About us
This is a real estate investor Meetup serving Central and Western Kansas.
The group is hosted by the Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors (MAREI) a long-standing real estate investor association based in the Kansas City metro. Through this Meetup, we share live online training, real-world case studies, and investor-focused discussions designed to help you make smarter decisions and avoid costly mistakes.
### Who This Group Is For
- New investors looking to get started the right way
- Active investors seeking better strategies, systems, or insights
- Landlords, flippers, and small real estate business owners
- Industry professionals who work with real estate investors
### What to Expect
- Live Zoom trainings and educational meetups
- Case studies from real investors doing real deals
- Practical topics you can apply immediately
- Occasional workshops and deeper-dive classes
This Meetup is an online access community and is separate from MAREI’s paid local membership, which focuses on in-person meetings and local networking in the Kansas City area.
Upcoming events
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MAREI Member Series: The Money & Markets Playbook
·OnlineOnlineHow Capital, Credit, Policy, and Psychology Shape Wealth
A 7-week, members-only Sunday night series exploring how capital, credit, policy, and investor psychology shape real estate markets. Gain context for today’s shifts so you can make clearer, more confident investment decisions.
Get Details and Sign up on the MAREI Calendar of Events
https://www.MAREI.org/Calendar7-Week Member-Only Sunday Night Series
Sundays, February 15 – March 29
6:30–8:00 PM Central ONLINE
One registration. All seven sessions.
Taught by real-life investors and experts.***
There’s a reason so many investors feel confused about the market right now.
Most education focuses on tactics—how to find deals, screen tenants, analyze rehabs.
Very few investors are ever taught how the world those tactics live in actually works.
That’s why people get stuck and second-guess themselves when:
- Deals sell slower and prices or rents feel stuck—even during a “housing shortage”
- Sellers keep asking more, even when properties aren’t moving
- The Fed cuts rates, but mortgage rates don’t follow
- Headlines blame investors for housing costs while ignoring rising taxes, insurance, labor, materials, and utilities
Things are clearly changing—but why?
And more importantly: how do you turn market shifts into opportunities instead of paralysis?
This series exists to give our members something most investors never receive:
A working understanding of the forces outside their control that determine what deals make sense—now and in the future.
We won’t teach wholesaling, flipping, short-term rentals, or deal formulas.
Instead, you’ll learn how to think like an investor who understands money, markets, and cycles—and that changes everything.
Think of this as the orientation most real estate investors never get.
What You’ll Be Able to Do When You’re Done
- Make smarter investing decisions in any market
- Understand why strategies thrive in one cycle and fail in another
- Separate signal from noise when the market feels chaotic
- Evaluate deals and financing with more confidence
- Stop blaming “the market” and start understanding it
This is the lens that makes everything else you learn more useful.
See the full 7 week list of topics and sign up
https://www.mareimember.com/Events.aspx?ID=Members-Only-Series-The-Money-Markets-Playbook-How-Capital-Credit-Policy-and-Psychology-Shape-Wealth-37-2-15-2026Must be a member of MAREI to participate
Total Cost of Registration for all 7 weeks for a member is $27And if you are not a member, you are welcome to join
https://ww.MAREI.org/Membership1 attendee
KC Real Estate Investor Meeting: First Deals & Portfolio Strategy
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Kansas City-Overland Park, 10100 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS, USClicking “Going” on Meetup does NOT reserve your seat.
All attendees must register at:
MAREI.org/CalendarSales are slower.
Cash flow is tighter.Many investors are reassessing their next move.
Whether you’re trying to buy your first rental property or already own multiple properties, clarity matters more than ever.
At the March MAREI Monthly Meeting, long-time local investor Eric Grannemann will walk through how he approaches real estate investing in today’s market.
Eric is a disciplined buy-and-hold investor in the Kansas City area. When he previously shared how he built his portfolio, the response made it clear attendees wanted to go deeper.
This session will cover:
✔ How to get your first deal right
✔ The simple performance dashboard Eric uses to evaluate his rentals
✔ A real local investor portfolio analysisThis is how a real serious operator conducts business.
