Mid-America Assoc. of Real Estate Investors

09/24/2026

Looking for your real estate investing community in Kansas City? Start with MAREI.

Throughout this month’s newsletter, you’ve seen just a few of the things MAREI members have access to:

✅ Local meetings and networking
✅ Investor education and Master Classes
✅ Market updates and industry news
✅ Member benefits and resources
✅ A directory of investor-friendly businesses
✅ A community of people actively doing real estate

MAREI brings together new investors, experienced investors, lenders, contractors, attorneys, property managers, and other professionals who help make real estate investing work.

If you’ve been looking for a place to learn, connect, and actually get involved, come join us.

👉 Membership starts at $25/month or $149/year.
MAREI.org/Membership

09/24/2026

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Crossroads Investment Lending

Crossroads Investment Lending has been providing KC real estate investors fix-and-flip financing since 2014. And because they are brought to you by local real estate investor, they know the market and investing in it.

Each month they host The Morning Flip, a free educational coffee where local investors can grab coffee and donuts, get a market update, walk through live deal analysis, and network with other people who are actually out there buying, rehabbing and investing.

We appreciate having Crossroads Investment Lending as a MAREI Sponsor and as part of the Kansas City real estate investing community.

Find Crossroads Investment Lending in the MAREI Business Directory on our website and in our newsletter and the team is always at the MAREI Meeting.

09/24/2026

No hype. No Lamborghinis. Just real estate investing.

09/23/2026

Think back for a moment. Do you remember why you first went into business for yourself (or want to, if you haven’t yet)?

Sick of working for "The Man" or who ever you work for?
Tired of office politics or not being able to advance?
Maybe to set your own schedule? To make more money?

Did it work, or do you now find that YOU are "the Man" and you really want to fire yourself?
Need to find a better path? You can do it.

Jason Wojo from Lifeonaire explains why you might want to become a Lifeonaire . . . and he has some free book for you to download on the lates MAREI Guest Blog Post.



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09/22/2026

For WinVestors tomorrow.

09/22/2026

MAREI has more ways than ever to help you stay in the loop.

In the September issue of MAREI Member, we’ve laid out how we communicate with members — including:

✅ Weekly email briefings
✅ Event and important text alerts
✅ Facebook updates
✅ Member notices and reminders

Take a minute to make sure you’re connected through the channels that work best for you, so you don’t miss important MAREI news, events, benefits, or advocacy updates.

09/22/2026

Sponsor Spotlight: Home Rental Services

Kandy Meehan and Paul Branton and the team understand that good property management isn't just about taking care of the resident. It's also about protecting the property, controlling expenses, reducing vacancy and helping the investment perform.

Their focus is residential property management — helping owners market and lease their properties, screen residents, coordinate maintenance, collect rent, handle the accounting and take care of the day-to-day details that come with being a landlord.

Find Home Rental Services in the MAREI Business Directory on our website and in our newsletter.

09/21/2026

Tonight, part 2 of 4. Finding Deals.

https://www.mareimember.com/Events.aspx?ID=The-Independent-Real-Estate-Investor-s-2026-Playbook-37-9-21-2026

09/21/2026

Tonight at NEWVestors

As we head into fall and the midterm elections, you will see more and more political ads. There are not just federal elections, but state and local elections happening this fall. Those elections can impact laws that directly impact your ability to do business. In Kansas and Missouri we have had legal changes about:

- how you can screen your tenants
- tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities
- your ability to run short term rentals (AirBNB, VRBO, etc)
- how long your property can be vacant
- notices you have to give to contractors
- how fast you can resell a property
- how you can market property
- how your property is taxed
- and much more...

Susan Brown with the Kansas City Short Term Rental Alliance, will be speaking to us about how to keep track of the laws in the jurisdictions you are doing business in, ways to stay informed about legal changes, and ways to get involved to help protect your business.

OUR LOCATION:
Leawood Pioneer Library:
4700 Town Center Dr, Leawood, KS 66211
Large Meeting Room
6 - 8pm

Meeting monthly in a save space where brand new investors can ask questions, stop the speaker and get answers.

09/19/2026

Want to know what’s gone nauseatingly wrong with real estate education?

It’s become WAY too focused on getting you excited.

Excited about landing the deal.
Finding the money.
Getting the check.

And it’s stopped teaching the unsexy, unexciting basics that successful investors have relied on for decades to build real, lasting wealth.

Despite what you may have heard on social media, there are no shortcuts to knowing what a property is REALLY worth.

No shortcuts to choosing the right exit strategy.
No shortcuts to understanding the numbers, negotiating effectively, or recognizing that the “great deal” in front of you actually ISN’T one.

So the influencers don’t talk about them, but they’re still the skills that make successful investors.

And that’s exactly what our TWO-DAY Real Estate Investor Basic Training, online September 26-27, is about.

Since we don’t care if you like us, follow us, or subscribe—only in whether you have a successful real estate career—we’re going to spend zero time in this 2-day basics bootcamp blowing smoke up your skirt.

Instead, we’re going to show you exactly what you need to do to have a long, prosperous real estate investing career.

Learn more and get your Zoom link on the MAREI Calendar - price is still $47 for everyone through the 24th.