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The monthly newsletter for Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors. Offering Networking and Education for area Real Estate Investors. Find us online at www.MAREInet.com.
The monthly newsletter for Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors. A Real Estate Investing Trade Association based in the Kansas City Metro Area. Find us online at www.MAREInet.com.
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The monthly newsletter for Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors. A Real Estate Investing Trade Association based in the Kansas City Metro Area. Find us online at www.MAREInet.com.
The monthly newsletter for Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors. A Real Estate Investing Trade Association based in the Kansas City Metro Area. Find us online at www.MAREInet.com.
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The monthly newsletter for Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors. A Real Estate Investing Trade Association based in the Kansas City Metro Area. Find us online at www.MAREInet.com.
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The Investment News: December 2011 for Real Estate Investors
1. MID-AMERICA ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTORS
Investment News
NETWORKING : EDUCATION : COMMUNITY
December 2011
Speed Networking
Productive Tips to Grow your Circle
of Influence
New Member Benefits
Saving You Money on Products and
Services You Use Everyday
Marketing Property
Make your Classified Postings more
effective in marketing your Business.
Read Online for working Web Links
2. MAREI
Notes
Contact Information
PO Box 8685, Prairie Village KS, 66208
Phone: 913-815-0111 Fax: 816-523-4448
Our Mission Statement
Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors is dedicated to promoting ethical real estate in-
vesting and to protect and promote the best interest of our membership through educational and
networking opportunities as well as community, legislative and public relations.
Legal Disclaimer
MAREI does not exist to render and does not give legal, tax, economic or investment advice and
disclaims all liability for the action or inaction taken or not as a result of communications from or to
its members, officers, directors, employees and contractors. Each individual should consult his/her
own counsel, accountant and other advisors as to legal, tax, economic, investment and related
matters concerning real estate and other investments.
Honors Content Disclaimer
Of Merit The views and opinions expressed by authors of articles contributed to this newsletter do not neces-
sarily reflect those of the association, the board of directors or the staff.
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ad will incur a minimum charge of $20. The deadline to submit ad copy is the 1st of
Membership each month. All ads must be prepaid. Contact to verify ad format can be accepted.
PDF preferred. There is an additional charge of $25 to typeset a business card ad or
1/4 page ad layout, $60 for a 1/2 page or full page lay-out. Opportunities also exist for
Development advertising on www.MAREInet.com. Call 913-815-0111 for more information. Email
ad copy to info@MAREInet.com. Mail payment to MAREI, PO Box 8685, Prairie Vil-
lage, KS 66208 or request an online payment for to use credit or debit card.
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3. MAREI
Staff
Kim Tucker 816-523-4400 Don Tucker 816-523-4400 Steve Burns
Director President Audio Visual
Kim@MAREInet.com Don@MAREInet.com cashflowtreasures@gmail.com
John Welchert Dan Goodwin 913-642-5218 Shelda Goodwin
Meeting Ambassador Meeting Ambassador Meeting Ambassador
816-522-0002 DanGoodwin@kw.com SheldaGoodwin@kw.com
volunteers: Be sure to thank our volunteers who
help out at each and every meeting making sure the entire
meeting is a success. If you would like to volunteer from
time to time to help set up, take down, or check in, or as-
sist for a few hours in the business office, please email
info@MAREInet.com or call 913-815-0111.
Scott Tucker
Need: Blog Articles, Newsletter Articles, Workshops for Meeting Ambassador
STucker319@gmail.com
Members, Guest Speakers, Office Assistance, Web Mas-
ter . . . If this might be you, let us know!
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4. m ar ei
BUSINESS MEMBERS
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF
Type Company Web Phone Contact
Insurance APIA REOIns.com 877-752-2742 Lisa Goodner
Lender Argentine Federal Savings ArgentineFed.com 913-402-1500 Ann Wilkinson
Partnering kcmoHomeBuyer kcmoHomeBuyer.com 816-523-4400 Don Tucker
Prop Mgr Abraxas Prop Mgmt AbraxasMgmt.com 816-474-8800 Meka Cayce
Prop Mgr Jamieson Home Team JamiesonHomeTeam.com 816-503-4671 Kevin Jamieson
Prop Mgr Premier Leasing MyPremierLeasing.com 816-841-9500 Jeff Woods
Realtor Realty Resource RealtyResourceKC.com 816-523-4400 Kim Tucker
Security Devcon Security DevconSecurity.com 913-907-4942 Marian Collins
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Supplier Canyon Stone Canyon-Stone.com 913-254-9301 Matt Puckett
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rounded team of professionals. If you are building your
team or looking to make a trade, start your recruiting with
our Vendor Members and Business Associates. See a
complete list of suppliers and any discounts they may of-
fer to MAREI members by visiting, www.MAREInet.com.
