The monthly MAREI meeting provides education and networking opportunities for real estate investors. The meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 6-8:30 PM at Career Education Systems in Kansas City, Missouri. Attendees can network from 6-7 PM, participate in a speed networking activity at 7 PM, and listen to a guest speaker's educational presentation from 7:15-8:30 PM. Non-members pay $25 at the door or $15 if pre-registering online. Members should check-in, bring business cards to network, and can promote their business using marketing materials. The format provides over an hour of networking before the presentation.

1. MAREI wins Awards of Excellence at National REIA Mid Year for 2nd Year in a Row!
MID-AMERICA ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTORS
Investment News NETWORKING : EDUCATION : COMMUNITY : GOVERNMENT
July 2012
Real Estate Investors are
fueling the housing recovery.
Our industry as a whole is
very healthy and growing.
Are you getting your piece
of the pie? Are you doing
your part to grow our
industry? Now is the time to
get in before the tide turns!
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August: Meeting - Lease Options with Marc Delatour
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The Opportunity
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Monthly Meetings Code of Eithics Page 22
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July Meeting Page 15
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3. BUSINESS MEMBERS
MAREI Business Members are here to serve you in your Real Estate Business.
They specialize in Real Estate Professionals and have joined our association as a
Business. You can find out more about each of our Business Members at
www.MAREInet.com/Services . Don’t see a service you need? Ask on the Forum!
Foundations
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Gary Hartman $499 annual
913-220-5253
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pair@yahoo.com
Insurance
Insurance Investors
www.NREInsurance.com
www.APIAprotects.com www.kcmoHomeBuyer.com
Jim Jrolf
Lisa Goodner The Tuckers
913-915-3232
1-877-752-2742 816-200-2198
1-888-741-8454
lgoodner@apiaprotects.com kcmoHomeBuyer.com
jj@nreinsurance.com
Property Management
Investors Property Management
www.JamiesonHomeTeam.com
Profit-Ability Kevin Jamieson
www.abraxasmgmt.com 816-503-4671
Consulting Group Meka Cayce
Mark Pantak kevin-
816-474-8800
832-766-6997 jamieson@reeceandnichols.com
mcayce@abraxasllc.com
Property Management
Real Estate Brokerage Staging
www.MyPremierleasing.com
Jeff Wood www.RealtyResourceKC.com www.ShowHomesKC.com
816-841-9500 Kim Tucker & Staff Michelle Davis
jwoods@mypremierleasing.com 816-523-4400 913-449-3593
RealtyResourceKC@gmail.com mdavis@showhomes.com
Suppliers: Building Title Company Title Company
www.CabinetGiant.com www.AccurateTitleCo.com www.Coffeltlandtitle.com
Josh Burns Jackie White / Mary Peterson Bud Whisler
1-877-484-4268 913-338-0100 816-581-2299
info@CabinetGiant.com jwhite@accuratetitleco.com bwhisler@coffeltlandtitle.com
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Phone: 913-815-0111
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5. MAREI STAFF
& Volunteers
Executive Director Advisory Board / Membership Desk
Kim Tucker Scott Tucker
kim@MAREInet.com sTucker319@gmail.com
Investor : Realtor Realtor
Advisory Board Advisory Board / Membership Desk
Donald Tucker Dan Goodwin
DonTuckerRE@gmail.com DanGoodwin@kw.com
Investor Realtor : Short Sales
Focus Group Leader: Blue Springs / Lees Suumit Advisory Board / Membership Desk
Debra Felderhoff Shelda Goodwin
superiorrental@gmail.com SheldaGoodwin@kw.com
Landlord : Investor Realtor : Short Sales
Focus Group Leader: Weekly Wednesdays Advisory Board / Membership Desk
Michelle Winberry L. Scott Ficinus
mlwinberry@gmail.com Scott@Ficinus.com
Investor : Realtor Realtor
Focus Group Leader: Weekly Wednesdays Advisory Board / Membership Desk
Brian Winberry John Welchert
JWelchert@platinumrealtykc.com
Investor : Realtor : Investor : Landlord
Focus Group Leader: Women in Real Estate Focus Group Leader: Young Professional Investor
Focus Group Leaders: Transaction Engineers Focus Group Leader: Commercial
Focus Group Leader: Notes / Seller Finance Focus Group Leader: Advanced Investors
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6. D irec tor’s
N otes
Welcome to the premier real estate investor as- MAREI also renewed their Chapter Membership
sociation in Mid-America. For the past two years with National REIA, which holds your local asso-
Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors, ciation to a much higher standard than the av-
MAREI, has been recognized for its services and erage real estate investor association. We must
support of Real Estate Investing in the Mid-West uphold our code of eithics, offer education to
and Across the Country. In 2011 MAREI won the our members, provide events to reach out to
award of Honor of Merit for their Electronic Com- the general community and keep our members
munications and for Membership Development in informed and involved in our government af-
a mid-sized group. This past month MAREI was fairs.
