to help our sellers and buyers. We urge you to give generously to NARHRI, as we do, because of all the great work they do. They help protect all of our rights as American citizens, to own property, and to do with it as we see fit.”

--Brian & Lynette Wolff
TheWolffCouple.com
February 2008

"The nasty legislation that's out there is contagious from state to state and because law makers routinely play copycat we have a serious problem, We simply can not turn a blind eye to the reality of this situation. I have personally seen the good NARHRI is doing in many states. With the support of more speakers like myself, I'm confident NARHRI can prevent pending and future legislation from unfairly impacting honest and ethical investors. Don't ignore this issue or hope that it will just go away. Your business and future depend on it.”

-- Cameron Dunlap
CameronDirect.com
July 2007

When you become a member today, not only are you supporting NARHRI’s efforts to protect the industry, but you also will receive FREE advice on how to grow your real estate investing business from some of the top real estate investors in the nation.

These investors not only provide this material to new NARHRI members, they also donate their own money to NARHRI's efforts because they understand that NARHRI’s success is critical to the future of the industry. (Ron LeGrand recently gave NARHRI $120,000!)

When you join NARHRI today at the $250 level, you will receive the following gifts for FREE. They will will be mailed to you shortly after you join. All together, these gifts sell for almost $1,300.

Gift #1: “Getting to the Next Level” CD Collection by Ron LeGrand. (a $597 value)

Gift #2: "Insiders Secrets to Closing Big Money Deals; Psych Up to Close Deals!" DVD by the Wolff Couple, What to Say to Buy and Sell Houses (a $197 value)

Gift #3: “How to Buy and Sell Houses on AutoPilot Using None of Your Money or Credit” CD Collection (a $497 value) by Kris Kirschner, AutoPilot Complete Real Estate Systems

Go to www.NARHRI.org and click on Join Today, and sign up as a Gold Member.

Your $250 annual membership to NARHRI not only entitles you to the free gifts above, but access to NARHRI's legislative reports covering the entire country. This is essential for all serious real estate investors. Here's what else you get:

- NARHRI’s Weekly Update covering legislative and regulatory developments throughout the country
- NARHRI’s Legislative Tracking Report with information and access to proposed legislation in all 50 states
- NARHRI’s Member Alerts about critical legislation pending in your state
- NARHRI’s Compliance Report providing information about recently approved legislation throughout the country governing the industry
- NARHRI Reports regarding the implementation of the NARHRI CARES program

I just can't emphasize the importance of this enough. Please visit www.NARHRI.org now, and join today at the $250 level for your free gifts and benefits. Thank you for you support. And thank you for doing your part to protect our industry before it gets eaten alive!

Until next time, happy (and profitable) investing!

Doug Smith
President
myHouseDeals.com

P.S. Next week, NARHRI will give me the names of those people who joined because of this email. I'll take that list of names and put it on the Members Only homepage of myHouseDeals.com. That way, other investors can see that you did your part to help everyone in this business succeed! To ensure that your name gets to me, please put "myhousedeals.com" as your company name on page two of the sign up process.