Speaker 1: There is an organization called the Veterans Association of Real
Speaker 1: Estate Professionals.
Speaker 2: Or REP or REP.
Speaker 1: I'm not good sure where you put the emphasis on
Speaker 1: the salable, but Jeff Zorb is joining me to talk
Speaker 1: about it as he is an integral part of the
Speaker 1: leadership team over there.
Speaker 2: Jeff, how you doing today?
Speaker 3: Hi Nnie, thanks for having us on again today.
Speaker 2: Well, you guys, what do you do?
Speaker 1: First of all, obviously this is an organization based on
Speaker 1: your name of veterans who are also real estate professionals.
Speaker 1: I'm guessing that I got that correct. How did this
Speaker 1: all come about? Where did the organization come from?
Speaker 3: So the organization has turned in twenty eleven in California
Speaker 3: and they started forming chapters all over the country. There's
Speaker 3: currently thirty four chapters across the country. We're really fortunate
Speaker 3: in Colorado that we have three. We have a welt
Speaker 3: CO chapter Denver and at Carlo Springs as well.
Speaker 2: Oh, that's fantastic.
Speaker 1: In my mind, a lot of things about the military
Speaker 1: would probably make you a very good real estate professional.
Speaker 1: Do you find that that translates well.
Speaker 3: Most of the time? However, how do I say this nicely?
Speaker 3: There is the civilian.
Speaker 1: Factor okay, okay, the civilian factor, we'll leave it at that.
Speaker 1: You guys have kind of events and specials so you
Speaker 1: can provide services to the veterans community.
Speaker 2: Tell me about that aspect of Varrope.
Speaker 3: So our focus is really sustainable housing and assisting veterans
Speaker 3: through the process of the Veterans of VA loan.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 3: Part of that is educating. We educate our real estate
Speaker 3: community in the VA home loan. Veterans and active duty
Speaker 3: military are now a protected class in the state of
Speaker 3: Colorado as of twenty twenty two. There's a lot of
Speaker 3: myths and misnomers out there about the VA home loan
Speaker 3: and we're trying to do what we can through our
Speaker 3: real estate community to educate them as they're the feet
Speaker 3: on the ground, right, They're the experts that are helping
Speaker 3: our our heroes. So the other aspect of that is
Speaker 3: philanthropic and what we do as a chapter in Denver,
Speaker 3: we've partnered with the VA hud Vash program that assists
Speaker 3: veterans struggling with homelessness at different stages of that process.
Speaker 3: The hud Vash will provide a seventy percent voucher to
Speaker 3: cover the rents if you will for a veteran. We
Speaker 3: step in and help with household essentials, beds, kitchen stuff,
Speaker 3: I mean, whatever we go home and use on a
Speaker 3: daily basis. These veterans don't have, so we try to
Speaker 3: supply that through that program. We realize that many of
Speaker 3: these veterans have families. Many of these veterans have kids,
Speaker 3: and because of the struggles that they have financially, those
Speaker 3: kids weren't you know, didn't really have a Christmas. So
Speaker 3: about four years ago we started Kids for Christmas through
Speaker 3: the Sponsor our Vet program. Last year we were able
Speaker 3: to fulfill the Christmas wishes of one hundred and eleven
Speaker 3: kids of veterans through their program. So we actually get
Speaker 3: the Christmas wish lists of those kids. We partner with
Speaker 3: Walmart and we go shopping literally fulfill those lists.
Speaker 1: I got to tell you, I've had the opportunity to
Speaker 1: do stuff like this in the past. Let's just admit it, Jeff,
Speaker 1: this is more for you than it is for them,
Speaker 1: because being able to fulfill Christmas wifts, you know, Christmas
Speaker 1: wishes for kids is one of the most gratifying experiences
Speaker 1: I've ever had.
Speaker 2: It's the most.
Speaker 1: Fun, it's fantastic, and I love that these are veterans'
Speaker 1: kids that are being helped by this, and how are
Speaker 1: you raising money for it?
Speaker 2: Let's talk about Saturday night.
Speaker 3: So Saturday, one of the things that we do is
Speaker 3: a quarterly poker game. Saturday night, we're having one of
Speaker 3: those games. We're at JJ's place in Aurora. It's a
Speaker 3: total relaxed atmosphere. It's not highly competitive. First time poker
Speaker 3: players can come and join us. It's a lot of fun.
