

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's Express Success Coaching: How to Pick Apart a Closing Statement
·OnlineOnlineExclusive Event just for MAREI's Express Success Coaching Students
Virtual & NationwideMost investors don’t lose money on bad deals.
They lose it quietly… at the closing table.
Because they assume the numbers are right.They’re not always.
- Fees that shouldn’t be there.
- Numbers that don’t quite add up.
- Charges that slowly eat your profit—deal after deal.
And if you don’t know how to read a closing statement… you won’t catch it.
This Tuesday: Express Success Monthly Group Coaching
How to Pick Apart a Closing Statement with Darrin Carey
This session is for investors who are done guessing and ready to actually understand what they’re signing.Darrin is going to walk through:
• How a closing statement is structured
• Where errors and overcharges hide
• How junk fees get slipped in
• What numbers you MUST verify before signing
• How to question and fix mistakes
• How this alone can increase your profit on every dealThis is not a public event
It’s exclusively for MAREI Express Success Coaching Students
But here’s the move:
If you join Express Success now…
you’re in.If you’re serious about your business, this is the level of detail that matters.
Not theory.
Not motivation.Real numbers. Real deals. Real protection.
https://marei.org/expresssuccess/Once Monthly Virtual Coaching Class
1-2 In Depth Master Classes
100's of Hours On Demand Training
Email Deal Help
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MAREI Office Hours: Ask an Attorney With Julie Anderson
Location not specified yetMAREI's Office Hours - Ask and Attorney with Julie Anderson
Legal questions come up in almost every real estate deal.On April 23, Attorney Julie Anderson joins us for MAREI Office Hours to answer legal questions from real estate investors and small business owners.
This is an informal Q&A session where members can bring real situations and get perspective from experienced professionals.
We’ll start with a short topic and then open the conversation to your questions.
Register on the MAREI calendar or learn more here:
MAREI.org/OfficeHoursIf you’re not a current member, you can always join or renew and stay connected with the MAREI community.
#MAREI #RealEstateInvesting #RealEstateLaw #KansasCityInvestors #Landlords
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Doing Subject To Deals Wrong? (Live Online Real Estate Investing Class)
·OnlineOnline## Doing Subject To Deals Wrong?
Subject To is one of the most talked-about real estate investing strategies right now…
Because it allows you to:- Take over low-interest loans
- Buy with little or no money down
- Avoid traditional qualifying
But here’s the problem:
Most investors are learning how to do these deals incorrectly.
And that leads to:- Deals that don’t perform
- Sellers put in bad positions
- Mistakes that show up months later
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## 🔍 In This Live Online Class, You’ll Learn:
✔ How Subject To deals actually work
✔ Where most deals fail (and why)
✔ How to structure deals that hold up over time
✔ How to protect yourself and your seller
✔ What paperwork and follow-through really matter
This is a practical, step-by-step training—not surface-level theory.***
## 👤 About Your Instructor
Vena Jones-Cox has over 30 years of experience in real estate investing and has completed dozens of Subject To transactions.
She has worked through:- Real deals
- Real challenges
- And what actually happens after closing
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## 📅 Event Details
Saturday, April 25
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Central Time)
💻 Live Online via Zoom
🎥 Recording included for all registrants***
## 💰 Registration
MAREI Members: $47 if you register by 4/23
Non-Members: $97 if you register by 4/23
👉 You must register at MAREI.org/Calendar to receive your Zoom linkNot a member, you can join for as little as $25.
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⚠️ RSVPing on Meetup does NOT register you for the class.
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2-Day Deal Finding Accelerator (Find Off-Market Deals That Actually Convert)
Location not specified yetThe best way to find off-market deals in 2026?
It’s the same as 2006—Driving for Dollars.
But the way you do it has completely changed.The investors who are consistent have a simple process for:
- Choosing where to look
- Knowing what to look for
- Turning opportunities into actual leads
- And following up in a way that leads to real conversations
That’s what this 2-Day Deal Finding Accelerator is designed to show you.
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## What You’ll Learn
✔️ How to identify areas where deals are more likely to be found
✔️ What to look for when driving for dollars
✔️ How to capture and organize properties into a usable list
✔️ Simple follow-up approaches investors are using today
✔️ How tools like DealMachine can help streamline the process***
## Who This Is For
- New investors looking for a starting point
- Investors who want a more consistent way to find deals
- Anyone curious how deal finding actually works today
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## Event Details
📅 Dates: April 28–29
⏰ Time: Evening sessions (Central Time)
📍 Location: Online (Live Training)***
## Important – Registration Required
👉 RSVPing on Meetup does NOT register you for the event.
You must sign up here:
MAREI.org/Calendar***
## Final Thought
You don’t need to have this all figured out before you start.
This is a chance to see how others are doing it—and decide what fits your approach.Presented by Investor and REIA leader Tom Zeeb and Matt Kamp from Deal Machine
They will walk you through your Free Trail of Deal Machine
to test it all out and get you out there finding deals.
Totally FREE Event and you get some free marketing items with your Deal Machine Trial to test it out.2 attendees
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