MAREI May 2013 Newsletter

2013 RE investment News
RE
investment
NEWSMay 2013
FINANCIALFINANCIALFINANCIAL
PLANNING FORPLANNING FORPLANNING FOR
YOUR FAMILYYOUR FAMILYYOUR FAMILY
S t r e t cS t r e t cS t r e t c hhh YourYourYour
Self Directed IRASelf Directed IRASelf Directed IRA
What is a SelfWhat is a SelfWhat is a Self
Directed IRA?Directed IRA?Directed IRA?
Building WealthBuilding WealthBuilding Wealth
To p R e a l E s t a t eTo p R e a l E s t a t eTo p R e a l E s t a t e
I n v e s t i n g S t r a t e g i e sI n v e s t i n g S t r a t e g i e sI n v e s t i n g S t r a t e g i e s
f o r G r o w i n g y o u r I R Af o r G r o w i n g y o u r I R Af o r G r o w i n g y o u r I R A

2 RE investment News 2013
The Mid-Wests Resource for
 Real Estate Investors
 Rental Property Owners
 Apartment Owners
 Industry Providers
Based in the Kansas City Metro
FAST IN AND OUT
Time is money — we’ll get you back to work quickly.
 Dedicated Pro Desk Associates.
 Two hour advance order pulling.
In Store Hands On—How To
Workshops
Want to learn How a project is completed. Check out our workshops.
 In store workshops each month, check out our website and your
local store.
 Access step by step video 24-7 on our website—look for our Pro-
ject Guide Library
10% Price Guarantee
If you find a lower price on identical in-stock item
 We will match the price & beat it by 10%.
 Excludes special orders & bid pricing and others—see website
for complete details.
GREAT PRICES JUST FOR PROS
We Offer everyday low prices, plus more ways to save on larger or-
ders.
 You can count on competitive pricing on everything in every de-
partment
 Volume pricing discounts available on purchases as low as
$2,500.
 Instant bulk price savings available 1000s of items.
MAREIMid-America Association of Real Estate Investors
A Real Estate Community
MAREI, through it’s partnership with the Home Depot, offers its
members a 2% Bi-Annual Rebate on top of any discounts you
already receive through the Home Depot & its Pro Desk.
Join MAREI Today, and start saving THOUSANDS TODAY . . .
Program is retroactive back to Jan 1, 2013
Visit MAREI at www.MAREInet.com for more information
on Membership Meetings, Discounts on Products and Ser-
vices, and education for Real Estate Investors, Landlords,
and Industry Service Providers.
PRO DESK
Get the job done with
Help from the Pro Desk.

cover story
22
Financial
Planning
For your Family
Stretch Your
Self Directed IRA
10
Building
Wealth
Top Real Estate Investing
Strategies for Growing Your IRA
8
What is a
Self Directed IRA
What are the Basic Benefits and
Why Do Yu Want One!

6
March Market Report
Is it a Flat Market?
6
Websites
Top 5 Capturing Larger Share of Real
Estate Traffic
7
Social Media
Protect Your Company
7
Small Steps
To New Strategies
14
One Day
Turnover
12 Easy Steps to Rent Up Unit
16
Fight Global Warming
Homeowners battle with Old A/C
Maintenance
20
Don’t be a Creep
When Personalization gets Creepy in
Direct Mailing Pieces
38
Wholesale Real Estate
Getting Started Investing
Regular Features
18
Member Benefits at a Glance
28
KCInvest Properties for Sale
30
Monthly Meetings & Events
April 2013
PUBLISHER
Kim Tucker
ADVERTISING INFORMATION
913-815-0111
info@MAREInet.com
RE INVESTMENT NEWS IS PUBLISHED
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
MID-AMERICA ASSOCIATION
OF REAL ESTATE INVESTORS
P.O. Box 8685
Prairie Village, KS 66208
www.MAREInet.com
913-815-0111
DISCLAIMER
Mid-America Association of
Real Estate of Investors and
the RE Investment News does
not exist to render and does
not give legal, tax, economic
or investment advice and dis-
claims all liability for the
action or inaction taken or
not as a result of communica-
tions from or to its members,
officers, directors, employ-
ees and contractors. Each
individual should consult
his/her own counsel, account-
ant and other advisors as to
legal, tax, economic, invest-
ment and related matters con-
cerning real estate and other
investments.
The views and opinions ex-
pressed by authors of arti-
cles contributed to this
newsletter do not necessarily
reflect those of the associa-
tion, the board of directors
or the staff.

Welcome to
RE Investment News
The media keeps hyping everything: jobs or the lack of them, the
budget or the sequester, the shadow inventory and more. But de-
spite the media, families keep going and plugging along. Things
do seem to be getting better, just at a very slow pace.
Families are working to build up the nest egg and many are very
cautious of the traditional savings institutions that pay minimal
interest for bank CDs. And are often afraid of the stock market
because of the huge losses in the past few years with mutual
funds, stocks and bonds despite their rebound.
Real estate is holding up as an incredible opportunity for industry
insiders to buy portfolios of bank owned properties or non-
performing mortgages. But for the little guy and gal, there is also
huge opportunity in buy and hold properties, performing and non-
performing notes, rental property and seller financing.
Those in the know have the ability to invest their hard earned
funds in real estate to generate more income. Those in the know
have the ability to invest their retirement funds in real estate as
well.
One of the best kept secrets is the Self Directed IRA and 401k that
will allow those in the know to invest retirement funds in Real
Estate and Notes as well as just about anything that one can invest
money in.
Hard working Americans can start retirement funds or roll retire-
ment funds over into accounts with qualified custodians and use
those funds to become the bank for other investors, buy real es-
tate, buy mortgage notes and even invest in the stock market.
In this months issue of the Investment News you will read about
methods of investing in real estate as well as a focus on the Self
Directed IRA strategies to create a more secure financial future for
American families. At the May monthly meetings of Mid-
America Association of Real Estate Investors you will have the
opportunity to learn first hand from experts as well as real live
local investors how to utilize Self Directed IRAs to invest in Real
Estate. Last, be sure to check out the MAREI Blog as Facebook
page through out the month for further educational information.
Then take this information, perform your due diligence and build
your families wealth with a Self Directed Retirement account!

