MAREI Master Class: Building a Rental Portfolio with Elizabeth Enright Phillips
Build a Rental Portfolio That Actually Works
If you want rental properties to build wealth—without turning into a second job—this is what you need to understand.
Rentals can absolutely create long-term income.
But only if you’re buying the right deals, structuring them correctly, and managing them with systems that actually work.
That’s what this MAREI Master Class is about.
Elizabeth Enright Phillips has built a rental portfolio using systems that allow her to manage dozens of properties without it taking over her time.
Not perfectly. Not without mistakes.
But in a way that actually works in the real world.
What you’ll walk away with:
How to find and evaluate better rental deals
How to structure financing so the numbers make sense
How to get properties rent-ready without overdoing it
How to manage rentals using systems instead of constant involvement
How to grow your portfolio without adding chaos
If you’ve looked at rentals and thought,
“There has to be a better way to do this…”
This is that conversation.
See full details and reserve your seat:
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Deal Architecture: How to Stack Creative Finance Structures and Buy Rentals with No Money Down
Here’s the problem most investors are running into right now: math doesn’t work.
At today’s prices and interest rates, it’s genuinely hard to find a rental that cash flows when you finance it the conventional way.
You either need a massive down payment, a steep discount, or you need to walk away.
ut there’s a third option that most investors never fully understand.
Creative deal structures let you buy rentals at better-than-market terms, without banks, without qualifying, and often without using a dollar of your own money. They’ve been used by serious investors for decades—and right now, with motivated sellers carrying low-rate loans and the conventional market getting harder, they work even better than usual.
That’s why we’re bringing in nationally-known creative finance expert Vena Jones-Cox—who bought her first rental this way in 1990 and has been doing it ever since—to break down exactly how this works.
Vena's teaching 7 Ways to Buy with No Cash, credit or Qualifying
- What creative strategies like subject to, owner financing, and partnerships can work TOGETHER to get you rentals that cash flow—and sellers and financial friends the benefits they want, too
- Why creative structures let you out-offer every other buyer in the room—often at full price, with terms that still work for you
- Why you can build more wealth, faster, with creative deals than you ever could buying conventionally—and how to prove it with the actual numbers
- What real investors—including Vena herself—have used these strategies to acquire cash-flowing properties in real markets at real prices
- How to take your next steps to learn ALL the creative finance strategies
MAREI Office Hours
Bring Your Real Deals. Get Real Answers.
Our Members Only Office Hours run every 2nd and 4th Thursday, noon–1:00 p.m. Central.
No slides, no sales pitch. Just you, your questions, and two investors who’ve been in the trenches.
This is the Place to Be to Connect
Twice each month MAREI members jump online to ask questions about real estate investing. If it is real estate related — or even adjacent — we will tackle the question.
Do not have a question? Join us anyway.
Be a fly on the wall. The questions others ask may be ones you have had before or may face in the future.
Experienced investors are always welcome as well. Often the audience brings valuable insight and solutions to the discussion.
Coming Up
April 9
Michelle Winberry Investor and Title Agent & the Kristina Hartman from Prime Title will be taking on title issues, escrow, closings, and the new FinCEN reporting requirements.
April 23
Attorney Julie Anderson
Landlord–tenant questions including screening renters, leases, fair housing, evictions, and squatters.
To attend, make sure your MAREI membership is current.
Then register on the calendar for the next session and we will send you the Zoom link.
Meet the Experts: At MAREI
Meet the Experts at This Month’s MAREI Meeting
You don’t need another presentation.
You need the right people to turn to for real answers in your local market!
That’s exactly what this month’s MAREI Meeting is built for.
Build Real Lasting Relationships in the Right Room
We’re setting up the room with expert-led roundtables—each hosted by an experienced real estate investor with a different specialty.
Every 10 minutes, you’ll move to a new table.
New expert.
New perspective.
New opportunity to ask the questions that actually matter to you.
Real Access with Multiple Experienced Investors
✔ Ask questions specific to your situation
✔ Learn how different investors approach deals
✔ Discover who you want to build relationships with
Because at the end of the day, this business isn’t just about what you know—it’s about who you know and who you trust.
Who You’ll Meet
We’re bringing together a diverse group of investors, operators, and professionals covering everything from creative financing to multifamily, short-term rentals, legal strategy, and more.
Here’s a look at some of the experts you’ll have access to:
Adding a few more to bring us up to at least 20 experts.
This meeting is open to anyone interested in real estate investing.
Its FREE for our Members and 1st Time Guests. We highly recommend joining. We are the room to be in for real estate professionals in the Kansas City Metro Region.