Focused Real Estate Investment Networking Summit

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - May 30 2008 - Distress in the real estate portfolios of insured institutions, as described in the FDIC’s First Quarter 2008 Quarterly Banking Profile, continues to create unprecedented opportunities in today’s real estate markets. A powerful roster of key real estate industry players will come together to discuss the potential of these and other real estate related investments at Infocast’s Distressed Real Estate Summit WEST, July 9-11, 2008 in Orange County, California. This event, which will take place at the oceanfront Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach, is a new high-level Summit focused on unique opportunities in some of the hardest-hit markets in the country — California, Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado.

The mortgage crisis, upsurge in single-family home defaults, oversupply of condo units, mounting woes of homebuilders and other jolts have created a level of turbulence that hasn’t been seen in decades. Smelling bargains as market prices tailspin, investors have amassed billions of dollars targeted for distressed real estate opportunities.

The Summit is an exciting and focused regional networking event designed to provide the latest market intelligence on distressed investing in the West. Asset and debt instrument investment plays in land, subdivisions, condo projects, home builders and loans will be on the agenda. These topics will be explained by some of the industry’s leading players, including Alvarez & Marsal, DLA Piper, Hanover Financial, Insight Consulting, Robert Sheridan & Partners, Reznick Group, CB Richard Ellis, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Kaye Scholer, Key Bank, Emigrant Realty, Wells Fargo Real Estate, and many more.

Key issues in distressed real estate to be discussed are:

When will the market hit bottom and how will it rebound?

When is the right time for investors to participate?

What are the opportunities in distressed property, companies and paper?

What is the nature of opportunities in land, subdivisions, condos, and homebuilders?

When will banks begin unloading their distressed loans?

What debt and equity is available to finance distressed deals?

How are loans and property valued and underwritten?

What are best practices in due diligence?

For further information about Distressed Real Estate WEST, visit http://www.infocastinc.com/realestate or call Alfredo Alcantar at (818) 888-4445 ext. 31.

About Infocast

Infocast is an event production company with twenty years of successful industry experience, including a highly successful series of Finance and Investment Summits in real estate, energy, fuel, healthcare and other industries. The Summits are leading events where industry players gather to share their perspectives on the finance and investment market, to establish relationships, network and conduct business.

Contact:
Alfredo Alcantar
(818) 888-4445 ext. 31
http://www.infocastinc.com/realestate