Short Takes
1. Zillow: With 11.39% of Market &
49.9 million total visits
2. Truia: With 7.72% of Market &
33.9 million total visits
3. Realtor.com: With 6.56% of Mar-
ket & 28.8 million total visits
4. Yahoo Homes: With 4.34% of
Market & 19.0 million total visits
4. Homes.com: With 3.92% of Mar-
ket & 17.2 million total visits
Source: Experian Marketing Services
Websites
Top 5 capturing larger
share of real estate traffic
5
March Real Estate Market Report
Neither Buyers or Sellers Favored
Kansas City Regional Association of REALTORS® reports that inventory is down and prices are up
across the metro area.
Sale Price: All counties experienced an increase in the average sale price of existing homes and new
homes were up in Cass, Johnson, Miami and Platte Counties over last year. Overall both showed a
5.7 increase over March 2012.
Home Sales: All counties experienced an increase in the total number of existing homes sold
at 7 percent as well as new homes at 11 percent with an over all increase of 8 percent
this March over 2012.
Home Inventory: Existing home inventory is down by 17 percent and new homes are
down by 9 percent with an overall decrease of 16 percent from March 2012.
Pending Sales: Are about the same with existing homes down 2 percent and new
homes up 4 percent, giving us an overall increase of 1 percent.
Supply of Homes: Supply of homes is the calculated by dividing inventory by the 12
month average number of sales. A 5 to 6 months supply is a “balanced” market. Existing
homes have a 5.3 month supply and new homes are at a 5.5 month supply with an over
all 5.3 supply putting us in a balanced market favoring neither buyers or sellers.
The decrease in inventory could be contributed to less bank foreclosures on the market and
with less foreclosures on the market, prices are up.
Read more about market data at www.KCRAR.com

Short Takes
Social Media
Protect Your Company
Social Media is a vast new world of communications for very little cost. Be sure to
take steps to protect your company.
Follow a Security Plan You don’t want to release confidential or sensitive infor-
mation or allow hackers to gain access to protected information. Is computers
encrypted to protect your and client data.
Emergency Plan Do you have a plan in place just in case you get hacked, a com-
puter gets stolen and a list of steps that must be taken in case of a breach in data.
Terms of Use / Privacy Policies Do you have policies in place that govern how
your company interacts with users of the website. Remember that you need to
continually update security so don’t promise something that you cannot keep.
Social Media Policies When hiring remember there is often information on social
media that you cannot consider when hiring, so be sure you have procedures to
ensure you are not basing hiring on social media data. Also companies can be
held liable for comments employees make, so be sure to have policies to monitor
employees.
Regular Training Managers should know and understand employee privacy
rights, laws against discrimination, labor laws and other laws regarding communi-
cation. Using the internet and social media should be a part of new-employee and
on going training to protect the employee and the company.
““A real decision is measured by the fact that
you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action,
you haven’t truly decided.”
- Tony Robins
“The number of times I succeed is in direct pro-
portion to the number of times I can fail and keep
on trying.”
- Tom Hopkins
Small Steps
To New Strategies
The real estate industry is always changing.
What worked yesterday may not work today
and we may need to implement new strategies
to compete.
Take a Course: Attend a training work-
shop and learn not only from the instruc-
tor but talk to your fellow students. Be
sure to take notes that you can bring back
to your business and implement. If you
purchase a home study course be sure to
open it up and work through it step by
step.
Action Plan: After your live course or as
you work through a home study course,
break it up into manageable sections.
Create an implementation plan, get that
section working and then move on to the
next section.
Test and Evaluate: What works for
someone else will probably work for you.
But your knowledge and experience may
implement in a different way. So track
success with the new strategy and make
changes as needed.
Analysis Paralysis: Don’t let all the new
ideas paralyze you into doing nothing.
Select just one item and implement it,
evaluate it, and make it yours. Then go
back to the training and select another
item to put into action.

Article
What is a Self Directed IRA or Real Estate IRA?
What are the Benefits?
With a self-directed IRA an investor has many more options
beyond stocks, bonds and CDs allowing you to diversify your
IRA portfolio. You are not limited to the narrow investment
options of banks and brokerages. You can select how to
grow your IRA funds, based on your own expertise, in areas
such as notes, real estate, private funds or precious metals.
A real estate IRA is simply an IRA that holds real
estate.
The real estate IRA is that the investor is able to
invest in what they know: Real Estate and related
investments.
With the wider variety of investment choices of the self-
directed or real estate IRA, you have the ability to combine
the great tax advantages with your own expertise or the ex-
pertise of others to build your wealth more effectively than
with traditional investing options.
 Those that understand flipping houses or holding rent-
als, you can leverage that knowledge.
 If you understand the rules of lending in your state, you
can use your IRA to be a lender.
 If you found a solid company raising capital, you can
invest in that company.
With a self-directed IRA you are not limited to only the offer-
ings of the IRA custodian, you can virtually invest in just
about everything, including stocks and CDs. By selecting a
qualified third party administrator and opening a self-
directed IRA you have the ability to invest in things you
know and understand: real estate, notes, apartments, op-
tions, gold, oil, stocks, bonds and more.
Explore your options today
Most people have their local bank or brokerage or a compa-
ny selected by their employer to hold their IRA or other re-
tirement fund. If you ask these traditional custodians about
investing in real estate, more often than not they will tell you
it is not an option. Why? Because they don’t offer that op-
tion, they would loose your business to another custodian,
so it’s easier to tell you know. However, IRS regulations do
in fact allow IRA and 401k account holders to invest in just
about anything as long as you have a qualified third party
custodian and administrator holding the funds.
You can start a traditional or Roth IRA or other savings ac-
count. You can roll over all or part of an existing fund with a
traditional company to a self-directed custodian. To get
started make a search online for “Self Directed IRA Custodi-
ans” and do your homework. Also through networking, ask
for referrals for companies as not all self-directed custodi-
ans are created equal.

Real Estate Investment Funds
Build Your Own Bank
Get Your FREE Real Estate
Partnering Report Today!
Partnering Report
Download Includes:
 Educational insights into how you
can purchase property with a self-
directed IRA by partnering with
other investors
 Examples of the different ways
you can partner an IRA
 Rules of partnering
 A partnering case study
www.theEntrustGroup.com
SAVE THE DATE
Patrick Hagen
Business Development Manager
From the Entrust Group
Guest Speaker at
MAREI’s Northland
May 2nd Meeting
www.MAREInet.com/KCnorth

Top Strategies
Patrick
Hagen
Business Development
Manager and
Self Directed IRA
Expert from the
Entrust Administration
“Self-direction is a key component to true
retirement plan diversification. I hope to use
my expertise in the industry to help
investors in the Mid-West understand how
to diversify their retirement options and
better position themselves for retirement.”

