Greater Houston Real Estate Investors Association

Greater Houston REIA Wholesaling & New Investor Focus Group
1st Wednesday of Every Month | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Buffalo Wild Wings
9435 Katy Fwy
Houston, TX 77024

If you're new to real estate investing, interested in wholesaling, or simply trying to figure out how to get started, the Greater Houston REIA Wholesaling & New Investor Focus Group is a great place to plug in.
This monthly meeting brings together new and experienced investors to learn, ask questions, talk through deals, build relationships, and better understand how real estate investing works in the real world.

Each month, conversations may include topics such as:

• Getting started in real estate investing
• Finding motivated sellers
• Wholesaling real estate
• Finding and analyzing deals
• Estimating repairs and determining property value
• Making offers and negotiating with sellers
• Contracts and the closing process
• Building a buyers list
• Finding cash buyers
• Funding your deals
• Working with Realtors, wholesalers, lenders, contractors, and other investors
• Avoiding common mistakes
• Understanding different real estate investing strategies
• Building your network and finding the right people to help you move forward

Have a deal you're working on? Bring it.
One of the best ways to learn real estate investing is by looking at actual opportunities and talking through real-world situations.
If you're stuck on a deal, trying to determine what something is worth, need a buyer, need funding, or simply aren't sure what your next move should be, bring it to the group.

New to Real Estate Investing?
You do NOT need to own property, have a deal under contract, or already know what you're doing.
Come learn the terminology, meet other Houston-area investors, ask questions, and start building the relationships and knowledge you'll need to move forward.

Experienced Investors & Wholesalers Are Welcome Too
This isn't only a beginner meeting.
If you're actively wholesaling, flipping, buying rentals, looking for deals, looking for buyers, or simply want to connect with other active investors, we'd love to have you in the room.

### About Greater Houston REIA

Greater Houston REIA is a community of real estate investors, entrepreneurs, professionals, and service providers focused on helping people learn, connect, build relationships, find opportunities, and grow through real estate investing.
Whether you're working toward your first deal or your next 100 deals, you don't have to figure everything out by yourself.

Join us on the 1st Wednesday of each month from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Come ready to learn.
Come ready to meet people.
Come with questions.
And if you've got a deal — bring it.

Second Thursday of every month
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
5502 5th St Katy, TX 77493

This is the primary meetup for landlords and rental property investors in Katy and the surrounding west Houston communities.

If you own rental properties—or want to—this is where you connect with other landlords, share strategies, and build stronger, more profitable rental portfolios.

This focus group brings together new and experienced landlords, buy-and-hold investors, and real estate professionals actively investing in rental properties in Katy and west Houston.

Whether you're buying your first rental or scaling an existing portfolio, attending this meeting can help you avoid costly mistakes and move forward with confidence.

Many members attend their first meeting not knowing anyone—and leave with valuable connections, practical insights, and new opportunities.

This group is for:

• New investors interested owning rental properties
• Active landlords and buy-and-hold investors
• Investors scaling rental properties
• Real estate professionals working with landlords
• Anyone serious about building wealth & cash flow through rental properties

At this meetup you can

• Connect with local landlords and rental property investors
• Share experiences, strategies, and lessons learned
• Get answers to questions and solve real-world problems
• Build relationships with other investors in your area
• Learn what’s working right now in the local rental market

This focus group is part of Greater Houston REIA, one of the largest and most active real estate investor communities in the Houston area, and is designed for those who are serious about rental property investing and building relationships in the local investing community.

# Greater Houston REIA Monthly Main Meeting

2nd Saturday of Every Month | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Residence Inn – Beltway / Clay Rd
10421 Clay Rd
Houston, TX 77041

## REAL ESTATE HORROR STORIES

The Deals That Went Wrong...and the Lessons That Could Save You Thousands.
Every experienced real estate investor has a story.
The property they wish they'd never bought.
The contractor who disappeared.
The tenant who turned a rental into a nightmare.
The rehab that went WAY over budget.
The title problem nobody saw coming.
The partnership that fell apart.
The foundation issue discovered too late.
The deal that looked incredible...until it wasn't.
Most investors would rather tell you about their wins.

At this Greater Houston REIA Monthly Main Meeting, we're talking about the other deals.

We're bringing experienced real estate investors together to share some of their biggest Real Estate Horror Stories—what happened, what went wrong, what they missed, what it cost them, how they handled it, and what they would do differently today.

### What Could Go Wrong?

We'll dig into real-world situations involving things like:

• Bad deals and costly buying mistakes
• Contractors and rehabs gone wrong
• Tenants and property management nightmares
• Title and closing problems
• Partnerships and people problems
• Financing mistakes
• Unexpected repairs and hidden property issues
• Legal problems and lawsuits
• Deals that looked great on paper but weren't
• Warning signs investors missed
• Expensive lessons learned the hard way

You'll probably laugh at a few.
You'll cringe at others.

And at least once, you'll probably think:
"I can't believe that actually happened."
But behind every story is a lesson.

And learning from someone else's $5,000, $20,000, or $50,000 mistake is a whole lot less expensive than making it yourself.

### New Investors — You Need to Hear This

If you're new to real estate investing, this meeting could be especially valuable.

Real estate investing isn't just about learning what to do.
It's also about learning what NOT to do.

Come learn from investors who have actually been in the trenches, made mistakes, solved problems, and lived to tell the story.

### Experienced Investors — Come Join the Conversation

You've probably got a horror story of your own.
Come connect with other Houston-area investors, share experiences, compare notes, build relationships, and maybe help someone else avoid a mistake you've already made.

### More Than Just a Presentation

The Greater Houston REIA Monthly Main Meeting is one of Houston's regular gathering places for real estate investors, including:

• New and experienced investors
• Rental property owners
• House flippers
• Wholesalers
• Realtors
• Private and hard money lenders
• Contractors and service providers
• Commercial and multifamily investors
• Real estate professionals

Come to learn, network, build relationships, find resources, talk deals, and connect with the
Greater Houston real estate investing community.

Because sometimes the most valuable real estate lesson isn't learning how somebody made money.
It's learning how somebody LOST it...so you don't have to.