Speaker 3: Registration starts at five thirty. We are offering a cash
Speaker 3: first place prize. All the moneies that we raise as
Speaker 3: a chapter, those stays locally, well everything since right here
Speaker 3: on our own community, helping our own veteran community.
Speaker 1: Now, there is a forty dollars chip donation. Correct, If
Speaker 1: you want to get in, you gotta you gotta purchase
Speaker 1: those chips that that will be a donation to the cause.
Speaker 2: Is that correct?
Speaker 3: It is? It is a suggested donation since we're a nonprofit,
Speaker 3: and that that that gets you in the game. You
Speaker 3: can do additional buy ins or add ons. There'll be
Speaker 3: opportunities throughout the game to continue. We well go ahead.
Speaker 3: We also have received a authentic signed bow Nix football
Speaker 3: jersey that we will be raffling off? Is it boat
Speaker 3: listening bot five thirty Saturday days?
Speaker 1: So you just invite Boa Dad, you know we both
Speaker 1: leave over here. That's like really cool. I like that
Speaker 1: a lot that you guys have that jersey. How much
Speaker 1: space do you have? How many people can you accommodate?
Speaker 1: I have not been to JJ's place. I know it's
Speaker 1: Daniel Durinsky's joint, so that's that's cool that you guys
Speaker 1: are gonna be there. How many people can you accommodate
Speaker 1: in this tournament?
Speaker 3: You know, we're hoping to get between seven and ten tables,
Speaker 3: so that would be you know, seventy to one hundred people.
Speaker 2: Okay. I was like, I have no idea how many?
Speaker 2: I told you.
Speaker 1: Jeff was kind enough to say, hey, come on by,
Speaker 1: but my daughter's sixteenth birthday party is the same night,
Speaker 1: so obviously priorities And I'm a terrible gambler, Jeff, do
Speaker 1: you have a Do you have a prize?
Speaker 2: You know, when you go to a golf tournament and.
Speaker 1: The people who come in last, they give them like
Speaker 1: a fishing pole or something. What do you have for
Speaker 1: the people who go out in the you know, the
Speaker 1: first round, which is inevitably what I would do.
Speaker 3: You know, we don't have anything at this point. I'm
Speaker 3: not opposed to finding somethingy and call it the commemorative
Speaker 3: Mansi price.
Speaker 1: That's perfect, the Mandy Donald Cup of Losory. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's I just I'm not a good gambler, and I'm
Speaker 1: not good at card games, and I don't pay attention,
Speaker 1: much to the chagrin of my card playing loving husband.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm the awful partner that nobody wants to have.
Speaker 1: All of this is happening tomorrow night at JJ's place,
Speaker 1: and you can sign up ahead of time online, like
Speaker 1: you can go ahead and make your donation ahead of time,
Speaker 1: or you can show up at the door at five
Speaker 1: thirty and get to be our So the tournament's kicking
Speaker 1: off at six though, right, so you need to be
Speaker 1: in the door by five thirty.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you can yeah, five thirty, just start registering.
Speaker 3: Get game kicks off at six. We'll be done by
Speaker 3: round ten, okay, kind of keep a hard hard timeline there.
Speaker 3: You can find out more about our tournament. We also
Speaker 3: have an upcoming golf tournament at top Golf coming up
Speaker 3: in September. All of our educational opportunities if you're in
Speaker 3: the real estate profession, check those out at a V
Speaker 3: eight rep or.
Speaker 1: I need to know how a golf tournament at top
Speaker 1: Golf works. I need to know because that sounds delightful.
Speaker 3: Yeah. They you know, it's all programmed. It's all computerized.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 3: They actually have a hole in one. They designate one
Speaker 3: of their holes and you shoot, You buy into it
Speaker 3: and you shoot and if you get the hole in one. Uh,
Speaker 3: it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: I I really appreciate everything you guys are doing.
Speaker 2: Jeff.
Speaker 1: Jeff's orb from is it VA REP? Is that what
Speaker 1: you say? I call it very rep rep VA REP.
Speaker 2: Wonderful organization.
Speaker 1: You can help support veterans' kids at Christmas by playing
Speaker 1: some poker. Jeff, I hope you guys have a wonderful
Speaker 1: time at this poker tournament.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Mandy. Hope to see you soon.
Speaker 2: All right, yes, my friend, we'll see you soon.