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5. Contents
MAREI News
In This Issue
The Fine Print 2
MAREI Meeting Staff 3
Business Members 4
Contents 5
Directors Notes 6
Speed Networking: How it Works 8
New Member Benefits 10
Benefits at a Glance 11
Marketing Property at MAREI 12
New Members & Guests 14
Calendar of Events 16
How to Post Classified Ad 18
Classifieds—Houses for sale 19
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6. Director’s Notes
I want to take this space to thank each and I have also seen quite a few other eco-
everyone of you for your support of MAREI nomic indicators here in our metro that
over the past few years. We launched in things are improving. The biggest indica-
January 2004 and have had a very success- tor so far is that we are seeing an in-
ful 6 years. crease in old members coming back as
they are getting back into real estate in-
The past 3 years have been very rocky for
vesting after taking a few years off and
MAREI and all the members with all of the
we are seeing new investors coming into
problems in the housing industry and the
the market and to meetings. The next big
economy.
indicator that I take notice of is the Kan-
I personally feel that we are on the road to sas City Star. You may have watched this
recovery over all and urge each and every- get smaller and smaller from 2008 to
one of you to take advantage, to the best of 2010. Over the past 6 months I have no-
your abilities of the record low housing ticed that it has been getting a bit bigger
prices, the record low interest rates, and every month. Just this week they added a
the incredible opportunities that we have in brand new section. That means they have
real estate today and probably for a few more advertising coming in to support
more years into the future. more pages and sections.
What I have seen over the past year is that So here is to a very bright outlook on
while housing prices are low, that here in 2012. We encourage you to get involved
Kansas City first time home buyer houses, and to take educated steps to start or
the bread and butter of most investors have grow your real estate investing business.
fairly well held their own as far as price Also remember that there are many dif-
goes. There are areas of our metro that ferent ways to invest in real estate both
saw HUGE price drops including the very active and passive and we hope to help
low end and the very high end, but those you find your way.
median priced, first time home buyer
See you at the December Meeting!
houses have not seen much price drop and
are still selling.
Kim Tucker
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8. Speed Networking
How it works
So what is speed networking and how does it work? ness contacts, generally with a bell. Primarily, the
practice involves multiple people that gather in a sin-
Let’s start with the concept of networking in General:
gle space in order to exchange information. Partici-
According to Wikipedia: Business networking is pants greet each other in a series of brief exchanges
a socioeconomic activity by which groups of like- during a set period of time. During an interaction,
minded business people recognize, create, or act upon attendees share their professional backgrounds and
business opportunities. A business network is a type of business goals. Networkers are generally seeking
social network whose reason for existing is business exposure to new markets and/or to expand their pool
activity. There are several prominent business net- of vendors.”
working organizations that create models of network-
If we go to MAREI we will find that our speed net-
ing activity that, when followed, allow the business per-
working consists of all attendees at our meeting tak-
son to build new business relationships and generate
ing their seats in a set pattern that pairs them up 1
business opportunities at the same time.
on 1 and face to face. Each participant then re-
Many businesspeople contend business networking is ceives 90 seconds to give their elevator pitch. There
a more cost-effective method of generating new busi- is a timer and a bell to facilitate staying on time. Af-
ness than advertising or public relations efforts. This is ter each person has exchanged their pitch, the bell
because business networking is a low-cost activity that rings and partners are switched.
involves more personal commitment than company
Because the event is timed and everyone wants to
money.
meet as many people as possible, it is very impor-
So for example Mid-America Association of Real Es- tant that the participants know exactly what they
tate Investors (MAREI) is a business networking or- want to say. They want to have their pitch ready to
ganization that holds meetings, partly for the purpose go and ideally a flyer, brochure or business card to
of allowing our members and guests to get to know share.
each other and potentially conduct business with each
So what is an elevator pitch? From Wikipedia we
other.
find that an elevator pitch is a short summary used
If we go back to Wikipedia we find that Speed Net- to quickly and simply define a product, service, or
working is a method of meeting to accelerate busi- organization and its value proposition. The name
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9. “elevator pitch” reflects the idea that they should bring their fund- What should you bring with you.
it should be possible to deliver the ing and partner with you on This is also very important.
summary in the time span of an ele- a deal.
vator ride, or approximately thirty Cheat notes on your pitch.