Top Strategies
There is no “one-size-fits-all” strategy for successfully growing your self-directed IRA with real estate investing.
What will work well for you may not be the best option for someone else. The best strategy for you will de-
pend on your own personal situation and your own knowledge of how the various strategies work. Knowledge
of the various strategies will help you determine how best to move forward.
Building
Wealth
TOP REAL ESTATE INVESTING STRATEGIES
FOR GROWINGYOUR SELF DIRECTED IRA
With the repeated extreme ups and downs of the stock market, more and more investors are turning to
self-directed IRA options for their retirement accounts. Many of these investors know that the opportu-
nities for investing in real estate are phenomenal right now, however each one is going to have a dif-
ferent set of goals with their IRA and different tolerances to risk when it comes to investing.
Some folks are looking to build their IRA with the purchase and rental of residential properties. Others
want the cash flow income, but not the issues of being a landlord. Others want to build their funds
quickly and there are options for all of theses strategies.
Let’s take a look at some of the top strategies to build wealth in your Self Directed IRA. Note we are
going to shorten this to SDIRA
Real Estate Fund
For the investor who already has a substantial amount of money in the SDIRA and wants to earn a re-
turn on investment with out the hands on work, there is a Real Estate Fund. These funds range from a
large Real Estate Investing Trust (REIT) or a small private placement, that allow the investor to pool
Real estate with out a self directed
IRA is just Real Estate. Combine the
two and you have MEGA Real Estate,
do not overlook the power of this
wealth building tool."
Thomas
Travers
Real Estate Investor and
Real Estate Broker
Entrepreneur
About Houses, LLC

funds with other investors into a di-
versified portfolio of real estate activ-
ities manages by the Fund. These
Funds offer a variety of returns
based on the strategy and risk,
some examples include funds to buy
and hold properties for cash flow
and long term appreciation, others
offer hard money lending to other
investors for higher returns in the
short term, others might invest in tax
deeds or trust deeds.
The more diversified the fund is into
a variety of activities, the potentials
for good returns with out a huge risk.
Other funds might focus more on
one particular area for higher re-
turns, but could have a potentially
higher risk.
Private Lending
Another strategy for the investor
who wants to earn the returns with
out the time commitment of chasing
down deals is the option of becom-
ing a private lender. The private
lender options can range from short
term hard money loans to investors
with higher turn over and higher
rates to the long term notes. By be-
coming the bank, the SDIRA can
earn points and interest while the
borrower goes out and puts the
deals together.
So for example if there are two in-
vestors Bob and Jack at the local
Real Estate Investor Association
who find each other and note that
both Bob and Jack have SDIRAs
and both are successful rehab in-
vestors with different models. Bob
buys small houses to renovate, rent
and resell. Bob needs $20,000 to
$30,000 to put his deals together
and Jack’s SDIRA can lend the
funds for a few points up front and
10% interest.
Conversely Jack bought a house
and renovated it with $90,000 of his
own cash. He then sold the house
with a seller financed loan $120,000.
Jack got $20,000 in down payment
and received a $100,000 loan that is
to pay back over 30 years at 6% in-
terest.
With the $20,000 cash he got as a
down payment, he still has $70,000
of his own money tied up in the
house and if he waits will make a
substantial return through the pay-
ments he receives every month.
But Jack wants to go buy and reno-
vate another house, and needs that
$70,000. So he goes to Bob and
sells Bob’s SDIRA his $100,000, 30
year, 6% interest note for $80,000.
So if we add up the numbers Jack’s
initial investment was $80,000, he
got $20,000 down and another
$70,000 for selling the note to Bob’s
IRA, leaving him a profit of $10,000
and money to go invest again.
Jack’s IRA has a long term cash
flow of 30 years coming in at 6%
interest, which is actually a bit better
yield if you consider he purchased
the $100,000 note at a discount.
If we compare these Jack with the
short term loan has a higher return,
but his IRA will have more transac-
tion fees and down time if he keeps
doing short term loans to Bob.
Bob’s IRA is going to have the lower
rate of return, but it will not have
down time or transaction fees.
Top Strategies
Joseph
dela Pasion
Real Estate Investor
Genesis Realty
Solutions
“The more you know about self direction
and your IRA the more you are truly self di-
recting”
Quote Warren Buffett ..

Buy and Hold
Since we are discussing real estate
investing in a self directed IRA, the
most obvious way to invest is
through buying real estate to hold as
a short or long term investment and
renting or selling with seller financ-
ing for cash flow.
This can be done with several differ-
ent strategies as well. Most inves-
tors simply have the SDIRA pur-
chase with all cash. Other investors
leverage their IRA funds with the
use of a non-recourse loan from a
bank that specializes in this form of
loan, or from another SDIRA fund.
It is important to note that when a
SDIRA obtains a loan it must be non
-recourse meaning that the only
thing securing the loan is the proper-
ty and if the SDIRA defaults on the
loan, the only thing the lender can
go after is the property, the SDIRA
cannot be sued for performance.
Another option in the Buy and Hold
model which is a bit more advanced
is to have the SDIRA purchase a
percentage of the property and part-
ner with another IRA or person or
entity.
Lastly some investors choose to do
the buy and hold model with Notes
and Deeds of Trust or Mortgages
most commonly known as buying
Notes.
Options
For the investor who wants to grow
a small SDIRA quickly the real es-
tate option is an excellent strategy.
So lets go back to Investor Bob.
Remember he bought a long term
hold note for $90,000 and in this ex-
ample he still has $3,000 left in the
IRA. Bob finds a really good buy on
a single family house and his IRA
pays the property owner $100 for
the option to purchase the home for
$40,000. Then Bob goes out and
tells Jack about the house and Bob
agrees to purchase it for $50,000.
Bob’s IRA can sell Jack his $40,000
option for $10,000 or Bob’s IRA can
To get a few more ideas of how real live investors have utilized a Self
Directed IRA, join us at the May South MAREI meeting on the 14th,
where real live investors from Mid-America Association of Real Estate
Investors will be sharing a case study of one of the deals that utilized
a Self Directed IRA.
See details at www.MAREInet.com/KCSouth
go ahead and purchase the property
for $40,000 and then resell it to Jack
for $50,000. They could also assign
the contract for a fee, the bottom line
is that through his real estate exper-
tise Bob invested $100 of his IRA
money in a deal and earned $10,000
back in a fairly short time.
Any strategy that the wholesale in-
vestor employees could be utilized
by a SDIRA to wholesale for quick
cash build up.
The good news is that with real es-
tate investing and the Self-Directed
IRA there are strategies to help eve-
ry investor Build Wealth. It is im-
portant to remember that before tak-
ing on any real estate investment
opportunity, to make sure to protect
your SDIRA by completing your due
diligence and consulting with profes-
sionals.
Top Strategies
“As a real estate investor, CPA, and former
banker, I have found that investing in real
estate through self directed ROTH IRA's is
the best way to earn tax free income for
retirement. I have personally used self
directed IRA's to purchase multiple
properties.”
Brett
Gossen
Real Estate Professional
Residential, Commercial
and Distressed Assets

