John McGrath
President

As President of NHREIA, John McGrath's main focus is helping as many people as possible benefit from NHREIA. His experience in the mortgage industry situates him in a unique position as somebody with the skills to handle not only the technical duties of the position, but also as a person who knows how to listen to what people are saying and help them to translate that into a concrete plan of action specific to their needs and capabilities.
John is currently a Senior Loan Officer with Mortgage Masters and assist clients with both their residential and commercial needs. Borrowers want to work with trustworthy, dependable professionals to serve their financing needs. He is always straightforward with my clients, and makes it a point to keep his word and deliver on my commitments. By approaching his relationships with the members of NHREIA in the same way, he helps them to realize the maximum benefit from their experience with NHREIA.
He has nine years experience as a Real Estate Investor, as well as over 6 years at Scudder Kemper Investments as a 401K conversion specialist. He is also a President and Owner of McGrath Property Management, with over fifty accounts, including both residential and commercial accounts. He has been a member of NHREIA since 2005 and was Member-At-Large for one year and Vice President for two years.
His industry experience is complemented by a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of South Carolina; a Master's degree in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University; and a Pension and Administration Certificate from Bentley College.

603-819-1307, JMcGrath@mortgagemasterinc.com

Matthew James
Vice President

Matthew James began his investing career while attending school at night at Southern New Hampshire University, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Finance. While he was in school, he completed three rehab projects consisting of a single family home in Gilford, NH, a single family home in Berwick, ME and a duplex in Manchester that was rehabbed and turned into condos that were sold individually. After the final home was sold, Matthew turned to buy and hold, purchasing a 15 units in Manchester comprised of a six unit and a nine unit building, both of which he still owns today. He has also started a property management company, currently managing about 140 units in Southern New Hampshire and Northeastern Mass.

603-505-0363, mjamesre@hotmail.com

Sherri Locke
Chairman of the Board

Sherri's first real estate experience was in 1989 when she designed and built her own home in Center Barnstead, NH with her husband John. Since then she has built spec houses, developed land, rented and rehabbed homes. She is always looking to expand her knowledge and help others to achieve their goals at NHREIA!
Sherri graduated cum laude from Salem State College and holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. She has worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs as since 1991 and her current position is a contract officer. Sherri has been an invaluable partner in various start-up businesses which have since been sold, such as Auto Advantage Service Center, Pillar To Post Home Inspections, Blue Wave Tae Kwon Do, etc. In searching for a way to reach out and help others achieve their dreams, Sherri along with her husband John, opened Locke In Your Success a business and personal coaching company in 2007.
Sherri has served on the NHREIA Board of Directors as Treasurer in 2008 & 2009.
If we all work together, we can achieve great things...

603-738-1794, sherri@lockeinyoursuccess.com

Robert Hanson
Secretary 

Rob Hanson is an active real estate investor whose primary focus is lease options and subject to investing. Presently, he is branching out and partnering with another investor on a few short sales. He has developed numerous scripts, from introducing his company to buying and selling real estate, which he uses to talk with sellers and create a relationship with them. He has developed several letters for his direct mail marketing campaign that provide value to the sellers. 
 
As he continues to add to his portfolio of properties, he plans to be a lifelong student of real estate investing. He has experienced the support of other investors in the NHREIA and looks to continue the tradition of helping others grow their real estate business. The more we help others grow the more we grow ourselves.
 
Rob lives in Strafford with his wife and two daughters. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education and a Master's Degree in Administration and Supervision. Prior to his investing career, he was an educator. He taught grades 2, 3, and 6 prior to his 12 years career as an elementary school principal in Rochester, NH. During his career as an educator, he presented numerous professional development learning opportunities for teachers and administrators throughout the United States.

603-285-9017, rf.hansonjr@gmail.com

Renee Guidaboni
Treasurer

Renee Guidaboni graduated cum laude from New Hampshire College with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting and have an extensive background in bookkeeping. As a self employed Licensed Insurance Agent,she understand the needs of a small business and keeping their books. As a Real Estate investor, she is also responsible for her LLC's bookkeeping. She has been a member of the NHREIA for about 4 years and enjoys all the learning that takes place at the meetings.

603-759-3465 renee@greyghostinvestments.com

Dianne Shvanda
Marketing Director

Dianne Shvanda has a  B.S. in Communications Management from Syracuse University. She is a licensed real estate agent for RE/MAX Elite, specializing in Commercial Real Estate.  She is also the Marketing Director for Stricly Commercial, a national group investing firm. She enjoys promoting NHREIA - bringing real estate investors together for education and networking.

603-318-1330   shvanda@myfairpoint.net

Mark Dickey
Board Member At Large

Mark Dickey has been a  part of real estate for over 10 years specializing in multi-tenant & commercial with the focus on advising investors both buying, selling and optimizing their investments.  He is  a broker in both NH & MA and is a Candiate of CCIM program. He was the Chairperson for the Statewide Marketing sessions for NHCIBOR for almost 3 years and is presently Secretary of the New England CCIM chapter for 2010. He is a Board member with Realtors Commercial Alliance(RCA) of MA for 2010, a Hospice volunteer with the Manchester organization  and a member of Toastmasters International working on his competent communicator award.