You may also be partnered No one says you can’t just
seconds to two minute.
with a vendor that does not read it till you are practiced.
So some tips to consider when writ- invest, there you may want
ing your pitch AND PRACTICING IT: to talk about how you could Business Cards, Flyers or
Brochures, enough for about
refer each other business.
You only have 90 seconds. 40 exchanges.
But what if you are brand new to
What is your goal, what do A note pad and pen for
investing or not really in the real es-
you want out of this ex- when your partner is not as
tate field? Attending our networking
change. is still very beneficial because it can organized as you are so you
can write down their contact
What do you have to offer introduce you to a whole new group
of people that could help you get information and a few notes
and why do they need you.
started in real estate or be potential on them.
Now back to speed networking at
MAREI. You may want to consider
new clients for whatever it is that Bottle of water as you will
you do outside of real estate. get thirsty.
coming up with 3 different pitches to
coordinate with the person you will “I am too shy. I just want to watch.” Lastly, the most important part of the
have an exchange with. Some ex- We also see this at every event. speed networking event is the follow
amples: Usually a husband and wife attend up with all the contacts to learn a bit
and one of the two just wants to sit more. Visit their website, connect
Say the person you are behind the other and watch. We with them on social media, request
paired with is a brand new highly discourage just watching. We more information or respond with
investor you may want to have found that every single time more information that they may have
have a pitch about how you this happens, after about 10 minutes requested.
help new investors with the watching partner wants in on the
mentoring. action. So no matter how shy or There is a lot to know about net-
working, speed networking, and ele-
You might be paired with a scared you are, take a leap and go
vator pitches. We can’t get it all into
person who has funding and on your own. It’s only a conversa-
tion after all and you will have fun. this little article. So we have com-
is looking for deals, you piled links to a lot of very valuable
might have a pitch on why
Your Pitch Dress Rehearsal
Write down what you do in several ways. Practice on friends and family
Write a short story about what you do for people. Practice on fellow attendees at MAREI
Write down your objective or goal.
Write out 10 action statements or pitches This speed networking event is the perfect place to
actually go live and practice your pitch. That way
Read them out loud and record them when you are in a situation out in the general public
Take a Break at a bar, sporting event, flying, or in an elevator, you
are ready with your well crafted and practiced pitch.
.Listen to your pitches, pick the good ones
Rework as needed.
More info:
Record your new pitches.
www.MAREInet.com/Networking
Do final edit
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10. Brand New
Member Benefits for YOU!
We are always looking for new ways to bring our
members more savings. As you can see from the Community Buy-
next page we have a lot of awesome money saving ing Group may turn
benefits for our members on things that real estate out to be your favor-
professionals use every day. ite new member benefit. Why? Because it brings
We have 5 new benefits we are bringing to you this you some great new discounts with companies that
month . . . . MAREI has been trying for several years to get for
you. All members of MAREI receive a complimentary
membership at Community Buying Group. Just visit
Roto Rooter offering plumbing the member library for our discount code.
and drain services across the
metro and nationwide is now
offering all of our members at Once you create your membership with CBG, you
10% discount on all services. Please print your dis- can then start saving with:
count card from the MAREI member library.
Lowes Home Improvement Stores where
Rent Fast Community is a you can save in several ways including up to
local website solution for a 7% discount.
the Landlord or Selling In-
vestor who wants an easy to use web presence.
MAREI members can receive either a free trial or a Sears Commercial where you can save on
15% discount. Discount codes found in the MAREI appliances and tools from Sears and pur-
member library. chase Sears Gift cards at a 5% discount,
FORMS & DOCS We have added a several
Plus several other products and services that
new forms, documents and contracts to the MAREI real estate investors and landlords use every
member library. We have also partnered with EZ day.