14 RE investment News 201314 RE investment News 2013
One DAY Turnover
Twelve Easy Steps From MR Landlord.com
Many of you veterans out there may already know all of this, but just in case I wanted to share "the system" that has me 3 for
3 of my last vacancies at a one day turn over.
Step 1: Communication with current residents. Make sure
you get that 30 day notice of intent to renew or move. I con-
tact them 45 days out from expiration of current lease. If I
hear nothing by 30 days out, then we're on for another
month. Repeat this step at middle of next month. Get their
desire in writing, signed, and dated!
Step 2: Start advertising. I get my Craigslist & Postlets ad
up around the first of the month. Renew the post every 2
days or as often as allowed.
Step 3: Communicate my bonus program to the current
residents. $100 if they bring me a qualified prospect who
signs a lease (and pays!). $50 if I get someone on my own
prior to their move out to pre-lease, and as a thank you for
them keeping the place nice enough to show and being ac-
commodating to repeat showings. Yeah, my lease says they
have to do it anyway for free BUT this encourages compli-
ance and they say nice things about me to the prospect too!
Step 4: Get a "anytime is fine" showing agreement with
residents. Basically, anytime between X and Y times it's
okay for me to show the rental with 30 minutes notice ahead
of time. Or get them to agree to show it for you when they're
home. Saves gas, saves time, and it's less stress.
Step 5: Repair List. While doing showings, make the handy-
man provide a fix-it list for repairs as soon as the old resi-
dents are done moving out.
Step 6: One week out, line up your cleaning / mainte-
nance / carpet-scrubbing crew(s). Coordinate so they
aren't stepping on each other to get it done the
day resident moves out, if possible. If all else fails and its a
fairly clean turnover, you can probably leave the maintenance
for last unless there's a major issue that affects habitability.
The cleaning gal shows up in the morning, carpet scrubbers
finish up in the evening. The next day everything is dry and
ready for new resident.
Step 7: Fax copy of lease (or email the lease as an at-
tachment) to resident 3 days prior to signing to ensure they
have ample time to review and ask questions. Remind them
that you need the rent and deposit in certified funds (no per-
sonal checks, thank you) when you meet to sign the lease.
No money, no keys, no signing anything.
Step 8: Utilities Day prior to lease begins. Make sure utili-
ties are switched over effective the first day of the lease. Call
the power company or ask the resident to show you a receipt
as proof of service.
Step 9: Walk Through Day lease begins. Do walk through
with residents. Note deficiencies and write down everything
you agree to fix / repair / upgrade on a list that says: "Only
these items will be fixed / repaired / upgraded. RESIDENT
agrees landlord has not promised, verbally or in writing, to
any other repairs, fixes or upgrades that are not listed. Prem-
ises are accepted in "as is" condition, unless otherwise noted
on this sheet."
Step 10a: Get money, sign lease. Give resident a run down
of rules and procedures for maintenance requests and emer-
gency contact information. Show them where the circuit
breaker box is, water shut off, etc. Give each resident a copy
of your business card with phone number and email address.
Step 10b: Hand over keys. (this is last for a reason, folks!)
Step 11: Deposit money in your bank.
Step 12: Go enjoy a cold beverage of your choice in cele-
bration. Ah, another turn over complete!
Of course there will be some turn-overs that are more com-
plex: eviction, slobs, damages, etc. This is meant as a basic
blue print for an otherwise successful tenancy that is coming
to a close. Add or subtract steps that you feel make the pro-
cess smoother.
"Management tips provided by landlords on MrLandlord.com. To
receive a free Rental Owner newsletter, call 1-800-950-2250 or
visit our nationwide Q&A Forum, LandlordingAdvice.com,
where you can ask landlording questions and seek the advice of
other rental owners 24 hours a day."
For Landlords

Industry Services

Fight Global Warming
Homeowners battle with Old A/C Maintenance
From Discover Heating and Air
Properly working A/C’s do not leak any refrigerant at all, so if a system needs refrigerant there is a leak somewhere. But as
HVAC units age, leaks happen. Simply dumping more FREON, or R-22, into a slowly leaking system every season used to
be the choice of many property managers and homeowners. A couple hundred dollars to re-charge and make it through the
year was a better choice than a couple thousand dollars to replace the A/C. That R-22 cost has now quadrupled. Here’s why:
There are two major types of refrigerants used in home air conditioning systems: R-22 and R-410a. The government banned
the manufacture of systems that use R-22 in January 2010. However, R-22 is still commonly used to charge existing air con-
ditioners. Since this regulation occurred several years ago, the number of old R-22 systems has decreased as systems have
been replaced and old units have failed. This has therefore led to a decreased
production of R-22 by manufacturers. Naturally, the price has skyrocketed for R
-22 replacement refrigerant. It’s like trying to buy leaded gasoline now, 30+
years after its regulation. The price of R-22 doubled in 2012 and has re-
doubled in 2013. Now, the cost to re-charge and repair a leaking system is
near most replacement costs of a new R-410a system. Due to the higher pres-
sures needed to be effective, 410a cannot be used in R-22 systems.
Essentially, economics drives environmental conservation. The government
couldn’t force homeowners to replace their A/C units when it was determined
that R-22 (which has chlorine in it) was depleting the ozone layer. Instead, they
regulated it at the source knowing that supply and demand would lead to an
economically driven better environment.
Contractor’s Corner

Industry Services

Learn how to save money at Home De-
pot and register for a 2% Rebate for all
purchases & rentals across the US.
Plus 20% Discount on Paint in Kansas
City. And coming in 2013 the New
Home Depot App for iPad exclusively for
Chapter Members to use in project esti-
mation on home repair and remodel.
All members receive a discount card
to access our exclusive discounts up
to 40% off all paint, supplies, and
flooring—nationwide.
Websites for investors, landlords, and
other services. FREE trial.
Email and Social Media Marketing, Free
Trial and Discounts for paying in ad-
vance.
Screening for tenants & workers with
20% discount for members.
FORMS & DOCS
Member Library is packed with forms
and docs, plus 15 % discount at EZ
Landlord Forms for premium forms.
Market your rentals on the nations top
ranked rental site. Member discount
is 20% off Regular Prices.
Save on select FedEx Office copy and
print services up to 20% and on Fed-
Ex Shipping up to 22%.
Receive discounts up to 65% on over
12,000 products you use the most
online and in store.
MAREI’S MEMBER BENEFITS PROGRAM
YOUR MEMBER BENEFITS
AT-A-GLANCEUSE THIS PAGE AS A GUIDE TO VALUE ADDED DISCOUNTS TOOLS AND SAVINGS CREATED JUST
FOR YOU ON GOODS AND SERVICES YOU USE EVERY DAY.
E-Update
MAREI’s award winning weekly email
update with what’s happening in real
estate including properties for sale, gov-
ernment affairs and local market data.
Investment News
The award winning newsletter for Mid-
America Association of Real Estate In-
vestors: published monthly and distrib-
uted both in print at our meetings and
digitally to our database of over 5000
people. One of the best ways to get
your message in front of a targeted
group of real estate professionals.
Free issues of both magazines
available at the monthly
meetings of MAREI.
Landlord Services
Office Solutions
Suppliers
Marketing
News & Information

