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INVESTOR STORIES

PRESIDENTS’ CIRCLE

ALike-Minded Circle MEMBERS WHO INFORM, INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND EMPOWER

The Think Realty and AAPL Presidents’ Circle is a select group of top-performing executives and entrepreneurs from both the private lending and real estate investing industries who gather several times a year at exclusive events to network, learn, and encourage each other in a confidential setting.

e asked one of our original members, Marco Santarelli, what he has gained from the Presidents’ Circle and

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why it is important to advocate for the REI industry.

“Being a founding member of Presidents’ Circle has provided me the opportunity to create new relationships that I might not have had otherwise. It has also allowed me to strengthen the bond in some existing relationships—one of the many benefits being a member of a solid mastermind group.” As an advocate for the real estate industry, Santarelli has realized the significant importance of why investors need to do what they can to continue the dialogue with legislators. “It is important because politicians don’t see how large the ‘mom and pop’ real estate investor community is. They think in terms of Wall Street institutional investors. Smaller investors have a major impact on the housing market and improving communities nationwide,” he said.

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