Landlord Forms to bring you 100’s of their free forms
and documents as well as a 15% discount for our
members on their premium forms. Discount link in the MAREI is always looking for new benefits
MAREI member library.
for our members. Do you know of a fa-
vorite vendor who may be willing to offer
Learn Others Inside Secrets or LOIS—this is so
new, it’s not even on our website yet. This is an on
a discount program to our members.
demand webinar service where you can get some Please have them contact MAREI at 913-
generalized knowledge on real estate investing topics. 815-0111 or info@MAREInet.com.
Please watch the blog for more information as goes
active.
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11. MAREI’S MEMBER BENEFITS PROGRAM
YOUR MEMBER BENEFITS
AT-A-GLANCE
USE THIS PAGE AS A GUIDE TO VALUE ADDED DISCOUNTS TOOLS AND SAVINGS
CREATED JUST FOR YOU ON GOODS AND SERVICES YOU USE EVERY DAY.
Landlord Services Suppliers Marketing
Affordable Landlord Websites with a
Screening for tenants & workers with 15% discount or free trial for members.
20% discount for members. Learn how to save money at Home De-
pot and register for a 2% Rebate for all
purchases & rentals across the US.
Websites for investors, landlords, and
Electronic collection for bounced other services. FREE trial.
rent checks. No charge to you.
FORMS & DOCS All members receive a discount card
Service Provider
Member Library is packed with forms to access our exclusive discounts up
and docs, plus 15 % discount at EZ to 40% off all paint, supplies, and
Landlord Forms for premium forms. flooring—nationwide.
Discount card for all members providing
a 10% discount on all services.
Market your rentals on the nations top
ranked rental site. Member discount Members have access to many great
is 20% off Regular Prices. tools and savings including discounts Information is current as of 12/7/2011. Please
of up to 7% - nationwide. check website for updates and other money sav-
ing programs for MAREI members.
Office Solutions
Discounts of products through Sears
Save on select FedEx Office copy and
print services up to 20% and on
Commercial plus 5% off Gift Cards. VISIT
FedEx Shipping up to 22%.
Membership MAREINET.COM/DISCOUNTS
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
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12,000 products you use the most
online and in store.
FREE membership in Community Buy-
ing Group for all MAREI members to
bring you even more great discounts.
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12. Marketing
Property at MAREI
For the past few weeks we have been promoting mar- Next, think about search engines, you are writing an
keting your investment property at MAREI through our ad for the internet. So if you were a potential buyer
various tools. We will direct you to the website at of your property, what kind of words would you
www.MAREInet.com to browse through the blog to search for on the internet? Make sure those words
read the various articles. are in your posting.
But one feature you will notice in our weekly email If you are a Realtor and listing a house for someone
updates and in this newsletter is that we publish the else, you are required to include your company, so
properties that members post in our classifieds. The when you list your name, include your company. You
question was asked this morning about how to make may also want to include your brokerage phone num-
that ad in the classifieds more effective. ber as the 2nd number on your advertisement. If you
are marketing an unlisted property you own, be sure
So first lets cover what you should be advertising to include “owner agent.”
through the classifieds. While we love your renovated
houses that would appeal to a first time home buyer, Now lets talk about those of you marketing properties
advertising those through the MAREI classifieds is not you do not own yet. Please make sure that you have
the most effective use of your time. Remember these a valid purchase or option contract in place that will
are advertisements directed toward real estate inves- allow you to market a property. No fishing for buyers
tors. So if you have a fixer upper, a turn key rental, a before you write a contract.
multi family, then advertising them on the MAREI clas-
sified would be very helpful to you. But if the property We know that many of you have partnered up, so
you are marketing would be a property that only an that investor A is marketing properties that investor B
owner occupant buyer is going to consider, you may has for sale. That’s great too, but please be sure that
want to market it on other sites. A knows all about it. Don’t confuse the issue by hav-
ing 3 different people and companies marketing the
So next, when you put together you ad, consider what same property to the same group of people.
the investor is going to want to know about the prop-
erty and make sure this information is in your adver- Last, let’s turn to making your advertisement effective
tisement: as a marketing tool. You can make it pretty and for-
matted by using HTML code. One easy way to get
Address is very important, include city & state HTML code is to create a page on your website, then
copy the code and paste into the classified page.