We have several services as part of our
website to help you grow your business.
Calendar of Events to stay up to date with
all of our activities.
Browse the member properties to find
your next deal. Take the time to post your
investment opportunities for other mem-
bers and site visitors to browse.
The Member Library is packed and ever
growing with pdf versions of entire books,
EBooks, Articles, Forms, and Documents.
Nearly 70% of QuickBooks users say
that it makes their business more prof-
itable. Get your Accounting on track.
Buy at a 20% discount our special
links from the MAREI Web Site.
REAL ESTATE BOOKS
The nation’s largest provider of real estate
training materials, DEARBORN is
America’s Premier Real Estate Publish-
er. Members receive up to 40% off.
Special member discounts for members at
Avis, Budget, and
Enterprise Rentals.
The Local Market Monitor tracks real
estate sales and economic trends nation
wide. Offering 25% Discount for Mem-
bers.
MAREI’s Political Advocacy Group ac-
tively monitors national legislation and
rule-making that impacts the real estate
industry and harnessing the strength of
MAREI members at the grassroots level.
MAREI members also receive timely
Calls to Action
when there is a
time for our mem-
bers to take action
on an important
vote.
Members also have
access to the latest in Market Data.
Other Discounts
VISIT
www.MAREInet.com
Look under Resources
& Members Only
Member Service

At Click2Mail, we believe that personalizing your mail is more than just a nice touch – it's a smart marketing strategy. WithMailing Online Classic,
you can easily personalize your mail with information from your mailing list, integrating a customer name, salutation, account number, balance
due, appointment date, or other details into your direct mail.
When done right, personalization can increase the impact of your mail piece. But when is personalization too much? Can you go too far and turn
off your customers in prospects with a piece of mail that seems “creepy” rather than “customized”? In short, yes.
The Power of Personalization
Personalization is rampant in the world of online marketing, where there's a wealth of data on customers that can be used to customize every-
thing from the ads they see on Facebook to the deals they're offered on their favorite shopping sites. But personalization isn't just for the digital
marketer. Whether it's online or in print, sending messages that are designed specifically for a certain customer can be a great strategy that
boosts response rates. For example:
 A dentist sends biannual postcards reminding people that it's time to schedule a cleaning.
 A non-profit organization sends appeal letters to former donors that note the amount of money the person had given in the past. A plumber
mails a “Welcome to the Neighborhood” flyer to new residents in the areas where he does business (he makes sure to include the recipi-
ent's name in the address space).
 An insurance agent sends out postcards inviting people to come in to discuss their insurance needs. Imagery on the postcards is tailored to
the recipients (families with kids received cards with pictures of families, for example, while younger married couples without children re-
ceived a different card).
What do all these personalized direct mail campaigns have in common? They all either used information that the recipient could reasonably ex-
pect the sender to have, or they were personalized in a subtle, non-invasive way. The dentist's patients expect his office to keep track of when
they need to come in for a cleaning, and they probably appreciate receiving a friendly reminder. The insurance agent, on the other hand, person-
alized his mail in a less obvious way, so that the recipient may not have even realized that it was designed specifically for them. These business-
es understood how to use the information they had about customers in a way that didn't seem like they were stalking the recipient.
Personalization gets creepy when the recipient can't figure out how (or why) you know something about them. If you're contacting someone for
the first time, and you send a piece of mail that indicates you know how many kids they have (or their ages), that they suffer from a particular
health problem, or some other piece of “private” information they haven't shared with you, it may rub people the wrong way. Rather than consid-
ering your great offer, they're thinking about whether they can trust you. Now, that doesn't mean that you can't use customer information to tar-
get your mailing, but simply that you need to be careful about how you go about personalizing your direct mail.
When personalizing direct mail, it's also critical that the information you have on recipients is current. Sometimes, making an assumption about
what a particular type of customer wants can backfire if the recipient feels that they're being stereotyped. Get the personalization wrong, and you
can permanently alienate an otherwise loyal customer. (To avoid that, use Click2Mail's Mailing List Services to get a high-quality, reliable mailing
list.)
Like any direct mail technique, you need to have a smart approach when it comes to personalization. Go too far, and you may not get the results
you want. But used wisely, personalization is a powerful way to help your mailing resonate with recipients.
Do you have questions about adding personalization to your direct mail campaign? Our customer support team is always happy to help
you out so that you can create the most effective direct mail campaign for you. Drop us a line at support@click2mail.com or give us a call at 866-
665-2787. We're here Mon-Fri, 9AM to 8PM Eastern Time, and we're always eager to answer your questions.
Marketing Strategies
Don’t be a Creep
When Personalization gets Creepy.
From Click2Mail

Industry Services

If you will not need all of the assets in your IRA to cover your
retirement years you may want to consider stretching your
IRA. This is a strategy that will extend the life of your IRA,
allowing the assets to grow tax deferred or tax free in the
case of the Roth over a period much longer than your life.
This stretchability of your IRA makes it a very important tool
when estate planning.
FINANCIAL PLANNING
FOR YOUR FAMILY
S t r e t c h a R o t h I R A f o r G e n e r a t i o n s
o f Ta x F r e e I n c o m e
What is a Multi Generational IRA or the Stretch or Beneficiary IRA
A technique using distribution rules to extend the tax-deferred or tax free status of IRA assets across multiple gen-
erations through the rules pertaining to an inherited IRA.
What are the rules?
Traditional IRA
With a traditional IRA, distributions must begin no later than April 1 of the year following the year the IRA owner
reaches 70 ½. If the IRA owner dies and the spouse is a beneficiary, the spouse can inherit the traditional IRA
and roll the balance into their own traditional IRA and then name a new beneficiary or just keep the original IRA in
place and treat it as if it is her own.
The spouse can make contributions to the inherited IRA and allow it to keep accumulating and not take any distri-
butions until reaching 70 ½, when the required minimum distributions (RMD) must be taken. Or the spouse could
convert the inherited traditional IRA into a Roth IRA, pay the taxes and eliminate the need to ever take distribu-
tions.
If a non-spouse inherits the RMD kicks in immediately based on the age of the person inheriting. So for example
consider Bob, who leaves a $100,000 IRA to his granddaughter who is 21 when Bob dies at 69. The grand-
daughter must start receiving RMDs the year after Bob’s death and stretch those out over her lifetime. So the
granddaughters first required distribution a year later at age 22 is the $100,00 balance (or what ever the new bal-
ance at this current year later) divided by her remaining life expectancy of 68 years (based on a life expectancy of
90 years from the IRS table less her current age of 22), or $1515.15. Or they can take larger distributions or the
whole lump sum.
Note that because this is a traditional IRA, the beneficiary will be taxed for the distributions.
Roth IRA
COVER STORY