awarded Honors of Merit awards in four catego-
As a member of MAREI you have probably taken
ries: Electronic Communications for our E-
part in our educational events. If you attended
Update Newsletter and Social Media Programs,
our June meeting, you helped provide1,380
Print Communications for our Newsletter and
meals through Harvesters Community Food Net-
many printed brochures, Government Affairs for
work, one of our Community Groups we have
our effort to keep our members informed and calls
affiliated with. And over the past few months
to action on important items, and for Finance in
you may have called your legislator on Flood
finding new ways to create new sources of fund-
Insurance and may also be participating in our
ing to keep our membership prices low.
effort to change the laws in Kansas City Missouri
regarding Water Bills. But you may not have
read our Code of Ethics Recently. We want to
make sure that you have read the code that is
posed on our website, is included in your printed
and digital membership packages and is printed
on page 16 of this newsletter.
Last we made a lot of great contacts that will
allow us to keep growing MAREI and bringing
our members the best in training, products and
services.
See you next Tuesday at the Meeting
2012
Kim
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8. What happens at a MAREI monthly meet- take notes or a new tech tool to take
ing. Where do I go? What should I notes through out the meeting.
bring? What happens? What happens. As you walk in we have
We currently meet on the 2nd Tuesday of a check in table. MAREI members will
the month at Career Education Systems need to check their name off the roster
(www.CESKC.com) that is located inside and pull out their name tag and wear it
of the Ward Parkway Shopping Center in through out the meeting. New mem-
Kansas City Missouri. Park on the State bers and guests will want to check in at
Line side of the mall, use the main en- the registration table and pay their fees.
trance and you should find Career Educa- You will need to pay $25 at the door or
tion across from Starbucks. save and register online on our calendar
of events for $15. Any fees that you
You should prepare a bit to attend this
pay to attend a meeting can be applied
meeting. This is a place to meet people
toward a full membership should you
and do deals. If you offer a product or
join that night. We also have a bonus
service, please bring business cards or
for those joining at the meeting or in
create a flyer or brochure. We a general
advance of the meeting.
marketing table where all attendees may
place a stack of materials. Note we do After checking in, find our general mar-
limit to 1 stack, have more to promote, keting table and place your flyers, bro-
then reserve a marketing table. We also chures or what ever it is that you
recommend brining a small notebook to brought with you. Then work your way
Don’t miss this event!
Monthly Meeting
July Meeting August Meeting September Meeting
Note due to the July meeting Please join us at the August Meet- In today’s market, many investors
falling on the same night as ing when we welcome Kansas are offering homes lease to own,
the All Star Baseball Game, City’s own Marc Delatour. Marc is contract for deed or seller financed.
we are hosting an Open Mic Q a provider of turn key options for This month we take a look at what
& A night that will be moder- investors through his partnership happens when the deal fails and you
ated by our director. Bring program to offer lease to own have to get your tenant buyer out of
your questions and come pre- homes in Kansas City. Join us to the home. We are talking the when,
pared to participate. learn his investing game plan. where and how of foreclosure.