Price, what are you asking for it. Don’t have a webpage—then take look at Word-
Press.
Basic Details, bed, bath, etc.
Now if you do have a website and you do have other
Does the house have equity, why is a good deal houses for sale or you should be sure to mention
somewhere that you have a website and that they
Is it a fixer, what does it need should go there for a free report or to get on your
email list for future properties. This will drive much
Is the house a rental, what does it rent for needed traffic to your website.
Be sure to look at other peoples ads, you will see a
How to get in touch with you, at a minimum have few that are better than others. Use those to get
your phone number in your advertisement. some ideas of your own.
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13. Asset Protection
Insurance Agency
www.REOIns.com
Property Management
877-752-2742
Section 8 Housing
KC Metro Wide
Jeff Woods
Broker
ww.MyPremierLeasing.com
816-849500
Real Estate Owned / Forced Placement
For Investors & Finance Institutions
Sell Vacant Houses Faster “Flexible rehab options
and for more money! and purchase financing
How? We transform vacant houses - often
for qualified investors!
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America's premier home staging service coast- Overland Park, KS 66213
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same time reduce the stress and expense of mar- www.ArgentineFed.com
keting your property.
ShowHomesKC.com
Amanda Palomba
913-227-4364
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14. New Members Guests
David Alexander: Kansas City, Mo Tish Arnold
John McCarty: Lee’s Summit, Mo Chase Bart
Patti Savoy: Kansas City, Mo Eddie Tapper
Rick Scheurer: Overland Park, KS Monique Wade
Dan Whitney
Returning Members
John Bennetts: Kansas City, Mo
Joe Martin: Kansas City, MO
Larry Myer: Kansas City, MO
Michael Stilfield: Levasy, MO
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15. More Information . . .
HOUSES WANTED
More Confidence
Built After 1950
Minimum 3 Bed, 1.5 Bath
Eastern Jackson County
MO or Johnson County KS
Retail Value $100k-$200k
More Profits
No Rental Tenant Screening
Local Cash Buyer Looking for 2 to 4 Houses a month Pre Employment Screening
to purchase, rehab and sell. Money Partners want
Contractor Screening
their money placed quickly so they can turn their
money fast and make a profit. Can’t do that with Collection Services
out houses! Bring us a deal!
Discounts for MAREI Members
Email: kcmoHomeBuyer@gmail.com
www.AAAScreening.com
Submit Online: kcmoHomeBuyer.com
816-436-0085
“Presentation is Everything!”
Property Management
Rental Services
Canyon-Stone.com
Kansas City Metro
550 E. 56 Highway, Suite B
Olathe, KS, 66061 www.JamiesonHomeTeam.com
Phone: (913) 254-9300 Kevin Jamieson
Fax: (913) 254-9301 816-503-4671
info@canyon-stone.com
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16. Dec 3rd Networking Independence / Blue Springs: Panera Bread
40 Hwy & 291 4pm to 6pm: Debra Felderhoff
Dec 4th Networking Lee’s Summit: Panera Bread on Chipman
Road in Lees Summit: Debra Felderhoff
CALENDAR Details, Times, Locations, Cost & Registration at www.MAREInet.com
Dec 7th
Dec 10th
Networking
Networking
Weekly Wednesdays: 103rd & State Line 9
am to 11 am : Michelle Winberry
Independence / Blue Springs: Panera Bread
40 Hwy & 291 4pm to 6pm: Debra Felderhoff
Dec 11th Networking Lee’s Summit: Panera Bread on Chipman
Road in Lees Summit: Debra Felderhoff
Dec 12th Deadline Deadline to Reserve a Vendor Table for
Tuesday Meeting by Noon
Dec 13th Monthly Monthly Meeting: Career Education Systems
Meeting South East side of Ward Parkway 6pm-9pm
Dec 14th Networking Commercial Sub Group: 103rd 7 State Line
5:30 to 7:30 : Larry Prato / Spencer Cullor
Dec 17th Networking Independence / Blue Springs: Panera Bread
40 Hwy & 291 4pm to 6pm: Debra Felderhoff
Dec 18th Networking Lee’s Summit: Panera Bread on Chipman
Road in Lees Summit: Debra Felderhoff
Dec 20th Meeting Unofficial MAREI Board Meeting and Plan-
ning session for 2012
Dec 20th Training CESKC.com Credit Scores - 1-4pm, Credit
PHP , 3 Hr Realtor CE
Dec 20th Training CESKC.com Short Sales & Foreclosures, 1
Credit PHP, 3 Hr Realtor CE
Dec 22nd— Holiday MAREI offices closed / no networking events
Jan 2nd planned.