The Roth IRA can be inherited much
the same way as the traditional IRA,
but the distributions will be TAX
FREE!
The original Roth IRA owner is never
forced to take distributions once the
reach 59 and ½ and they can keep
making contributions after tax and the
IRA can keep earning based on in-
vestment tax free. Also unique is that
because the contributions are made
after tax, any contributions (not prof-
its) made can be withdrawn at any
time before age 59 1/2.
So the big question is do you want a
tax deferred Traditional IRA or a Tax
FREE Roth IRA?
WHEN SHOULD YOU USE A
"STRETCH" IRA?
The experts tell us if you do not need
all the assets in your IRA to cover
expenses during retirement, you
should or would probably stretch the
IRA over to an heir.
As a totally legal tax reduction strate-
gy, you may want to consider helping
older family members establish sev-
eral small Roth IRAs, with a different
beneficiary named, for each account.
So let’s take an example of Bob from
earlier.
Bob and his father Joe are Real Es-
tate Investors. Bob has a wife, a
married son, and two grandchildren.
Joe still works with Bob in the real
estate business and drives around
checking on rental properties for
which Bob pays Joe an income of
about $10,000 a year.
Because Joe has the income, Bob is
able to gift Joe with $3,000 and help
Joe establish 6 Roth IRAs with $500
in each, one that names Bob as heir,
one that names Bob Wife as heir, one
for Bob’s Son as heir, one for his
Daughter In Law as heir and one
each for each of the grandchildren.
Bob and Joe are fairly set with the
rental income they both receive from
their rental properties, they don’t real-
ly need much extra income to live on,
but like every other real estate inves-
tor out there, they can’t pass up a
good deal. They take the time to
wholesale a house from time to time
and to do a rehab flip or two each
year as well. So for the next five
years instead of earning the income
from their wholesales, Bob and Joe
direct these transactions within the 6
Self Directed Roth IRAs they have
set up for the benefit of all the family
members.
On average they earn $8,000 a
wholesale and complete about 1 a
month so they are able to do 2 trans-
actions per IRA each year earning
$16,000 for each IRA. At the end of
5 years each Self Directed Roth IRA
now have a balance of $80,000. Plus
being the landlords that they are, they
have invested the $80,000 in each of
the IRAs to buy and hold 2 Rental
properties each with $700 a month in
rental income coming in adding even
more income into the IRA.
At the end of 5 years Joe passes
away and the 6 IRAs are now inherit-
ed by each of the family members.
Each of the family members are re-
quired to take RMD based on their
own life expectancy all tax free. At
COVER STORY

the same time Bob and his Son Jack
who are also investing in real estate
can continue to direct the IRA’s to do
real estate transactions.
So let’s say Jack goes out and finds
an awesome real estate deal that he
knows should profit him about
$40,000. He must decide if he
should to this transaction with his
own money or directed the Inherited
Self Directed IRA to do the transac-
tion. Jack looks at his own personal
tax bracket and sees that he would
have to pay about ½ of that $40,000
out in federal and state income taxes.
However if the ISDIRA were to com-
plete the transaction and that he
could take $20,000 out as a tax free
distribution and leave $20,000 in the
ISDIRA for future distribution or he
could take the entire $40,000 out as a
tax free distribution.
Interesting so far?
Let’s take a look at one of the Grand-
children in this example. At the time
of Grandpa Joes death, Granddaugh-
ter Susie is 8 and until she reaches
age 18 and goes off to college, she
does not have a lot of expenses. So
each year she receives a RMD based
on her life expectancy and the bal-
ance of the ISDIRA at the time that
she and her parents put away for a
college fund. At the same time
Grandpa Bob and Dad Jack keep
investing Susie’s ISDIRA. At age 18
Susie goes off to college and uses
the college fund they have set up for
living expense and they wholesale
four houses a year within the SDIRA
and take the profit as tax free distri-
butions to pay the college tuition and
books
Back to the question becomes when
should you use a stretch or benefi-
ciary IRA? How about whenever you
can?
What about other family?
So you may say, great, I know real
estate and my Dad would go for this.
But I have brothers and sisters? One
strategy would be to set up the Self
Directed IRA for Grandma or Grand-
pa at a bank or other traditional com-
pany that has very low fees to main-
tain and just keep the $500 balances
for everyone. Then when it comes
time to inherit – there is not a whole
heck of a lot of money sitting there to
be inherited and that’s when you con-
vert them to Self-Directed and start
investing them in real estate and tak-
ing distributions tax free.
Please take a bit of time to do a bit
more research on this. We would
suggest starting on the internet with a
search for “Inherited IRA”,
“Beneficiary IRA” and “Stretch IRA”.
Some of the resources we found in-
clude:
 Stretch IRA Strategy – Merrill
Lynch
 How To Stretch Out An IRA –
Forbes.com
 How to Stretch a Roth IRA to Last
More Than 150 Years
COVER STORY

Wholesale Real Estate
Get Started Investing
“I want to get into this real estate investing. Where should I start?”
This is a question that I often receive and while many factors should go into where you personally start like time and money, I quite
often recommend getting your start in this business by learning how to wholesale properties. It does not take a bunch of money to
wholesale a house and all the tasks needed in wholesaling should be learned in just about any other type of residential real estate in-
vesting.
What is Wholesale Real Estate Investing?
The Wholesale Real Estate Investor identifies a highly moti-
vated seller, who needs to sell quickly or a property that has
some sort of problem that makes it harder to sell, usually in
need of repairs. The Wholesaler then constructs some sort
of negotiated purchase of the property at a discount or favor-
able financing terms, then writes that up in a contract or pur-
chase out right with the intention of quickly reselling to anoth-
er real estate investor at wholesale prices.
Where do I start?
1. Learn Your Market: A very wise Real Estate Investor I
know said that any new real estate investor should take the
time to look at a minimum of 100 properties BEFORE they
ever make a single offer. This is very good advice and where
I always tell the new investor to start, looking at houses and
learning a market.
You will want to learn things like where are the rental mar-
kets, where are the retail markets and where are the local
investors buying houses. You will want to focus your efforts
on areas where the cash investors are buying houses and
where houses are actually available. For example if all the
cash investor buyers in your market are looking for houses
that retail in the $50,000 to $120,000 market, you would not
want to waste your efforts in an area where homes retail for
$30,000.
Likewise if you are focusing your efforts on an area where not
many homes are sold and when a house does come on the
market it sells very quickly, the sellers in that area might not
be highly motivated to take your below market offer.
2. Build Your Buyers List: If you talk to a business consult-
ant about starting a business, they will tell you to complete a
market analysis and find out if there is anyone out there inter-
ested in your product. Building a buyers list is your market
analysis. You KNOW that real estate investors and landlords
buy houses, that’s a given, but what kind of houses do they
want to buy, where do they want to buy and how much do
they want to spend.
2.Don’t get all hung up on building a huge list, you just need 4
or 5 quality cash buyers. So one or two trips to the local Real
Estate Investment Group could help you find those buyers
and then figure out what it is they are looking for and go find it
for them.
3. Implement a Marketing Plan: Figure out what you are
going to do to generate leads. Are you going to drive around
and locate vacant houses and hang door knockers. Are you
going to put signs on your cards and in high traffic areas. Are
you going to post ads in online classifieds. Are you going to
send direct mail. Are you going to target people who can
refer you leads. Figure out one way to generate leads, imple-
ment it and then add in 2 or 3 other lead generation tech-
niques.
3. Qualify Leads: Have a good form to collect much infor-
mation from the seller about the deal as possible. You are
more interested in the why they are selling than the details
about the house. The details about the house are things you
do need to know to crunch numbers, but you really need to
know the seller’s story to find out if it is a deal.
4. Due Diligence: This is going to mean doing research and
learning two things: the value of the home and what it needs
in repairs. Then crunch the rough numbers. Remember if
the numbers do not work it is not a deal. Don’t get emotional-
ly caught up in the price, just because you want to help this or
that person, if you can’t make the numbers work, move on to
the next deal.
5. Contract: Until you get the seller to sign a contract, you
don’t have anything to work with. If they are really motivated
they are going to keep calling buyers until they get their
house sold. So if you don’t get the motivated seller tied up in
Wholesale

