REIA in Jacksonville or Miami, Florida

[Dolly La Salle]

Hello BP. I want to join a Real Estate Investors Association in Florida. I live in Germany, but want to invest in Jacksonville and/or Miami. Is there anybody that is a member of these REIAs? Do you recommend joining more than REIA? Looking forward to your feedback. Thank you.

[Jack Bobeck]

@Dolly La Salle "I wanted to join a REIA because many people have success stories after going to REIA meetings. I am really looking for a mentor and a group of RE Investors where I can meet face to face. I live in Germany, but will travel to the states to invest and meet with people."

Are you investing in any properties in Germany? In your backyard? You don't need success stories out of a JaxREIA meeting to be successful investing in your backyard. In fact, investing in Germany is easier for you, since, well, you live there. A Real Estate Investment Association is a group of like-minded investors getting together to share their ideas and news and information with each other to help each of them with their real estate.

I say save your money, look in your city or towns for people who own a lot of real estate. Ask the store owners, call the owners, do the work to find the people who own and ask them your questions, perhaps they can mentor you as well. You can build a new business offering solutions to Yankees wanting to buy property in Germany. There are 1000s of things you can do there, which we cannot here. The last thing you need to do is get on a plane to attend a "trade show" of other investors hawking their 'wares' and solutions. The Trade Show is a great money maker for the JaxREIA and is another way the vendors can touch the members and discuss their latest products/solutions. 

I like JaxREIA, I used to teach classes there and learned a bunch from great people there. I met alot of great people, but no mentor. You don't need a mentor, you need experiences. You need to fail, get up and get back to the path. You need to learn on your own. It sounds scary, its not, you can do it and do it well, but you do not ever need a mentor to take the step. Find people in your area with a like-minded attitude on real estate and build it. 

I love Germany, we recently were in Cologne and saw the great Cathedral and local pubs. We have traveled the Danube and the Rhine rivers. Its a great country with really nice people. You have a great leader in Angela Merkel, and a great business climate. Best of luck to you!