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17. Wishing you the Happiest of Holiday Seasons.
We look forward to seeing you Next Year!
OU !
THANK Y Many thanks to our Vol-
unteers who sponsor a
Networking. If you need more network-
ing and interaction, please check out the Net-
Larry Prato Spencer Cullor working Group on the Calendar. First Network-
Commercial Subgroup Commercial Subgroup
ing event is free and does not require member-
ship. After that if you want to continue as a part
of the subgroup, we request that you become a
member of MAREI to gain more knowledge and
access all the tools and benefits of membership.
Want to start a new networking group, contact
Debra Felderhoff Michelle Winberry us at info@MAREInet.com.
BS, LS, Indep Subgroup Weekly Wednesdays
Investment News Page 17
18. Classifieds
The Mechanics Part 1
See part 2 next month
Above is the top of the Classified Section. We do have some weird things as categories as
our website provider is for all kinds of membership associations and clubs. We will primarily be
utilizing only the Real Estate Button.
If you click on the Real Estate Button, you will see all the classifieds that are posted.
To post a classified, you would click on the Post Classifieds Button
To see all classifieds that you have already posted. So say for example you
posted something and want to change a price or renew an expired classified, you
would find them here so you can go in and edit.
Note in the top right of many of the screens you see a Member Credit’s balance. These are
credit you earn for bringing in a new member or offering volunteer service at MAREI.
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19. CLASSIFIEDS
See more details on each property in the Classifieds at www.MAREInet.com.
Offered As Address City Price Bed/Bath Contact Phone
Move In 9236 Wyandotte Kansas City, MO $65,700 Jamison Home Team 913-384-8331
Fixer 18916 Arrowhead Independence, $37,500 4 bed Jamieson Home Team 913-384-8331
Dr MO
Fixer 3235 Lockridge St Kansas City, MO $14,700 Jamieson Home Team 913-384-8331
Fixer 7508 High Grove Rd Grandview, MO $57,700 Jamieson Home Team 913-384-8331
Fixer 9214 Manchester Kansas City, MO $37,700 3/1 Jamieson Home Team 913-384-8331
Rental Fixer 3601 E 60th St Kansas City, MO $25,000 3 / 1.5 Christoph Becker 816-419-1165
Rental / Fixer 7328 Highland Kansas City, Mo $25,000 6/ 1.5 Maggie Sheehan
Rental South KC, MO $75,000 Ritchie Swadley 816-268-3915
Move In 4509 NW Walling- Blue Springs, MO $117,500 Ritchie Swadley 816-268-3915
Fixer 11204 E 10th ST Independence, 2 bed Ritchie Swadley 816-268-3915
Rental 311 N Huttig Independence, $25,000 3/1 Ritchie Swadley 816-268-3915
Rental 527 Blue Ridge Blvd $20,000 Ritchie Swadley 816-268-3915
Rental/ 4 plex 1748 Bristol Kansas City, MO $25,000 2 beds Charles Burks 816-220-8800
Lease Op- Raytown, MO 3 bed Jason George 816-365-3032
Rental Fixer 3808 E 25th St Kansas City, MO $8,500 3 bed Christoph Becker 816-419-1165
Fixer Grandview MO 3/3 Michael Bryant 816-226-7299
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20. Grow Your Network . .
Our market is always changing. A great way to increase your opportunities
and your business is through networking. Increasing your opportunities to
meet new people will help you grow your circle of influence that will bring you
new buyers or sellers for your product or service as well as people who will re-
fer you business.
Take the time to network at our monthly meetings, on our social media pages,
and at other events on our calendar.
Get the advantage you have been seeking. Visit MAREInet.com to learn more.
Click on Blog & Review Networking tips Posted
Click Links to jump to our Social Media Pages
Click on Calendar of Events to find live events
Attend our 3rd Annual Business to Business, Real
Estate Speed Networking event on December 13th