a contract, the next person that comes
to their home might beat you to the
contract.
You may want to work directly with your
buyers list at first to get very comforta-
ble with what they are looking for in a
property. That way you will be putting
together deals that your buyers are go-
ing to want to purchase. If you are not
sure of numbers and putting a contract
together, you may want to have one of
your key buyers from your list to walk
you through a few deals and show you
want they are doing so you can under-
stand how to do it.
7. Get Paid: You need to understand
how you get paid. It may be that you
write an option on the property and sell
the option. Or you might write a pur-
chase contract with a few clauses you
can use to get out of the contract that
you could then assign to your end buy-
er for a fee. Other investors who have
either a little more funding available or
who have negotiated a transaction with
a large profit may want to actually pur-
chase the property and the resell.
8. Follow Up: For the seller leads that
are not a deal right now today, you
want to implement a follow up plan to
call them in 30, 60, 90 and 120 days to
see if their motivation has changed. It
may be that you are the first low offer
that they have received and they are
not ready for that low of a price, but the
4th
person who makes the same offer
gets the deal. So you want to be the
first person and the follow up so you
are the 2nd
offer, the 3rd
offer and keep
trying.
9. Qualify the leads. There may be a
few leads that just are not a good fit for
your investing model, so you may want
to refer those leads to a real estate
agent to list or to another investor
whose investing model matches the
deal. As you get more practiced you
will want to find a way to monetize as
many leads as you can by purchase
now, referring out to agents and other
investors and then following up with the
non-motivated people on down the
road.
10. Grow Your Business: As you do
a few deals, review what you do and
what you have learned. Possibly get a
friend who is also know in the business,
to practice with and to hold each other
accountable. Go over deals and see
where you can improve. Also as you
put profits in your pockets, reinvest
these funds in things like marketing
materials, technology and support so
you can generate and evaluate more
leads faster to do more deals.
11. Do it Again: Keep that marketing
going. Many people in all kinds of busi-
nesses market for business then when
they get a transaction they stop market-
ing as the do their transaction. Then
they have to restart their marketing all
over. The goal here is to find a balance
of continual marketing that brings in a
consistent, steady stream of leads.
The steadier your lead stream the more
consistent you are going to be at get-
ting deals and making money.
Don’t Toss another Seller Lead for Lack of Buyers!
Let Us Review Your Lead . . .
Assign to us or partner with us.
kcmoHomeBuyer.com
816-200-2198
 Rehab and Retail Houses
 Turn Key Rental Properties
 Fixer Uppers & Multi Family
 Non-MLS Preferred
Call and speak with Don or Scott
Submit Through Website
Houses & Seller Financed Notes
Wanted
Wholesale

3800South Main St
Independence, MO 64055
$64,000 3 bed
1.5 bath
Turn-Key Rental!!! Al-
ready Rent-Ready in Inde-
pendence
Paul Panos
PremierHomesInvest.com
816-786-3584
Paul@PremierHomeInvest.com
7314 Southwest Patton Rd
Amity, MO 64422
$80,000 4 bed
2 bath
One Level on 3 Acres in
Affinity—West of Camer-
on Missouri
Charise King
ExoRealEstate.com
816-213-5871
KingCharise@gmail.com
3015 Indiana Ave
Kansas City, MO
$27,000 4 bed
1.5 bath
Livable4 bdrm1.5 bath home
in KansasCity,MO, should
rent for$850 a month
Christoph Becker
Blueprint Properties, Inc
BlueprintPropertySoltions.com
(816) 419-1165
3128 Waverly Ave
Kansas City, KS
$23,000 2 bed
1 bath
FreshlyRehabbed—Bargain
Home,Everything’sNew.
Proposed Rent$650 a month
Christoph Becker
(816) 419-1165
6736 South Benton
Kansas City, MO
$15,000 2 bed
1 bath
Investors and Rehabbers
DreamProperty
Sherrit or David
4real4real44.com
investors@4real4real44.com
(888)505-6915
4 4522 Forest Ave
Kansas City, MO
$10,000 3 bedth Attention Rehabbers! 3 bdrm
1.5 bath on good block
Christoph Becker
(816) 419-1165
4035 Paseo Blvd
Kansas City, MO
$19,500
Duplex
2 bd ea
1 ba ea
Fixer Upper bottom is
not bad, mostly cosmet-
ic, top is gutted to the
studs
Christoph Becker
(816) 419-1165
8803 E 49th St
Kansas City, MO
$37,500 3 bed
1 bath
Completely Remodeled 3
Bedroom Home, Raytown
Schools.
Christoph Becker
(816) 419-1165
1415 N 27th St
Kansas City, KS
$12,500 2 bed
1 bath
Cheap Home in Kansas
City KS with 2 bdrm, Mi-
nor Repairs Needed.
Cheap—MUST SELL
Christoph Becker
(816) 419-1165
KCInvest
MAREInet.com/ Properties
Properties

MAREIMid-America Association
of Real Estate Investors
Market Your Properties
Members can Market
Investment Properties
Through the MAREI website
 Property Listings: log in and post prop-
erties on the MAREI property listing
page with complete details, photos,
contact information and links to your
website.
 E-Updates: properties listed in the
property listing pages are included in
our bi-weekly e-update emails that go
out to over 3500 local investors.
 Newsletter: properties listed in the
property listing pages are included in
this newsletter once a month. This
newsletter goes out via email to 3500
local investors and to our various social
media outlets.
 Member Forums: members receive an
email of all posts through the forum.
Log in and post a classified for your
property in the member forums
 Benefit included in all Membership
Plans - Join Today!

