What we’re about
Please visit our website at MAREI.org to learn more about us and to register for our next event.
We would like to welcome you to Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors, more commonly known as MAREI. As the largest Real Estate investor education group in the Kansas City Metro area, we provide our members with an unsurpassed education as well as the finest networking opportunities available.
Our goal is to educate and motivate real estate investors to achieve the success they desire. The group’s focus is promoting successful and ethical real Estate investing standards for both experienced and novice investors.
MONTHLY MEETINGS:
MAREI meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month in Overland Park, KS. The meeting begins at 6:00 PM with our vendor expo and networking, followed by an informative meeting reflecting what you need to know as a real estate professional.
Click HERE to see our full calendar!
Members: Always Free
First-Time Visitors: Free
Returning Visitors: $35 if you preregister
MAREI is not just another real estate investing meetup or club. Come check out a meeting to see for yourself.
Get the latest benefits and discounts here - and find out why spending $149 for an annual membership is a no-brainer.
Sponsors
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Office Depot - Office MaxUp to 45% online & in store to all paid members of MAREI.
RentPerfectComplete Tenant Screening online from a Private Investigator.
MAREIMid-America Association of Real Estate Investors
Home DepotHome Depot offers Paid Members of MAREI a 2% Rebate on all purchases.- Office Depot - Office MaxUp to 45% online & in store to all paid members of MAREI.
- RentPerfectComplete Tenant Screening online from a Private Investigator.
- MAREIMid-America Association of Real Estate Investors
- Home DepotHome Depot offers Paid Members of MAREI a 2% Rebate on all purchases.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Online Master Class: How to Do More Real Estate with AILink visible for attendees
(note that you can’t register here on Meetup; you’ll need to go to the MAREI Calendar of Events to register for your link)
Yep, AI is changing the world in a way that we’ll look back on and say, “Remember when we had to ______ the hard way?”
Like it or not, you’d better get on board and unlock the full potential of AI with real estate marketing expert Richard Roop.
You’ll discover Richard’s proprietary AI strategies and tools that uncover hidden opportunities, supercharge your lead flow, and optimize your daily operations.
And you’ll learn from Richard’s extensive experience in increasing deal frequency and profitability, all without the usual overwhelm or grind.
This exclusive session will not only reveal the secrets to scaling your real estate business beyond traditional barriers but will also set you miles apart from the competition.
You’ll get live demonstrations, real-world success stories, and practical, actionable strategies that you can put to work in your own real estate business right away.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the best in the industry, and propel your real estate investing business to new heights with AI.
The full agenda, registration link, and how to get the recording if you CAN’T be on Zoom on the 27th are on the MAREI Calendar of Events at MAREI.org/Calendar
(again, responding ON Meetup does NOT get you a link!)
- Haves & Wants - Real Estate PROP-erty Shop - Virtual on ThursdaysNeeds location
The Place to Do Deals - EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
Not sure what the heck this meeting is all about - you really have to experience it a few times to understand how powerful this event is.PROP-erty Shop
This is where you bring what you have and ask for what you want.- Have a deal to sell . . . share it
- Have a deal to fund . . . tell about what you need.
- Got skills . . or knowledge . . . share what you have to trade.
- Do you lend money . . . share your terms and ideal deal.
- Heck, do you have a fridge in a house that works or leftover materials from a rehab . . . maybe you will find a taker here.
- Do you need any of the above items? Come ask for them.
If it is real estate related or adjacent, join us on the call to talk shop. And as we talk shop, a pattern starts to emerge. . . Through the combined knowledge, skills, and resources of the group solutions get found.
Want to get creative or need a bit of help?
Perhaps you have a rehab house to wholesale, but would really like to rehab it yourself but you can't buy it and you don't own a tool. There is another attendee who is a great contractor with many years of rehabbing houses for investors, but no money to buy the rehab house. But also at the meeting is a private lender that likes the rehab deal too, but does not have a contractor . . . all three of them know like, and trust each other from networking at this meeting, they get together through this meeting and talk things through and form a partnership. The attorney on the call gives them some pointers about going into business together. And suddenly they partner up for one deal, all bringing their own assets to the table.
Or maybe you are a seasoned investor with a full plate and an awesome seller lead on a house that you just don't have time for, you could shop it at this event and find someone else to do the deal and flip you a referral fee.
Or maybe you have a killer deal, that you have negotiated a great subject to deal that could rent and cash flow very well. At the same time you really need CASH, not cash flow right now. Bring it to this meeting and find someone to wholesale it to.