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📍 Location: DoubleTree – Overland Park, KS
🗓 Date: Tuesday, March 10
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PMMembers and first-time guests attend at no charge.
Non-members may attend for $35 or join MAREI for ongoing education and networking.Reserve your seat at MAREI.org/Calendar
and once you reserve we will email you a link to the replay from the last time Eric spoke at MAREI so you can get up to speed.
100 attendees
Saturday Online Master Class: Mastering Creative Finance Negotiation
·OnlineOnlineNote: RSVPing on Meetup does NOT reserve your seat.
To attend, you must register at MAREI.org/Calendar.Saturday, March 14
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM Central
Online (Zoom)Seller financing isn’t a backup strategy in this market.
Many sellers are motivated — but still anchored to pricing that doesn’t work with traditional financing. Creative structures can bridge that gap.
But only if you know how to negotiate them properly.
This Master Class focuses on how to confidently discuss:
• Subject To transactions
• Seller financing
• Lease options
• Multiple-offer strategiesYou’ll learn:
• Which sellers are most open to creative terms
• How to uncover real motivation
• How to handle objections without sounding pushy
• When and how to present your offer
• How to increase acceptance ratesInstructor: Vena Jones-Cox
35+ years investing experience
2,000+ transactions completedThe workshop is online and will be recorded. All registrants receive the replay.
MAREI Members: $47 early / $67 regular
Non-Members: $97 early / $127 regularTo reserve your seat, register at:
MAREI.org/CalendarAnd membership at MAREI is open to anyone, we have a monthly membership at $25 per month and an Annual Membership for $149.
Yes our live in person meetings are in Overland Park Kansas, but they are recorded.
And our Master Classes are Virtual and Nationwide Attendance
And we have a few other events on our Calendar some that are 100% Virtual like our Office Hours and some that are hybrid.1 attendeeMAREI Member Series: The Money & Markets Playbook
·OnlineOnlineHow Capital, Credit, Policy, and Psychology Shape Wealth
A 7-week, members-only Sunday night series exploring how capital, credit, policy, and investor psychology shape real estate markets. Gain context for today’s shifts so you can make clearer, more confident investment decisions.
Get Details and Sign up on the MAREI Calendar of Events
https://www.MAREI.org/Calendar7-Week Member-Only Sunday Night Series
Sundays, February 15 – March 29
6:30–8:00 PM Central ONLINE
One registration. All seven sessions.
Taught by real-life investors and experts.***
There’s a reason so many investors feel confused about the market right now.
Most education focuses on tactics—how to find deals, screen tenants, analyze rehabs.
Very few investors are ever taught how the world those tactics live in actually works.
That’s why people get stuck and second-guess themselves when:
- Deals sell slower and prices or rents feel stuck—even during a “housing shortage”
- Sellers keep asking more, even when properties aren’t moving
- The Fed cuts rates, but mortgage rates don’t follow
- Headlines blame investors for housing costs while ignoring rising taxes, insurance, labor, materials, and utilities
Things are clearly changing—but why?
And more importantly: how do you turn market shifts into opportunities instead of paralysis?
This series exists to give our members something most investors never receive:
A working understanding of the forces outside their control that determine what deals make sense—now and in the future.
We won’t teach wholesaling, flipping, short-term rentals, or deal formulas.
Instead, you’ll learn how to think like an investor who understands money, markets, and cycles—and that changes everything.
Think of this as the orientation most real estate investors never get.
What You’ll Be Able to Do When You’re Done
- Make smarter investing decisions in any market
- Understand why strategies thrive in one cycle and fail in another
- Separate signal from noise when the market feels chaotic
- Evaluate deals and financing with more confidence
- Stop blaming “the market” and start understanding it
This is the lens that makes everything else you learn more useful.
See the full 7 week list of topics and sign up
https://www.mareimember.com/Events.aspx?ID=Members-Only-Series-The-Money-Markets-Playbook-How-Capital-Credit-Policy-and-Psychology-Shape-Wealth-37-2-15-2026Must be a member of MAREI to participate
Total Cost of Registration for all 7 weeks for a member is $27And if you are not a member, you are welcome to join
https://ww.MAREI.org/Membership1 attendee
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