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9. around the room and find At 7:00 we usually have a
out what each and every short mini speed network- Meeting
one of the vendors have to ing where we break into 2nd Tuesday of the Month
offer. Register for any give groups and take 15 minutes Career Education Systems
aways. for everyone in the group
Ward Parkway Shopping Center
to take the time to meet
Next we suggest you take a 8600 Ward Parkway
each other and exchange
bit of time and brush up on
business cards. We try to Kansas City, MO
your networking skills be-
do this every meeting al- Park on State Line Side
fore you attend a meeting.
though sometimes it just Networking 6 to 7
We have a full hour from 6
does not fit our format.
to 7 where attendees can Meeting 7 to 8:30
work the room to meet as At 7:15 we take our seats Non-Members $25 at Door
many new contacts as pos- and introduce the guest Pre-Register Online $15
sible. Feel free to introduce speaker or speakers. Our
yourself to everyone and to presentation is always an
collect business cards. educational presentation, ing from 8:30 until 9:00 as
not a sales pitch, where you well as issue the Profes-
At 6:30 we usually have a
will have the opportunity to sional Housing Provider
very informal new member
learn. Our speakers run till Certificates for the evening.
orientation where we go
8:30, when we end the Last we collect the member
through all of the benefits
presentation and have the name tags at the end of the
we have for our members
speaker available for more evening so they have them
and answer questions about
one on one questions. We for the next meeting.
MAREI. This is a short 15
also have further network-
minute session.
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10. MAREI’S MEMBER BENEFITS PROGRAM
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We have several services as part
of our website to help you grow
your business.
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12. As Small Business own- earned income, now ex-
ers we have been tak- empt from the payroll
ing a wait and see ap- tax, would also be sub-
proach to Obama Care ject to a 3.8 percent
and the new Health levy. “
Care Law. With the Su-
And this 3.8 percent
preme Court taking a levy has sparked a ton
stand that we can’t be
of blog posts. Reading
forced to buy anything
a post on BiggerPock-
we want, but we can be
ets.com from Chris
taxed if we choose not Clothier I found an ex-
to, it looks like we have
cellent explanation of
to take a look and see
the 3.8 percent levy.
what’s going to happen.
“In the healthcare bill,
Now I am not an expert there is a new tax cre-
and have not read the ated on investment in-
law, but I am pretty
come for high income
good at using Google
households and it is
and then reading and absorbing what I find. called a 3.8% Medicare tax. This tax will not effect all
So first off, as a small business owner with fewer than investment income and will not effect all real estate
50 employees, I am not require to provide Health Care transactions. It is not a sales tax, but a levy tax
and am exempt from the ruling. But should I want to against profit on certain transactions that meet a high
offer insurance to my employees as a part of their threshold. . . . Parameters . . . First of all, it is a tax
compensation package, then based on all the articles I that will only be imposed on households with a com-
am reading, I will probably have to pay more for it as bined income above $250,000 or individuals with an
time goes on that I would today. income above $200,000. Regardless of the transac-
Next as a small business owner, most of us are self tion, this is the first stipulation that must be met and
employed. This requires us to provide ourselves with excludes about 97% of all U.S. households. From
there, well you definitely get penalized for making
health insurance or pay a penalty. We can’t be denied
good business decisions!
coverage and if we are below an income threshold, we
can apply for Medicare. The next stipulation is that you must make a return on
Also as a small business owner, providing insurance to the sale of the investment property above the capital
gains threshold which is $250,000 for individuals and
our employees, we are supposed to qualify for tax
$500,000 for couples. That is a high threshold. At
credits. The IRS website says “ Small employers that
that point the tax does kick in, but only applies to the
pay at least half of the premiums for employee health
insurance coverage under a qualifying arrangement amount of income above the exclusion. For instance,
if you sell a property and earn a $550,000 return as a
may be eligible for the small business health care tax
couple, you will be subject to a 3.8% tax on $50,000
credit. The credit is specifically targeted to help small
businesses and tax-exempt organizations that primar- provided your adjusted gross income is above
ily employ 25 or fewer workers with average income of $250,000 for the year. If not, then there is no tax.”
