(First 100 registrants receive a $10 DoorDash Gift Card & a set of "Culture Cue Cards" with tips by Michael Soon Lee) 
10:00AM: Welcome
10:05AM: Immigration and Visa Updates Steve Maggi. Esq – SMA Law Firm
10:30AM: Intro to FIRPTA and Global Tax Updates Alicea Castellanos CPA, TEP, N.P.
11:00AM: Secrets to Selling to Multicultural Clients Michael Soon Lee, DBA, CSP
About The Speakers
Michael Soon Lee, DBA, CSP
Michael Soon Lee has been a real estate broker since 1980 and a professional speaker since 1985. He has spoken at fourteen National Association of REALTORS® conventions and to many of the state associations of REALTORS® around the country. In addition to professional speaking, Mr. Lee also speaks on cruise ships around the world in such places as Dubai, Rome, India and the United Arab Emirates. He is a Fripp award winner and was the first Asian American to earn the Certified Speaking Professional designation in the history of NSA. Dr. Lee is the author of eight books including, “Black Belt Negotiating” (AMACOM Books), “Cross-Cultural Selling for Dummies” (John Wiley & Sons) and “111 Ways to Justify Your Commission" (Kaplan Publishing). He has also written hundreds of articles that have appeared in publications such as, “The Wall Street Journal”, “The New York Times” and “The San Francisco Chronicle”.
Steve Maggi, Esq. SMA Law Firm - U.S. Immigration Attorneys
Steve Maggi was born in Argentina and raised in New York City, studied broadcast journalism and history at UNC - Chapel Hill and then law at Georgetown University. A U.S. immigration and consular law attorney with over fifteen years of experience, Steve founded SMA Law Firm with the mission of helping foreign nationals achieve their unique version of the American Dream. Under his direction, SMA provides comprehensive U.S. immigration and consular law services, including assisting U.S. businesses sponsoring foreign nationals for employment, entrepreneurs establishing U.S. start-ups, foreign companies expanding operations to the U.S., and family-based petitions and humanitarian cases.
Alicea Castellanos CPA, TEP, N.P. Global Taxes LLC
Alicea Castellanos is the CEO and Founder of Global Taxes LLC. Alicea provides personalized U.S. tax advisory and compliance services to high net worth families and their advisors. She has more than 17 years of experience. Prior to forming Global Taxes, Alicea founded and oversaw operations at a boutique tax firm, worked at a prestigious global law firm and CPA firm. Alicea specializes in U.S. tax planning and compliance for non-U.S. families with global wealth and asset protection structures which include non-U.S. trusts, estates and foundations that have a U.S. connection. Alicea also specializes in foreign investment in U.S. real estate property, and other U.S. assets, pre-immigration tax planning, U.S. expatriation matters, U.S. persons in receipt of foreign gifts and inheritances, foreign accounts and assets compliance, offshore voluntary disclosures/tax amnesties, FATCA registration, and foreign companies wanting to do business in the U.S.
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