Monthly
Meetings
There’s not a better investment in
yourself that you could make!
At our monthly meetings we host guest speakers, panels and
roundtable discussions with industry experts providing insightful and
current information for attendees. MAREI meetings are an essential
tool for building a comprehensive team for real estate professionals.
MAREI works to keep its members up-to-date with the latest infor-
mation on the real estate industry. MAREI has built relationships with
members and the community at large who provide our members with
information they need to be successful in today’s world.
We are the place to go for the information you need from the novice to
the experienced Real Estate Investor. Monthly meetings are the best
place to connect and build relationships with like-minded people and
learn a thing or two along the way.
MAREI MEMBERSHIP
MEETINGS HELD AT:
Northland
(1st Thursday of the Month)
North Kansas City Community Center
1999 Iron Street
North Kansas City, MO
(816) 300-0433
MAREInet.com/KCNorth
Southland
(2nd Tuesday of the Month)
Career Education Systems/ In Mall
8600 Ward Parkway, Ste 2080
Kansas City, MO
(816) 444-7277
MAREInet.com/KCSouth
Upcoming DatesMay 2nd Meeting: Self Directed IRAs: Get all your Self Directed IRA Questions answered with Expert Patrick
Hagen with the Entrust Group. Plus Haves and Wants and Networking!
May 14th Meeting: IRA Case Studies: Real live actual deals completed by real live MAREI members. Find out
how to utilize your Self Directed IRA in your Investing Business. Plus Networking
May 31st to Jun 2nd Bootcamp: Big Money from Bad Debt. 3 Day Bootcamp in St Louis with Eddie Speed
and NoteSchool on profiting from non-performing loans.
MAREIMid-AmericaAssociation
ofRealEstateInvestors
ARealEstateCommunity
GUEST PASS
Name: ______________________________
Date: _______________________________
Email: _______________________________
Source: ______________________________
For first time guest to visit meeting.
GuestPassisavailableforfirst
timeattendeestoMAREI.Ifyou
haveattendedbefore,explore
membershipoptionsorpay
guestfee.
Events
More Education & Networking Opportunities
MAREInet.com/Calendar

I nvestment News Page 5
LET US HELP
KEEP PROPERTIES MARKETABLE
Keep Costs Under Control & Meet Tight Deadlines
Dedicated to your Success, With Solutions for Every Surface & All the Essentials
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER DISCOUNT
MAREI as a member of National REIA is able to bring our
members the exclusive Sherwin William Discount Card that
offers unbeatable savings on paint, applicators, floorcovering,
paint sundries, wall covering, spray equipment, and even window
treatments!
Members look for your discount card in your members Benefit Pack-
age or download from the Member’s Discount Section of the MA-
REI Member Library.
National Account Services
Our strategic account teams can simplify
processes and maximize efficiencies with
centralized account management.
LEED® & VOC Coatings
Download the latest guide on our prod-
ucts that meet LEED® and low VOC
specs.
Color Services
Find out about our color design services
for properties and read about the latest
color trends.
Flooring Products & Installa-
tion
Wide variety of name brands, 24-hour
turnaround and reliable installation.
Commercial Wallpaper
Sherwin-Williams is your one-stop
source for commercial wall covering.
Over 5,000 residential and commercial
wallpaper collections available.
Commercial Floor Coverings
From carpeting to sheet vinyl, select the
right floorcovering specific to your
needs. Fully stocked national network,
fast turnaround and reliable service.
HomeScapes®
Enhance curb appeal and make selection
easier with pre-selected exterior color
schemes.
Finishing Touch™ Builder Support
Program
Comprehensive Program for your Home
Buyers: Welcome Kits, Discount Cards,
and Model Home Programs.
ASK SHERWIN WILLIAMS
Find out more about all these products and ser-
vices offered by Sherwin Williams plus their
Chip It Online Color Matcher, ColorSnap Studio
for iPad and their Paint Pro Alerts by Text at
www.Sherwin-Williams.com .

Increase Your Profitability
Join Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors
Members receive a complimentary e-subscription to RE Investment News.
Become a Part of a Local, State and National
Network that Supports YOUR Industry!
MAREI MEMBERSHIP AUTOMATICALLY GIVES
YOU NATIONAL REIA MEMBERSHIP
MAREI is the local Chapter of National Real Estate Inves-
tors Association (National REIA), a federation of local asso-
ciations through out the United States representing 40,000
members across the U.S.
LEGISLATIVE MONITORING & ADVOCACY
MAREI monitors and promotes the enactment and enforce-
ment of local, state and federal laws and regulations benefi-
cial to the real estate industry. Support and create local and
national advocacy initiatives and grass roots mobilization.
EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR AND COURSES
MAREI offers all National REIA Programs locally.
 Professional Housing Provider Designation
 National REIA University
MAREI also offers local training events
 2 Monthly Meetings a Month
 Weekend Workshops and Full Day Seminars
 Partnering with National Education Events locally and
across the country.
MAREI WEBSITE
MAREI maintains a website that includes our event calendar,
service provider list, government affairs updates, articles of
interest and member properties for sale. All members are
able to interact through our website with member forums.
MAREI SOCIAL MEDIA
MAREI maintains active social media spaces on Facebook,
LinkedIn and Google+ for the benefit of members to interact
with each other and the public at large. Build your circle of
influence by interacting on our social media pages.
NETWORKING & BUSINESS BUILDING
MAREI holds a variety of events that enable members to
interact with other industry professionals, develop contact
and gain knowledge that helps them grow their business.
MAREI’s calendar also includes a variety of events held by
members and outside groups that are open to the general
public.
NATIONAL REIA BENEFITS INCLUDE
 National Cruise: Network and learn about new tech-
niques on the National REIA annual cruise.
 Industry Resources: Brining member benefits to the na-
tional buying power of our local associations.
“I went to the MAREI meeting and was very im-
pressed with the quality of people I met, as well
as the content that was presented. Thank you
for putting that on, and I look forward to next
month’s meeting!”
Joe McDonald, Real Estate Investor
“The main reason for joining was to meet with
other Real Estate Investors in the Kansas City
area. Not only have we done that but we have
also received access to services from other MA-
REI members, among them rehab insurance
and a general contractor.”
Tami and Kerry Hardinger, RE Investors
“I can’t afford to let my membership expire! It
pays for itself. I think you have really done a
good thing creating MAREI. It is a
very important tool.”
Scott Shore, Real Estate Investor / Contractor
www.MAREInet.com www.NationalREIA.com

MAREI May 2013 Newsletter

Empfohlen

Empfohlen

Weitere ähnliche Inhalte

Andere mochten auch

Andere mochten auch (12)

Ähnlich wie MAREI May 2013 Newsletter

Ähnlich wie MAREI May 2013 Newsletter (20)

Mehr von Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors

Mehr von Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors (20)

MAREI May 2013 Newsletter