$50,000 or less. “ Now all of this maybe a huge exercise in the wasting
of time, if the Republicans get their way and the presi-
Congressional estimates put premiums being 10 to
dency as they may repeal all the laws.
13% higher by 2016. But they also estimate that
most people would qualify for subsidies that would off So how is this all going to affect me, as a small busi-
set our costs. ness owner? I am sure it is going to cost me more in
From the New York Times we learn: paperwork and money spent paying someone to read,
understand and fill out that paperwork. Couldn’t they
“A family of four with an income less than about just make it simpler and cheaper rather than subsidiz-
$88,000 can get tax credits, on a sliding scale, to help ing it and giving me tax credits for it?
them pay insurance premiums and deductibles. High-
income earners — families making more than
$250,000 — will pay several thousand dollars more in Kim Tucker—Kansas City Real Estate Investor and
Medicare payroll taxes starting in 2013. Their un- MAREI Director .
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13. Visit
www.MAREInet.com/PMB
Or email
info@MAREInet.com
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14. What’s Your Code?
As MAREI works to uphold the Real Estate Investor 4. We shall endeavor to stay informed and up-
Industry in the Mid-West, we require that all of our dated on matters affecting housing in our commu-
members and affiliated business take the time to nities, and adhere to local, state and federal laws.
create and follow a code of ethics that will further
help to promote and support a strong Real Estate
5. We are individually responsible for our own
Industry. due diligence and continuing education. Members
are expected to verify any and all assumptions re-
MAREI’s Code of Ethics is as follows: garding business decisions to prevent falling victim
MAREI members are expected to be civic minded to fraud, misrepresentations and illegal practices.
and willing to operate with high standards of hon- Further, if any allegations of conduct considered
esty and integrity. It is our duty to conduct our- detrimental to the purposes and interest of MAREI
selves with the highest principles of the free enter- are received in written and signed communication
prise system. We strive for MAREI to be synony- to the management, we will consider the mat-
mous with competence and fair- ter. Should a decision to take fur-
ness. As MAREI members, ther action be made, a
we hereby bind our- furnished copy of
selves to this said allegation
code of ethics: (s) to the ac-
1. We cused, who
shall not shall be
discrimi- given
nate adequate
against time to
any person re-
with regard ply. There-
to race, color, after, manage-
religion, age, na- ment shall take
tional origin, sex, handi- such further action as
cap or familial status as de- it may deem property and in
fined by current Kansas, Missouri, or Ne- accordance to this code of ethics.
braska law. By implementing a code of ethics in your business,
2. We shall recognize that real estate is a service you help your fellow members present a steadfast
related industry. adherence to strict moral code in our industry and
help us raise our industry to a professional, re-
3. We shall refrain from engaging in any illegal spected industry across the country. This in turn
practices, or defrauding any member, customer, or helps us present a strong and well respected voice
association, with the aim of always conducting busi- at the local, state and national level when it comes
ness in a professional manner. time to speak out to community and government
officials on issues that affect our industry.
