National REIA’s Legislative Update Quarter 1 2025

National REIA shares a quarterly Legislative Update with Member REIA’s this is what’s happening in Washington in February 2025
Preliminary Injunction Against KCMO’s SOI Law

Federal court blocks Kansas City Missouri from enforcing part of a controversial ordinance requiring landlords to accept Section 8
Turn-Over: Every Day Your Rental is Vacant Cost You

Getting Tenant Turnover Right: Maximize Income and Minimize Costs Tenant turnover is one of the biggest operational expenses for buy-and-hold real estate investors—often second only to property taxes. Unlike taxes, however, turnover is something you can influence significantly. When done right, it can help you increase rental income and lower costs, improving your overall cash […]
Rehab Nightmares – Why Every Real Estate Investor Needs a Good Scope of Work

For real estate investors, rehabbing a property can either be a smooth, profitable process—or an absolute disaster. Insights from Real Estate Investor Andrew Syrios
Mastering Private Placement Investing: The Key to TRUE Passive Income

Unlike traditional real estate, private placements allow investors to fund large-scale projects—like apartment complexes, commercial developments, or even farmland—without the responsibility of day-to-day management.
Housing Providers Win Injunction Over Kansas City Missouri’s Source of Income Ordinance

Kansas City Housing providers win Preliminary Injuction over the Source Of Income Ordinance. A federal judge blocked the Kansas City Missouri Source Of Income Ordinance that required housing providers to not discriminate against potential renters based on their source of income. The injunction pertains to housing vouchers only. The City has not stopped all enforcement […]
MO HB 1086 Short Term Rental Taxes

MO HB 1086 Modifies provisions relating to the classification of certain residential real property used for short-term rentals Update 3/6/2025 Passed in the House and moving to the Senate Update: 2/13/2025: Our MO HB 1086 to protect the Residential Property Tax Classification is moving. There is a Hearing Scheduled for Monday, February 17th, at 4:30 […]
Lunch & Learn: DSTs and 1031s with Insight Investment Advisers

Ready for some hands off real estate investing. You want returns that maximize your money and taxes so you can retire, or perhaps just do other things. This class can point you in the right direction.
Julie Anderson on the Propsed Removal of the Cares Act Eviction Notice Requirement

The U.S. Congress is currently deliberating a bill that seeks to eliminate a lingering provision
from the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The Respect State
Housing Laws Act, introduced by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), aims to repeal the federal
requirement mandating landlords to provide tenants with a 30-day notice before initiating
eviction proceedings.
Rent Perfects Video Series for New Landlords

Just getting started as a housing provider? Or just want some quick tips to improve your Landlording Skills? Rent Perfect has you covered with past podcasts in their New Landlord Series below. Keep in mind that all members of MAREI can access their Fair Housing Training Course for FREE in the Learning Vault and that […]