REIA meetings in Kansas City

[Destiny Galbreath]

I'm very new to the real estate business and I just want to hear some feedback on if I should attend and join some REIA meetings. Would I learn a lot to get started?

[Kim Tucker]

As I manage the local REIA in Kansas City I am biased, however:

When you connect and join your local REIA group you get a lot more than just learning -

Sure you can learn a lot here on BP, but the local REIA has training to at the monthly meetings and weekend workshops that are a bit more hands on and face to face.

Second you can connect with a lot more people. There are a lot of Kansas City folks here on BP, but I think I can only come up with 20 or 30 names and out of that about 5 to 10 that are really active in the market and investing, at the local REIA there is on average 130 to 150 people at a meeting, with on average 20 or 30 very active investors - PLUS local contacts to build your team.

Plus the local REIA also offers discounts on a lot of national vendors to save you money.

When I started out, we went around and around, but seemed to be spinning our wheels, we joined the local REIA group and started getting somewhere.