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15. New Members Renewing
► Michael Benson: Kansas City, MO ► Richard Brewer: Belton, MO (since 2006)
► Sandy Blake: Lee’s Summit, MO ► Ray & Wendy Eaton: Liberty, MO (since 2010)
► Benjamin Casad: Prairie Village, KS ► Steve Kolb: Kansas City, MO (Since 2007)
► Tim Champaign: Kansas City, MO ► Venus Lehner: Greenwood, MO (Since 2011)
► Patrick Cobb: Blue Springs, MO ► Bryan McDonald: Independence, MO (Since 2010)
(internet) ► Rick Romines: Independence, MO (since 2011)
► Robert Dodge: Lee’s Summit, Mo ► Russell & Sue Robertson: Kansas City, MO
► Venita Fain-Siffre: Kansas City, MO (Since 2008)
► Lessie Liggans: Kansas City, MO ► Kevin Smith: Overland Park, KS (since 2009)
► Mike Moeller: Independence, MO ► David Stewart: Overland Park, KS (since 2007)
► Rapheal Pickett: Independence, MO ► Kelley Weston: Lee’s Summit, MO (since 2007)
► Jill Saighman: Blue Springs, MO
► Daniel & Cathy Stueckemann: Bonner
Springs, KS Business Members
► Jason Walker: Independence, MO
► Accurate Title Company—Since 2005
► Ida Wallace: Grandview, MO
► Cornerstone Foundation—New Member
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16. Membership
Options
Membership options have been changing quite a that meet in Kansas, Missouri and Omaha to for-
bit here at MAREI and we wanted to update you mat a cobranded membership that links our $50
on them. internet membership with a full membership to
the small local group. This is in an effort to help
Starting with our Standard—Investor Member-
the smaller groups grow and support our industry
ship. This is a membership for an individual per-
in our area by offering their members access to
son and includes:
our tools, while the local group provides the local
► Attendance at our Monthly Tuesday Meeting live networking that is very vital in our industry.;
► Access to all Protected Areas of the Website For those who offer a product or service that the
including: Library, Forms & Contracts, Fo- real estate community would benefit by purchas-
rum, and all other online Resources ing and who want to reach out to our industry,
we suggest a business membership at MAREI.
► Ability to submit blog posts and properties for
This is a membership for the business rather than
sale on our website.
the individual person and includes all the same
► The many discounts listed on page 10 & 11 benefits as the Standard Investor member and
includes two name badges to attend the monthly
► Discounts to paid events. MAREI meeting. The Business Membership also
► Ability to participate in our industry certifica- includes an advertising piece that includes ads in
tion program. this newsletter that is printed and handed out at
our monthly meetings as well as created digitally
This level of membership is $99 annually for one
and posted online and emailed out to our data-
person and auto renews after 365 days at $90.
base of over 5000 people. With all of our re-
You can add a business partner or spouse or
sources our newsletter is presented to over
child for $50, up to 3 extra people.
10,000 people. Business members are also
We also offer this same membership individually posted on our website in our service provider
for a monthly recurring fee of $12 with an initial section and included on a rotating bases in our bi
fee of $15 or a quarterly recurring fee of $30 weekly E-Update. We also currently offer our
with an initial fee of $35. business members 3 free Vendor Tables during
our networking time at our monthly meeting.
We also offer an internet only membership for
our out of area members who do not wish to at- Business memberships are $499 annually or we
tend our monthly meetings. This includes all the can divide this up to quarterly payments of $135
same benefits and discounts of membership, ex- a quarter, with a starting fee of $149.
cept the monthly meeting is not included. Inter-
To find out more about memberships and to join,
net members can still attend the monthly meet-
please visit our website: www.MAREInet.com
ing for the $25 fee at the door or $15 through
and review the membership tab.
our website. This membership is only a $50 an-
nual fee and auto renews in 365 days for $45.
We are currently reaching out to small groups
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18. CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Locations, Costs & Registration
www.MAREInet.com/Calendar
July Meeting: Open Mic Night for Q & A on July 10th. Moderated. De-
tails & Registration at MAREInet.com/July Free for members. Fee for
non-members
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where to learn, what to ask? Then join us for our Beginner Fast Start to
Success Workshop on Saturday July 14th in Kansas City, MO. Details and
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Weekly Groups: Monthly Groups
Lees Summit Investors: Sundays at 9am Wichita Investors: Meet the 1st Satur-
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Wednesday Investors: Wednesdays at
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MO. month at Career Education Systems inside
Blue Springs / Independence Investors of Ward Parkway Shopping Center, Kan-
Saturdays at 4pm at the Panera Bread on 40 sas City, MO.
Highway in Independence, MO
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All weekly groups meet a a local dining es- the Month at Community Center at 3534
tablishment. It is required that all attendees
South 108th Street Omaha, NE 68144
purchase something to pay our host location
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attendees to weekly events be a member of
MAREI so you can access all the tools they
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20. the Opportunity
FREE copy of the July /
August Issue of
Personal Real Estate
Investor Magazine at
the June & July MAREI
meetings. Real Estate, the Economy & YOU!