The possibilities are endless . . . don't have anything you have or want, just come to listen in, you just might learn things through others talking through the deal.
To register, click here to go to our Calendar of Events and Select the upcoming Thursday Meeting.
- Haves & Wants - Real Estate PROP-erty Shop - Virtual on ThursdaysNeeds location
The Place to Do Deals - EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
Not sure what the heck this meeting is all about - you really have to experience it a few times to understand how powerful this event is.PROP-erty Shop
This is where you bring what you have and ask for what you want.- Have a deal to sell . . . share it
- Have a deal to fund . . . tell about what you need.
- Got skills . . or knowledge . . . share what you have to trade.
- Do you lend money . . . share your terms and ideal deal.
- Heck, do you have a fridge in a house that works or leftover materials from a rehab . . . maybe you will find a taker here.
- Do you need any of the above items? Come ask for them.
If it is real estate related or adjacent, join us on the call to talk shop. And as we talk shop, a pattern starts to emerge. . . Through the combined knowledge, skills, and resources of the group solutions get found.
Want to get creative or need a bit of help?
Perhaps you have a rehab house to wholesale, but would really like to rehab it yourself but you can't buy it and you don't own a tool. There is another attendee who is a great contractor with many years of rehabbing houses for investors, but no money to buy the rehab house. But also at the meeting is a private lender that likes the rehab deal too, but does not have a contractor . . . all three of them know like, and trust each other from networking at this meeting, they get together through this meeting and talk things through and form a partnership. The attorney on the call gives them some pointers about going into business together. And suddenly they partner up for one deal, all bringing their own assets to the table.
Or maybe you are a seasoned investor with a full plate and an awesome seller lead on a house that you just don't have time for, you could shop it at this event and find someone else to do the deal and flip you a referral fee.
Or maybe you have a killer deal, that you have negotiated a great subject to deal that could rent and cash flow very well. At the same time you really need CASH, not cash flow right now. Bring it to this meeting and find someone to wholesale it to.
The possibilities are endless . . . don't have anything you have or want, just come to listen in, you just might learn things through others talking through the deal.
To register, click here to go to our Calendar of Events and Select the upcoming Thursday Meeting.
- MAREI May Mtg & Vendor Trade Show: Mobile Home Investing with Adrian SmudeDoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Kansas City - Overland Park, Overland Park, KS
While we love it when you mark yourself as going here, remember that to reserve your seat, you still need to go here and register.
Mobile Homes, trailers, Wobbly Boxes . . .
They are cheaper than traditional houses, easier to rehab and you can do all the usual things with them: wholesaled, retailed, rented, sold with seller financing . . . just like a house.But they are not houses . . . so we have invited a 20-year veteran landlord, Adrian Smude to show us why he hung his hat on Mobile Homes as a way to find his freedom and his Lifestyle REI.
Adrian will uncover the hidden niche of Mobile Home Investing at the May MAREI Meeting including:
- What the mobile home business Is and Is not.
- LOW cost and NO cost marketing for mobile that you can put to work
- within minutes.
- How you can help gracious sellers who will love you for helping them.
- Why you don’t need banks to finance them.
- And his top 3 ways to invest in mobile homes
- Plus real case studies.
Adrian is joining us early during networking for a Book Signing and he will have a FREE copy of his book “How to Buy Mobile Homes” for the first 100 people. So come early.
He will also have a few special bonuses for those that pay attention.
Evening Agenda:- 5:30 Set up
- 6:00 Vendor Expo Opens & Networking Begins
- 6:30 New Member / Guest Orientation
- 7:00 Announcements
- 7:20 Why Now is the Time to Invest in Mobile Homes with Adrian Smude
- 8:50 Late Night Networking Starts and Migrates to the Bar
If you are looking for a different niche or just want to gain more knowledge (and you should be, because Adrian has a wealth of knowledge to share that all investors can utilize in their own business, mobile homes or not) . . . and if you want to build relationships with like-minded people, then this meeting is for YOU!
At the end of the night, you will have a well-rounded overview of how Mobile Home Investing works in the real world and a few new friends.
Members and 1st time guests attend free. Repeat guests are $35. (You can do the math, but we think joining here and getting ALL the benefits of membership is much better than paying a guest fee every month)Register on our website to reserve your seat . . . it will save time at check-in and helps us to have enough seats.
