MAREI’s Monthly Real Estate Investor Meeting
✓ 2nd Tuesday of the Month | ✓ Double tree in Overland Park | ✓ 6 to 9 Pm plus bonus time
The Typical Timeline of a MAREI Real Estate Investor Meeting
We are not just your average real estate investor meetup. We are a trade association and a chapter of National REIA. So we run our meeting more like a business event.
- Doors open at 5:30 for our Vendors and Staff to get everything set up.
- At 6:00 Registration Starts, our Monthly Trade Show Opens, and Everyone Starts Making Connections
- At 7:00 we take our seats for a few important announcements
- At 7:15 or thereabouts our speaker or speakers take the stage.
- At 8:45 our goal is for the speaker to wrap up
- At 9:00 our meeting after the meeting generally starts in the bar area
Past Meetings
Next Monthly Meetings
Live at the MAREI Real Estate Investor Meeting
– May 13, 2025 in Overland Park, KS
If you’re wondering how to find motivated sellers, off-market properties, or undervalued homes worth flipping or holding — this meeting is for you.
Sourcing real Estate Deals in 2025
Join MAREI and special guest Troy Kearns, a full-time real estate investor with over 20 years of experience, as he shares real-world strategies for sourcing profitable real estate deals in today’s market.
Whether you’re brand new to real estate investing or already doing flips, rentals, or wholesales — finding quality deals is still the most important (and most frustrating) part of the process.
At this month’s MAREI meeting, you’ll learn from Troy Kearns, a full-time investor who’s built a 7-figure real estate business across multiple markets by doing one thing exceptionally well: sourcing undervalued properties before the competition.
From boots-on-the-ground strategies to tech tools and creative tactics, Troy will walk you through how he’s finding deals in 2025 — and how you can too.
What Troy will be Sharing on Tuesday
roy went from broke to building a multi-million-dollar real estate portfolio—and he’ll show you how to:
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Find motivated sellers and off-market deals in 2025
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Use tech tools like driving-for-dollars apps to uncover hidden gems
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Decide whether to flip, wholesale, or hold a property
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Evaluate market value quickly and accurately
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Know what to look for before buying a property
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Get started with no money, little money, or grow faster if you’ve already done a few deals
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Access the tools, knowledge, and mentors to scale your business
Who Should Attend
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New real estate investors just getting started
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Wholesalers looking for fresh lead sources
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Flippers and landlords wanting more deal flow
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Anyone trying to figure out their next step in real estate investing
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Investors in the Kansas City area who want to grow their network and knowledge
Don’t Miss Out — Reserve Your Spot Today!
📍 DoubleTree Hotel – Overland Park, KS
🕕 Tuesday, May 13th | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
💡 What would YOU do with this house?
At this month’s MAREI Meeting, we’re putting a real property on the hot seat. You’ll see the photos. You’ll get the repair list. And then you’ll hear three totally different investor strategies for what to do with it.
Deal or No Deal
It’s easy to talk about doing deals. But what happens when we actually break one down — LIVE and on the big screen?
This month at MAREI, we’re bringing in three very different types of investors to evaluate the exact same property… and they won’t hold back.
We’ll show the photos, layout, comps, and repair list — and let them walk us through their thought process, strategies, and exit plans.
You’ll learn:
✔️ How to spot red flags or hidden potential
✔️ What to fix, what to leave, and why it matters
✔️ How holding vs. flipping vs. renting by the room changes the entire deal
✔️ How each investor funds and structures their version of the deal
🛠 Meet Our Investor Panel:
👤💁The Retail Flipper – The Husband and Wife Team of Erica & Alex Peterson who buy, rehab and sell for top dollar.
👤 The Long-Term Landlord – A long time KC Investor Pat Grace who buys, rehabs, and rents them out for cash flow . . and to build wealth.
💁The PadSplit Manager – LeAnn Hiatt with how everything would work if the house was turned into a Pad Split.
They’ll each walk you through:
👉 What their preferred strategy would be . . . or maybe they would pass.
👉 How they’d fund it
👉 What repairs they’d make
👉 Their projected timelines & profit
👉 And their unique exit strategies
Plus we want your input . . . do you have a slightly different Niche? Airbnb, room additions, tear down and build a different house – we can pose some what if scenarios – what if it were in a different city . . . or in a place where tear downs and new homes are common. What if it were closer to the it spot of the area.
As always Networking and Vendor Trade Show at 6. Announcements and Ice Breakers at 7. Panelists join us at 7:20 ish . . . And as always MAREI Members and 1st Time Guests register and attend for FREE. All others are welcome for either our $35 guest fee or they can join for as little as $25 a month or $149 a year. And yes it will be recorded for members to access on the replay page.
Join Us at #MAREITradeShow2025
MAREI’s Biggest Networking & Business-Building Event of the Year!
Last year was huge— 35 vendors. 280+ attendees. And an energy that filled the entire room.
This year, we’re going even bigger. So Vendors Bring a Team so some can work the table and some can take key contacts to the Bar or Patio for quiter conversation.
Why You’ll Want a Table at #TradeShow2025:
✔️ Get your brand in front of hundreds of local real estate investors
✔️ Network face-to-face with potential customers and referral partners
✔️ Be seen as an authority and resource in the local investing community
✔️ Collect leads, make sales, and book appointments on the spot
This is not your average trade show. It’s a high-impact, high-visibility evening designed to create real business connections.
Details for Trade Show Attendees
- DoubleTree by Hilton, Overland Park, KS
- Sedona Ballroom by the Bar
- Tuesday July 8th from 5:30 to 9:00 pm (Vendor Set up at 5)
- FREE to Attend when you RSVP
Details for Trade Show Vendors
- DoubleTree by Hilton, Overland Park, KS
- Sedona Ballroom by the Bar
- Tuesday July 8th from 5:30 to 9:00 pm (Vendor Set up at 5)
- Tables are 6 feet wide & 18″ deep
- See Trade Show Map for Available Tables & Pricing
- Send message to request more information on being a vendor.