As a real estate investor, you and all of those like ► Resale Investors are unhappy with the prop-
you from across the globe are indispensable to erty acquisition (48%), and disposition process
the US economy and the recovery of the US Hous- (39 %.) Things which are important and frus-
ing Market. trating to traditional homebuyers/sellers: time
National Real Estate Investor Magazine and Real on the market (73%), marketing the property
Trends Magazine along with some sponsors, like (50%), cost of sale (38%) and asking price to
MAREI’s own sponsor Home Depot conducted a final sale price (31%) also affect investors.
study this spring and came up with some interest- ► 21,000,000 households are housed in single
ing statistics: -family rental homes and less than four-door
► Individual Investors rent to 21 Million Ameri- multifamily properties owned by individual
can Households. Americans as investments. This asset base in-
creases 5% per year. The majority of these
► Investors buy 1.24 Million Investment Homes individuals or family businesses do not define
Annually. themselves as real estate investors.
► They hold $2.3 Trillion in Residential Assets. ► Investors purchase more than 1.2 million
single-family dwellings intended as invest-
► 83% of investors are Landlords versus Resale ments in 2011.
Investors, but 65% of the Landlord Investors
plan to sell in the future when the market re- Andrew Waite the publisher of Personal Real es-
covers. tate Investor Magazine writes that “The individual
real estate investment community as a group has
► Investors have cash. 63% use cash or some not been well represented in the industry or the
combination of cash, hard money, or tradi- media.”
tional lending. There is a $113 billion lending
need in 2012 and growing. The industry as a whole is looked upon as shady,
late night infomercial, get rich quick hucksters and
► Investors are important for real estate sales, slum lords. But this is very far from the actual 90
lender and other professionals as each inves- percent of real estate investors who are quietly
tor represents 3 transactions in a typical year. acquiring property and providing housing across
General public buyers/sellers represent 1.7 the country.
transactions over 7-years (typical residence
change/upgrade cycle). Investors are worth In the past, the service industry primarily wanted
21 transactions vs. only 3.4. to work with homeowners, because of the stigma
on the industry. But this is changing as the inves-
► Investors spend lots of money. Repairing, tors more and more are turning to groups like
renovation and “making-ready” between rent- MAREI for professional education. Also with the
ers. A total of over $9 billion a year. decline in owner occupied sales, the service indus-
try is getting educated and licensed to provide
► Among the aspects of business that the Professional Property Management Services to the
Renter Investor is dissatisfied with are manag- local, out of state and more and more to the inter-
ing investments personally; particularly finding national real estate investor.
the right property to buy (65%) financing
(42%) and managing the process of getting a This can be seen in a major way as The Home De-
renter. pot in the past year has formed an alliance with a
number of association and investor friendly busi-
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21. nesses, like National REIA and all yourself with out of area and rental properties with high
of their affiliated Chapters and out of country investor buy- returns, easy acquisition, and
Members. They are currently ers. no hassle management so
working on a mobile “app” to
At the reception National REIA they can get cash flow now
help the investor assess a prop-
mid year convention many of the and build a portfolio that can
erty for needed repairs.
Midwest REIAs like MAREI started
be sold in the future for re-
So what does this mean for you excellent discussions with REIAs
as a real estate investor? that cater to West Coast and Out tirement income.
of Country Investors.
1. You have a huge opportunity ► Out of area and country in-
to make a great profit in the Some key topics of these discus- vestors are also looking for
real estate industry as we still sions included: networks who can refer them
work to improve the housing
economy. But you do need to ► Out of country investors, like great products and services.
act now, as many experts be- those in Australia know that This means then need provid-
lieve we have hit the bottom today is the opportunity of a ers of houses, they need
and are on the way up. In lifetime to build real wealth
property managers, and they
some markets like Phoenix, with US Real Estate.
need a support staff.
Las Vegas and Miami their ► Many out of country investors
market and prices are start- have purchased several or So what is one of the hottest
ing to go back up. even many US properties and markets they are looking at?
