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Akron Canton Real Estate Investors Association exists to provide solid education and networking for beginning and experienced investors and landlords. Learn how to find, fix, manage, sell from local investors and service providers as well as national speakers. Get to know like-minded people interested in creating wealth by making sound real estate investments and providing safe and affordable housing.

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  • 3 Day Real Estate Investing Intensive

    3 Day Real Estate Investing Intensive

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    Join Our 3-Day Real Estate Investor Intensive!
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    Friday Night — Mindset & Communications (Foundation)
    7PM - 9PM CST
    Purpose: Get people mentally and behaviorally ready to execute, not just “learn.”

    • Identity + Goals clarity: What they actually want out of REI (cash now vs equity later, freedom vs replacing income, etc.).
    • Investor mindset vs employee mindset: Ownership thinking, patience, consistency, deal repetition.
    • Communication frameworks:
    • How to talk to sellers without sounding scripted
    • How to talk to lenders/partners without sounding unprepared
    • How to talk to agents/contractors so you get priority access and real answers
    • DISC-style self-awareness: Strengths, blind spots, and what role they naturally fit (deal finder, negotiator, operator, capital partner, etc.).
    • Expectation setting: The real timeline, the real work, the real bottlenecks—and how to push through them.

    Outcome: You leave with confidence, clarity, and a communication approach that doesn’t sabotage deals.
    Saturday — Find Deals & Funding (Acquisition Engine)
    10 AM - 3 PM CST
    Purpose: Build the “deal machine” and the money plan—because no deal = no business.

    • Where deals actually come from: The highest-yield channels (off-market + MLS + relationships) and what beginners should ignore.
    • Deal criteria (“buy box”) setup: What a good deal looks like for wholesale, flip, or rental.
    • Lead-to-offer workflow: How to go from lead → conversation → numbers → offer → next step.
    • Funding options explained simply:
    • Cash, private money, hard money
    • DSCR/rental loans basics
    • JV structures and what makes partners say yes
    • What lenders and capital sources care about: Deal quality, exit strategy, borrower readiness, and credibility signals.

    Outcome: You leave knowing how to source deals, evaluate quickly, and match each deal to a realistic funding path.
    Sunday — Putting It All Together (Execution for Buy & Hold + Flips)
    10 AM - 2 PM CST
    Purpose: Turn “a deal” into “a project that makes money”—systems, numbers, and execution.
    Buy & Hold Track (Wealth Building)

    • Rental deal standards: cashflow reality, DSCR readiness, reserves
    • Rehab scope + rent-ready strategy (don’t over-improve)
    • Property management mindset: tenant quality, maintenance control, ops
    • How to scale: repeatable acquisition + financing + operations

    Fix & Flip Track (Income Building)

    • Rehab workflow: scope, bids, timelines, draw schedules
    • Contractor management: expectations, controls, payment rules
    • Holding costs + timeline risk management
    • Exit strategy: list vs retail vs alternative disposition

    Integration piece (the “operator” view)

    • Choosing a lane (or sequencing lanes): wholesale → flip → rental
    • Building your team: agent, lender, contractor, title, PM, CPA/bookkeeper
    • Next 30/60/90-day action plan (real execution milestones)

    Outcome: You leave with a complete blueprint for either rental investing or flipping—and the operational steps to execute without chaos.
    Mastermind Invitation (By Application Only)
    This intensive is designed to help everyone level up—but the people who show up prepared, execute, and demonstrate coachability will be invited to apply for our Elite REI Mastermind.
    What “excel” looks like (simple + fair):

    • You completed the pre-work and participate (not lurking)
    • You can clearly explain your goals, buy box, and timeline
    • You take feedback well and adjust quickly
    • You’re willing to do real work between calls/events
    • You’re serious about doing deals—not collecting info

    REGISTER HERE: SIGN UP TODAY

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  • Buy & Hold Series: TIME HACKS

    Buy & Hold Series: TIME HACKS

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    MONDAY 5 PM PST 7 PM CST 8 PM EST
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    Use CRM, systems, automation, and AI to manage your portfolio more efficiently and keep ownership from becoming a second job.
    Buy-and-hold investing is supposed to create long-term wealth.
    It is not supposed to create another 60-hour-a-week job.
    But as a portfolio grows, so does everything surrounding it.
    Tenants. Property managers. Contractors. Lenders. Insurance. Taxes. Renewals. Maintenance. Inspections. Documents. Vendors. Refinances. New acquisitions.
    Without good systems, owning more properties can simply mean owning more problems.
    In this session of the Elite REI Mastermind Buy & Hold Series, we will look at how experienced investors can use a CRM, operating systems, automation, dashboards, delegation, and AI to reduce the time required to manage a growing portfolio.
    The focus is not on doing every property-management task yourself.
    The focus is on building an ownership system that gives you visibility and control without requiring you to personally manage every detail.
    What We'll Cover

    • Using a CRM to organize properties, contacts, vendors, lenders, and opportunities
    • Creating repeatable acquisition and onboarding workflows
    • Tracking major property dates and recurring obligations
    • Organizing insurance, taxes, leases, warranties, and financing information
    • Building systems for working with property managers
    • Tracking maintenance and capital improvements without micromanaging
    • Standardizing communication with vendors and service providers
    • Creating dashboards for portfolio-level visibility
    • Building recurring review systems for each property
    • Using task batching instead of reacting to issues all day
    • Setting up reminders for renewals, inspections, insurance, taxes, and refinancing
    • Creating repeatable due-diligence and acquisition checklists
    • Using AI to summarize reports, compare information, draft communications, and organize property data
    • Deciding what should be handled by you, a property manager, an assistant, or automation
    • Building a system that makes adding the next property easier instead of harder

    The goal is to move from owning a collection of properties to operating a true portfolio.
    If adding another property automatically means adding more hours to your week, eventually growth becomes painful.
    A better system allows the portfolio to grow without your workload growing at the same rate.
    Build wealth without building yourself another full-time job.
    This session is designed for experienced buy-and-hold investors who want to improve the way they operate and prepare their business for additional growth.
    REGISTER HERE

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