Our Board

Board of Directors:

Metrolina REIA Board is run by all volunteers who are committed to the mission of Metrolina REIA. Elections are held annually in November. The Board holds it’s monthly meetings following the Metrolina REIA Main Meeting.

Our Mission (Metrolina REIA) is to actively promote wealth building with real estate through education, mentoring and networking. The Metrolina REIA is dedicated to helping it’s membership excel in the Real Estate investment arenain Charlotte, NC and surrounding metrolina area. This is accomplished by utilizing our membership’s experience in real estate investment, networking, tax deferred exchanging, education, and mentoring of its new members. You will find an atmosphere of “can do” and folks who will encourage you.

Metrolina REIA Board Members for 2009
Officers:

Tom Latimer, President.

PH: 704-844-0328
Email: Latimerte910@aol.com

As a native South Carolinian of Conway, just 15 miles from Myrtle Beach, I grew up in the Horry County school system.  I began my working career at the age of 12.  This was the same age that I opened my first bank account.  My mother instilled in me a strong work ethic and the need to put some away for a rainy day.

I graduated from college in 1972 in Charlotte NC. I became a supervisor with UPS and had the responsibility of an area within a fifty-mile radius of Winston Salem. I transferred back to Charlotte in 1975 and became a supervisor with Charlotte Meck Schools. There I had direct supervision of 70 to 100 employees on a daily routine. I did this for thirty years to support our school system.

I also bought my first rental property in 1975, that I still own today. I worked in real estate the old fashion way as a landlord. I have performed this task for the past thirty years and have worked with different generations on providing safe and clean homes. I believe in the integrity of our business. I often speak on the subject of landlording at Metrolina REIA subgroup meetings and PHP Saturday seminars.

Another vital part of my life is my involvement in growing daily in the grace of my Lord and living for him daily.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                Cherrathee Hager                                                                                                                                                                  Vice President                                                                                                                                                                                      PH: 704-490-2001
Email: TwinOakProperties4U@yahoo.com

Cherrathee is a full time investor in Salisbury, N.C. and is the owner of Twin Oak Development — Construction, Real Estate Investments and Services.  She purchased her first property 25 years ago and since that time has been purchasing, rehabbing, renting, wholesaling and retailing homes and apartments.  Cherrathee specializes in rehabbing properties and can complete most projects in three to four weeks.  She has years of experience in assessing properties, putting the deal together and creating a profitable exit strategy.

Cherrathee is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Metrolina REIA, is the Subgroup Chairperson and also serves as subgroup leader of the Concord Area subgroup.

 Sherry Fredenberg, Secretary.

 

PH: 704-606-1536
Email: Sherry@InvestWithSherry.com

Sherry is a professional real estate investor who buys and sells residential properties at wholesale prices to qualified investors. She has been investing for close to 10 years and most recently worked with Larry Goins for over 2 years, wholesaling for his company Investors Rehab, Inc.

Now owner of Invest with Sherry, Sherry provides solid real estate investment deals to investors so they can purchase property that best meets their needs with the assurance that they will receive the highest return on their investment.

 

Doug DeShieldsDoug DeShields, Treasure.                                                                                                  PH: 704-708-5601                                                                                                                                                      Email: DougDeShields@carolina.rr.com

Doug has been a member of Metrolina REIA since 2002 and has previously served the association on the Operations Committee as Marketing Director. Doug first invested in commercial real estate in 1975 and currently has real estate investments in single family homes in North and South Carolina, raw land in Gaston County, and beachfront property in the North Myrtle Beach area. His interests include rehabbing single family homes for resale and buy and hold.

After a thirty year career in telecommunications, Doug retired in 1999 from BellSouth as Staff Manager in Operations. Currently he is President of his own financial planning and registered investment advisory firm, Capstone Financial Planning, Inc., specializing in building wealth for his clients using alternative investment strategies. Doug received his B.S.in Economics and his MBA from Pfeiffer University.

Doug and his wife Risa reside in Weddington and are active members of Bethany Church, where Doug teaches a boys class and serves as an Elder.

 Other Board Members: 

 Ki Shin, Board Member

PH: 864-322-8995 ext. 1
Email: Ki@SmithandShin.com

Ki Y. Shin, CPA, MST has over 22 years of public accounting experience. He has worked for multiple Big Four national firms before joining Smith and Shin, LLC. Ki was previously the in charge tax manager for the largest real estate investor in the nation. Although Ki has broad experience with all types of entities, he has a specialized niche with real estate. Ki is also certified in North and South Carolina, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He earned his Masters in taxation degree from the University of South Carolina.