800-720-2253 x707, mark@thenhcommercial.com

Al Piecuch
Board Member At Large

Al Piecuch's real estate career started about 6 years ago, after having a successful career in high tech management. After getting his NH Real Estate license he was able to do over $8M in transactions in only his 2nd year in real estate. His first real estate investment was a couple of vacant lots purchased in Port Charlotte, Florida about 5 years ago where he was able to double his money in 6 months. He's been hooked on investing in real estate ever since. After getting his Florida license 4 years ago, he has since acquired land, pre-construction, condominiums, single family homes and rackominiums in NH & Florida.  His travels to Florida every month enabled him to develop a network of NH and Florida investor realtors who find and send him great investor bargains so that he can present them to investors in the northeast. He and his team work with investors to find, negotiate and manage these investment properties in NH & Florida including: sfh's, condo's, multi's, vacant land, apartment complexes, mobile home parks, bulk storage and assisted living facilities.

603-930-0718, alpiecuch@yahoo.com

Thanks to our past Board Members . . .  

Bert Cox
NHREIA Founder

Bert Cox founded NHREIA in 2003, and the Association’s philosophy of open, sharing, and educational events have made the New Hampshire charter the fastest growing chapter in the region.

Bert is an active investor, REALTOR®, and auctioneer and operates in the I-93 corridor from Concord to Nashua as well as Keene and parts of MA. He has been involved in Real Estate since 1985 and currently manages about 15 units. He is an advocate of real estate education and practices creative real estate. His mentors and teachers include AD Kessler, Ron LeGrand, and Robyn Thompson. He attributes his success to a focus on meeting the needs of buyers, sellers and investors; unlike traditional Real Estate practitioners that use the one-size-fits-all approach. His colleagues call him the Renegade Realtor®. He is familiar with buying and selling property in your IRA, short sales, 7-day auctions, rent-to-own, 1031 exchanges, seller financing, zero down payment programs, options, lease options, rehabs, new construction and has considerable expertise on negotiating with, through or around Real Estate Agents.

Bert Cox earned his MBA, Summa Cum Laude, from Southern New Hampshire University. He also holds the degree of BSME (Mechanical Engineering) from Northwestern and SMU. His studies include marketing, W. Edwards Deming's principles of quality control, and strategic planning. He served in the United States Air Force and holds one US patent. As a serial entrepreneur he has started and operated numerous enterprises including a house painting business to put himself through college, a 10 bay automotive shop while still in the Air Force when he lost the tenant, an advertising agency and a consulting practice. His true passion (outside of family) is Real Estate.

He is the author of numerous books and articles including “Sell Your Home For The Best Possible Price In The Shortest Possible Time”; “Business Lessons That I learned from Harry Potter”; “Find The Gold Mine In Your Business”; “101 Free or Low Cost Ways to Grow and Market Your Business”; and, his latest work in progress, “Laugh and Grow Rich”. He hosted the radio show, “Profiles in Success” which aired on WSMN in Nashua, NH and featured notable entrepreneurs including Robert Kiyosaki, Michael Gerber, Craig Benson, and Vic Conant.

He’s dedicated to helping and mentoring fellow real estate investors while learning and meeting new people in the process.

Richard Dale-Mesaros

Richard and his wife arrived here from England back in 1992, with $1,000 and two sets of skis to their name. After a few years teaching skiing and some involvement with property management, they began to study real estate investment and subsequently bought their first property (a group of six condos), from another investor, who was open to selling the property on a Contract For Deed.

Since then, Richard has stepped up his efforts to buy more properties and learn every technique out there, thus positioning his company Breakthrough Property Holdings, to swiftly capitalize upon any opportunity that presents itself. Activities to date include buying and selling houses, land, apartment buildings and commercial property, both wholesale and retail. He has completed several rehabs and helped many people facing foreclosure, which has improved his ability to negotiate with the banks. Each acquisition has been either with traditional financing or more frequently no-money-down, via creative financing, private lenders or with partners.

According to Richard, his involvement with the New Hampshire Real Estate Investor’s Association has been the catalyst for his move to full-time status: “Joining NHREIA was the best decision we could have made – as a result, we have grown our business much faster and have avoided many mistakes, due to the knowledge gained. All the contacts we have made have been invaluable.”

Future plans include land development and entering emerging out-of-state markets through the acquisition of large apartment complexes. Richard loves assisting other investors with their deals and is proud of the growth of NHREIA since its inception in 2004.

Gail McCarthy

Gail McCarthy is an investor as well as a commercial real estate agent with RE/MAX Elite in Hooksett, NH. Her specialty is working with other business owners and investors to achieve their objectives. Gail’s investing experience began by buying/selling/leasing pre-foreclosure single-family residences and grew into forming national partnerships to buy large apartment complexes, currently comprising 252 units (www.strictlycommercialusa.com). She also has experience as a hard moneylender.
She understands conventional and creative deals and financing and knows how to create effective solutions for buyers and sellers.

Ann Bellamy

Ann began investing in real estate in 1997 purchasing multi-families and improving both the building and the tenant base, looking for upside potential and alternative sources of revenue. She developed a comprehensive analysis spreadsheet to aid in the investment decision, and is willing to work with other investors in their financial analysis of multi's and commercial property. She has built modular homes on spec, and has acquired her first office building in Amherst.
Ann has been expanding her activities into hard money loan brokering, and works with investors and lenders in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
She lives in Nashua and her current holdings are in Nashua, Amherst and Milford.
Her background includes Retail Management, Accounting, Hotel Management, and Software Technical Support. She has held several elected positions with the Friends of the Humane Society for Greater Nashua, including Treasurer and Event Manager, and began her tenure on the board of the NHREIA as Treasurer in January of 2006.
Her mantra is "Do SOMETHING, even if it's wrong."

Kevin Lacasse  

Kevin Lacasse is an up and coming Donald Trump. He operates out of the North Country from Laconia to Plymouth and manages numerous rentals, He is familiar with Lease Options, rehabs and property management.

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