Southwest Michigan Real Estate Meet Up

05/22/2026

If you missed this month’s Southwest Michigan Real Estate Meet Up… you missed a powerful night of education, strategy, and networking.

Brent Matsko, Modern Woodmen of America and Kevin from Modern Woodmen of America delivered an impactful, knowledge-filled presentation covering:
• Cash value life insurance strategies
• How business owners can potentially pay their children through their business as part of a tax strategy
• Self-directed IRA accounts
• How investors can leverage retirement accounts to invest in real estate

The room was full of engagement, great questions, meaningful conversations, and people coming together to grow financially and strategically.

This is exactly why we host the Southwest Michigan Real Estate Meetup:
✔️ To learn new strategies
✔️ To build long-term opportunities
✔️ To connect with like-minded investors and professionals
✔️ To grow together as a stronger community

“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.”

Every meetup is an opportunity to prepare yourself for greater opportunities ahead.

Join us next month on Wednesday, June 17th from 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM at The Link Community Event Center

📍 Hosted every THIRD Wednesday of the month.

Come learn. Come network. Come grow.

Southwest Michigan Real Estate Meet Up

05/08/2026

🚨 SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN REAL ESTATE MEETUP 🚨

Join us this Wednesday, May 20th for another powerful night of networking, education, and opportunity at the Southwest Michigan Real Estate Meetup!

This week’s featured speaker is, Brent Matsko, Modern Woodmen of America, speaking on:

🏦 Using IRAs to Invest in Real Estate
Learn how investors are leveraging retirement accounts to build wealth through real estate investing, including:
✔️ Self-Directed IRAs
✔️ Tax advantages & long-term wealth building
✔️ Alternative investment strategies
✔️ What investors should know before getting started

Whether you’re a beginner or experienced investor, this will be a valuable conversation on building wealth strategically and thinking beyond traditional investing.

📍 The Link Community Event Center
🕠 Networking starts at 5:30 PM
🎤 Meetup begins at 6:00 PM

Come connect with investors, entrepreneurs, lenders, contractors, and professionals from across Southwest Michigan as we continue building stronger communities through real estate and financial education.

Bring a friend. Bring your questions. Let’s grow together.

04/16/2026

Huge shoutout to everyone who came out to our first meetup of the year!

Southwest Michigan Real Estate Meet Up was packed with energy, real conversations, and great connections.

Special thanks to Jennylyn Teston Conrad and her organization Catalyst Elevate Co. for helping bring this together—we combined our strengths and created even better opportunities moving forward and continued growth.

This is what it’s about—community, growth, networking, wealth creation, and building together.

I’m grateful to be in rooms with like-minded individuals who are focused on growth, community, and building something bigger than themselves.

Thank you all for being part of the vision.

04/14/2026

Battle Creek — this is where deals start.

If you’re serious about real estate—not just “interested,” but actually trying to BUY, SELL, INVEST, or CONNECT with the right people—you need to be in this room.

This Wednesday, we’re bringing together:
• Real estate investors
• Realtors & lenders
• Contractors & service pros
• Property managers & business owners

👉 The people who are actively doing deals in Southwest Michigan.

This isn’t a sit-around-and-chat event.

This is where:
✔ Partnerships get formed
✔ Opportunities get found
✔ Deals get started

📍 THE LINK – Battle Creek - 311 W Michigan Ave. Battle creek michigan 49037
🗓 Wednesday, April 15
⏰ 5PM–7PM

We’ve got strong local sponsors, serious professionals, and people who are ready to move—not just talk.

If you’ve been saying:
“I need more connections”
“I want to get into real estate”
“I need deals or clients”

Then stop sitting on the sidelines.

Get in the room.

Drop a “I’M IN” below or message me and I’ll send you the details.

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04/13/2026

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03/31/2026

🔥 We’re BACK for 2026! 🔥

The Southwest Michigan Real Estate Meet Up is officially returning this April for its 3rd year, and we’re coming back stronger than ever!

Join us every third Wednesday of the month from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM at The Link Community Event Center as we continue building something powerful right here in our community.

This year, we’re bringing:
🎤 A lineup of new guest speakers
🔁 Some of your favorite returning speakers
🤝 Even more opportunities to connect, collaborate, and grow

Our mission remains the same:
Connecting people to people to build a stronger, smarter, and more unified real estate investing community.

Whether you’re a seasoned investor, just getting started, or simply curious about real estate—this is the place to be.

Let’s make 2026 our biggest impact yet.
Let’s build. Let’s network. Let’s grow.

📅 Kicking off Wednesday April 15th— don’t miss it!