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The FHFA Announced Multifamily Protections for Renters

Last week the Federal Housing Finance Agency made an announcement of Multifamily Tenant Protections to be included in new multifamily loan agreements beginning in February 2025. Protections for Renters Announced: Covered housing providers will be required to provide tenants with the following: Results from FHFA’s Extensive Engagement with Key Stakeholders Back in June of this […]

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Crossroads August Webinar: How to Select & Buy Flip Properties

Crossroads Investment Lending Hosts Education Events Monthly. Learn to Select & Buy Properties Renowned real estate expert, J.D. Asbell! With over 30 years of experience and having flipped over 1,500 properties, right here in KC He has learned a lot. He will be sharing valuable insights on selecting and purchasing investment properties. During this live virtual

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Home Depot to Audit the 2% Rebate Program

Article, Member Benefits / Kim Tucker

Do you enjoy large gift cards or even checks from the Home Depot twice a year due to our 2% Rebate Program we offer through our membership in National REIA? There are many past members of MAREI and the old Kansas City Investment Group that joined a very long time ago to get the rebate,

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Seller Financing is Under Attack in Texas

Advocacy, Article, Jeff Watson, Real Estate Investing / Kim Tucker

Seller Financing and RMLOs are Under Attack in Texas. There are proposed rule changes “by “the Department of Savings & Mortgage Lending (SML) that could make it harder to safely create seller-financed transactions. SML is considering changes to its rules in 7 Texas Administrative Code: Chapter 78, concerning Wrap Mortgage Loans; Chapter 79, concerning Residential Mortgage Loan

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The importance of an effective marketing plan in real estate.

What is your Real Estate Marketing Plan? Do You Have One?

Article, Kathy Kennebrook, Marketing / Kim Tucker

Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned investor, developing a specific marketing strategy is an invaluable tool to generate leads and buy more properties. The more leads you generate, the more opportunities you will create to deal with highly motivated sellers. This will help you do more deals, make more profits, and set you on the road to financial freedom.

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Writing Direct Mail Marketing that works.

How To Write a Letter the Seller Will Respond To

Article, Kathy Kennebrook, Marketing / Kim Tucker

Sure you could just go to one of those done for you direct mail services and send their generic letter or postcard or you could take a few extra steps to make it stand out and be more effective. Market expert Kathy Kennebrook has 8 key items you need to keep in mind when working

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MAREI Meeting & Events Replay Page

Article, Real Estate Investing / Kim Tucker

A benefit to all MAREI Members, starting in April 2020, we started recording the presentation portions of our meetings for replay. You need to click above to log in and access this page. Once there, click the topic to access it. Please note that if you click through to the video on our YouTube Page you will

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Track Your Leads, Saving Marketing Dollars

Track Seller Leads and Boost ROI

Article, Kim Tucker, Lead Generation / Kim Tucker

It’s the 30th of the month. Do you know where your leads came from? Track Your Leads to Stop Wasting Your Marketing Dollars As real estate investors trying to find our next deal we might do a lot of things to generate seller leads: At the end of the month, after all that effort and

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Work Life Balance graphic for our guest blog post.

Creating a Work Life Balance as a Real Estate Investors

Article, Kathy Kennebrook, Success / Kim Tucker

I got into the real estate investing business to have more free time for myself and my family and to have the financial freedom to do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I wanted my life to be more worry-free. I have spent a great deal of time accomplishing that goal and I want to share some of my insights with you as a real estate entrepreneur.

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Six Requirements to Skip FinCEN Registration

Article, Bookkeeping, Reducing Taxes / Kim Tucker

Find out when you can skip registering that old entity with FinCEN in this guest blog post from Lee Phillips.

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