Ki is a father of four and enjoys attending church.

 

Donna Bordeaux, Board Member.

PH: 704-752-9845
Email: Donna@YourCPAPartners.com

Donna is a Certified Public Accountant and Personal Financial Specialist as well as owner of Bordeaux & Bordeaux, CPAs, PA. She left corporate accounting and started her own CPA firm in 1996 and the has been growing steadily. The firm focuses on accounting and tax strategies for real estate and works with small businesses to grow their wealth. Her husband, Chad, is also a CPA and partner with her at Bordeaux & Bordeaux, CPAs, PA in Lake Wylie.

Donna moved from Ohio to the Charlotte area in 1991 and currently resides in Lake Wylie, SC. She and her husband have been investing in real estate for several years and enjoy learning about advanced strategies and the business opportunities that exist in the market. Donna looks forward to working with the Metrolina REIA to strengthen its presence in the community and help more people realize their dreams through real estate investing.

 

Leon Humphrey, Board Member.

 

 

PH: 704-460-4933
Email: LeonHumphrey@bellsouth.net

Leon is an experienced real estate investor with his business concentration in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. He lives in Gastonia, North Carolina, a small but growing town about 15 miles west of Charlotte. He enjoys several facets of the real estate investing field while being a self-described “dumpster diver”.There is definitely a passion for the “down and out”, just plain ugly house. He has an uncanny ability to look beyond the obvious to the realm of “possibilities”.As a result the news media has attributed to him the reputation of turning “Trash into Treasure”.

Leon has developed proficiencies in buy and holds (landlording), wholesaling, rehabs for retail, short sales, note buying, and personal coaching and mentoring. He is a full time real estate investor with part time involvement in custom stained glass. His studio has produced anything from simple sun catchers to a full set of twelve church windows. He enjoys teaching real estate and stained glass as well as doing both. He is not only a teacher but also a “doer”. His explanation of his reason for teaching both is to pass on to others what he has learned in both fields.

 J. Parker, Board Member.

PH: 704-536-0048
Email: efsparker@yahoo.com

J. Parker returns to the Board of Directors after a 10 year hiatus. J’s real estate investment experience is well known. He has owned single family and multi-family properties in three states and multiple counties in North and South Carolina. He has over 15 years experience in the real estate industry. He has been actively involved in buying, holding, rehabbing and determining exit strategies.

As an original Board Member, J was responsible for the first two Real Estate Investment Expos and the largest expo, to date, for the Metrolina REIA. J has a passion for real estate investing and displays it through his formal and informal teaching to all. J has conducted training at several of the Metrolina subgroups. He has also sponsored workshops through his company Hearjparkerspeak.com which have relayed the basics of real estate investing and enlighten investors to non-conventional steps of investing. He is always seeking to find creative methods to invest in real estate. He likes to stay ahead of the curve and has a proven track record. J is more than willing to share the knowledge he gains and is anxious to contribute his enthusiasm and knowledge for the benefit of the Metrolina REIA.

Kimberly Shelton, Board Member.

PH: 704-877-8777
Email: Kimberly@metrolinareia.org

Kimberly has been investing in real estate in the Charlotte area for more than nine years. Her interests include acquisition, rehabbing and renting. Her strategy for building long-term wealth is to buy and hold.

She also currently serves as the Membership Committee Chairman.

 

Lou Gimbutis, Board Member                                                                                                                                 Email: Lou@MetrolinaReia.org

Grady Denton, Board Member, Email: gdenton@macleanpower.com

DanGosser,                                                                Board Member                                                                                                                                                                               Email: dan.gosser@gmail.com

  

  Allon Thompson, Founder and past President of Metrolina REIA.

PH: 704-201-9492
Email: AllonT@aol.com

One of the more important facts is that I have lasted 35 years as an investor, landlord and entrepeneur! It is my wish that some of what I have learned will be of benefit to you. It is also my wish that you will share with me some of the things YOU have learned so we spread the word. New websites that are beneficial, sales techniques, buying tips, etc. That is what Metrolina REIA is about.

 

 

 

Operation Committees:

JC Underwood, Executive Director.

Lou Gimbutis, Education Committee Leader.

Kimberly Shelton, Marketing Committee Leader.

 Membership Committee Leader.