Joe DiMaggio - Executive Director

Born and raised in Baltimore, Joe graduated from Archbishop Curley High School and went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Towson University. After college he spent the next five years as a full time musician in local and regional bands.

Joe started his business career as a sales representative for a regional food service equipment distributor and worked his way up the corporate ladder to Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
In 1987, he left the corporate world to become a full time real estate investor and has spent the last 23 years buying, selling and holding both single family and multi-unit dwellings. In addition, Joe is a Hard Money Lender which allows him to not only provide the funds investors need for their projects but also to lend the wisdom he has gained from his many years of experience.

In the mid-1980's, Joe, along with two others, found the Real Estate Investors Club of Baltimore which later became and is now known as the Baltimore Real Estate Investors Association. Through the years, the organization has been proud to continually serve the real estate investor community in the highest ethical and professional manner. Through networking, education and motivation, the mission of the organization has always been to provide an environment on how to become financially independent by investing in real estate .

Bill Fell - President

Bill Fell grew up in the Highlandtown area of Baltimore City. He attended St. Elizabeth Parochial School,  then Baltimore Polytechnic Institute on North Avenue and graduated in 1967.

In the early 70's, Bill established his pest control company in Baltimore and was the President of that business for over 30 years. The company was active in all phases of termite and pest control in addition to a large lawn service business. His company represented Montgomery Ward in Maryland, Northern Virginia, Delaware and Washington D.C. to their many customers. In the mid 70's he served on Govenor Mandel's pesticide advisory board representing the structural pest control industry to lawmakers in Annapolis.

While in business, he was very active in the purchase of single family houses and apartment buildings in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Today, he is semi-retired and is an active out of state investor in real estate, mortgages and construction of new homes.

With almost 40 years experience in business and owning hundreds of  properties, he now enjoys teaching both the basic and advanced strategies of real estate investing. In addition to being a licensed Real Estate Broker in Maryland, he also serves as the President of the Baltimore Real Estate Investors Association.

He, along with the Board of Directors, works hard to create a first class real estate investor organization for anyone who wants to learn about any aspect of real estate investing. From single family house purchases to apartment buying to complex option purchasing and anything in between, Bill is always available to help with any questions on real estate investing.

With a multitude of transactions in both residential and commercial real estate behind him, Charles has become a Marketing Consultant and real estate mentor to hundreds of students. He has truly seen the good, the bad and the ugly, but through it all he feels very blessed for what real estate has done for him and his family. To this very day, he considers himself to be a real estate junkie.