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Real Estate Investor Basic Training | Sept 26-27 | MAREI
Real estate investing has built lasting income and wealth for ordinary people through every kind of market — high interest rates and low, booms and recessions, buyers’ markets and sellers’. The market changes; the fundamentals of a good deal don’t. This Real Estate Investor Basic Training is a two‑day online workshop that shows you exactly what those fundamentals are, so you can recognize, evaluate, finance, and close your first deal with confidence — in this market and the ones that come after it.
You’ll learn how real investors do successful deals: not hype, not the latest “secret strategy,” but the skills that actually build a real estate business.
What You’ll Learn in This 2‑Day Basic Training
Over two days, veteran investor Vena Jones‑Cox walks you through the core skills of profitable real estate investing:
- What a successful deal really means — and why the goal is a property that produces the income or profit you intended
- The 5 basic exit strategies — wholesale, retail, rental, rent‑to‑own, and selling with financing — and how to choose the right one
- How to find off‑market deals with room for a better price, better terms, or both
- How to determine what a property is actually worth before you make an offer
- How to finance deals when you have money and credit — hard money, DSCR loans, and conventional financing
- How to control property without your own cash or credit — subject‑to, owner financing, and master leases
- How to negotiate more effectively and uncover what a seller really needs
- How to avoid the costly mistakes new investors make — and how to get help on your first deals without paying a fortune
Meet Your Instructor: Vena Jones‑Cox
Vena Jones‑Cox has been investing in real estate for 35 years and has completed more than 2,000 deals — flips, rentals, lease/options, seller‑financed deals, private loans, and creative acquisitions — through multiple market cycles. She has been featured in Money Magazine, USA Today, Reader’s Digest, and Gary Keller’s bestseller The Millionaire Real Estate Investor. In this Real Estate Investor Basic Training she teaches the same fundamentals she has used to build a multi‑decade investing career — the skills successful investors rely on in every market.
Who Should Attend
- New investors about to do — or seriously considering — their first deal
- Experienced investors who want to sharpen the fundamentals for today’s market
- Anyone who wants to evaluate deals with confidence instead of guessing
Event Details
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the Real Estate Investor Basic Training?
It runs Saturday and Sunday, September 26–27, 2026, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM Central time both days, online via Zoom.
How much does it cost?
Registration is an early‑bird $47 for everyone — members and non‑members — through September 24. After that it’s $67. MAREI Express Success Members attend free but still need to register.
Is the workshop recorded?
Yes. The full workshop is recorded and every registrant receives the recording, so you can register even if you can’t attend both days live.
Do I need money or good credit to get started in real estate?
No. Vena covers how to finance and control property both ways — with your own money and credit (hard money, DSCR loans, conventional financing) and without it (subject‑to, owner financing, and master leases).
Is this good for beginners?
Absolutely. It’s built to give new investors a solid foundation before their first deal — and experienced investors a fundamentals refresh for the current market.
Who teaches it?
Vena Jones‑Cox, a 35‑year real estate investor with 2,000+ completed deals, hosted by MAREI — the Mid‑America Association of Real Estate Investors, serving investors since 2004.
Reserve your spot and spend two days building the foundation successful investors rely on.
Real Estate Investor Meeting – How to Invest Like a Billionaire
Ever wonder how the ultra-wealthy actually got that way — and stay that way? That’s the question Bob Fraser answers in Invest Like a Billionaire, and this October he’s bringing it to MAREI.
Maybe you’re not about to invent the next gadget, launch the next tech startup, or drop $3 million on a single deal. Not yet. But the tools and strategies behind those fortunes aren’t off-limits. You can put many of them to work in your own real estate business — right now, at whatever size you’re building.
Let's Get Passive Cash Flow . . . with Rentals
Bob Fraser learned this the hard way. He built a $250 million fortune, lost it in the dot-com crash, rebuilt as a quant trader, and lost it again in 2008. That’s when he stopped trusting the public markets with his wealth and started investing the way billionaires actually do. Today he’s co-founder and CFO of Kansas City’s own Aspen Funds ($500M+ in private credit, real estate, and energy) and the USA Today bestselling author of Invest Like a Billionaire. He’s joining MAREI to share exactly what he learned.
What You'll Learn
- What billionaires actually own — and why 50–60% of it isn’t stocks
- The alternatives hiding in plain sight: private notes, lending, energy, and funds
- How the wealthy legally shrink the tax bill on every dollar — plan for this now, before it eats into your growth
- How to organize and structure what you’ve already built — the piece most investors skip until it costs them
- How to spot a great operator — and walk away from a loser
- How to read a PPM — the terms in every private deal (preferred return, the split, the waterfall, hold period, projected returns) and what each one really means
Whether you’re buying your first rental, building a portfolio, or ready to trade tenants and toilets for truly passive income, you’ll walk out seeing your next move more clearly.
Don’t miss Bob Fraser — Invest Like a Billionaire, live at MAREI. It’s built for every kind of real estate investor in the Kansas City metro — brand-new, actively building, or accredited and hunting for alternatives.
New to us? First-time guests are welcome.
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