2. If you don’t have your niche are telling their friends about Well they like the Midwestern cit-
perfected, take time to edu- the opportunity. ies and Kansas City is one of the
cate yourself and form pro- ► They are facing the same major investment areas on their
fessional alliances with strong problems local investors find, list. While they can get great
industry providers to help you finding good, quality, low
grow your business. properties in Kansas City, many
priced product that offer
are still looking for that solid ser-
3. Don’t discount yourself. As great rental returns while bal-
ancing that against vandal- vice provider.
the numbers show, the real
estate investor industry is ism, high turnover and the Here at MAREI we are working to
spending millions, billions, cost of brining a vacant prop- connect with these out of area
maybe even trillions. So erty back into productions. and out of country investors to
keep that in mind. let them know of all the great
► Many out of country investors
4. Keep an eye on your local, as well as investors from hot properties and services our mem-
state and national govern- markets in the US are facing bers have available. We are see-
ment and let your officials their own housing bubble with ing a large increase in phone
know when they are getting housing being so high priced
calls from these groups and we
out of line and remind them that they can only hope to
that you are a part of local invest in their local market for consistently direct them to the
and national associations that tax benefits and appreciation website. We are also seeing
represent millions of dollars over time because they only them at our monthly meetings,
spent on housing and related have negative cash flow. we generally have 3 or 4 out of
service industry that is pro-
► Also many out of country in- state investors. They are buying
viding millions of jobs and
taxes. vestors have much more houses from our property page
strict lending guidelines at and looking for services as well.
5. Remember you don’t have to home, making the US mar- So if you are not currently mar-
limit your investing in your kets that much more attrac-
own backyard. If you live in tive. keting on the MAREI page, take
an area where opportunity some time to find out the best
does not exist, look to mar- ► By investing in the US, these way to connect on our pages and
kets like Kansas City. out of country buyers can get be sure to reach out live and in
6. And for those of you in oppor- tax flow, appreciation AND person by attending the monthly
tunity markets, you have a positive cash flow. meetings.
huge opportunity to align
► Most are looking for nice solid
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4025 Agnes $45,000 4 Bed ROI with cash sale 15% Laura Johnson
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24. Using the Member Website
Making a Forum Post
One of the benefits of membership in MAREI is being able to ask a question of the
membership. This could be a question on a deal, to refer a property, or ask for a
service provider reference. In our June newsletter we outlined how to log into the
member forum, please look for the newsletter on our website. This is your guide to making a post after you log in.
Step ONE: Log into the MAREI Member Forums
Step TWO: Select the proper forum. In most cases this is going to be the “General Messages” and click
Step THREE: Click on “New Topic” to open a new message screen.
Step FOUR: Fill in a Subject Line and then type in your message.
Step FIVE: Click the Submit button
We are not going to take you step by step through everything. We think for the most part you will be able to figure out
how to use a back arrow key or the links across the tops of each forum to go back to where you started. We do want to
offer a few tips:
 Keep property postings in the property postings section.
 If you make a post, many times it is going to go out via email and be read in the receiving persons email provider, not
on the forum page. So if you want a response quickly, we recommend typing some sort of signature at the bottom of
your post that includes your name and a phone number.
Replying to a Post
We highly recommend that when you reply to a post that you go to the website, log into the MAREI member forums and
make your reply with in the website.
Why?
First, when you reply within the
website, the reply is posted online
so all members can read it. This
means you get a lot more people
reading your reply.
Second, if you reply via email—
which means the post was placed
on the website and emailed to you.
If you just click reply within your email, your reply does not go anywhere but the MAREI email box. Then you have to
hope that someone is reading the MAREI email and has time to forward your response on to the right person. And it may
just get lost and you have just wasted your time.
Third, if you do call or email the person directly with a response, you miss out on all the other people who may have bene-
fited from your answer.
For example you might have read a post of someone asking for a recommendation on someone who lays tile. You are an
exceptional tile person and want to let them know they can contact you and see some examples of your work on your
website. If you call that person, only that person knows you do tile work. However, if you take a few minutes to log in and
post your response online, then everyone knows you lay tile.
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