Rental Property Investor · Rockford, IL · Member since 2014 · 4k+ posts · 2k+ votes
Hello, Folks,
I'm looking for others interested in starting up a Joliet-area REIA.
Most of the known groups meet up in the western suburbs - Lombard, Elmhurst, Villa Park, even as far out as Crystal Lake. That's a mighty truck from Joliet, Shorewood, New Lenox, etc.
I've also seen some Indiana people express an interest in the Joliet area for meetings.
If you're seriously interested, please leave a reply. Please know that I will refer to your BP profile to find your e-mail address unless you private-message it to me - I understand that some don't want to post it to their profile. I will respect your privacy and only contact you in reference to this thread.
New Lenox, IL · Member since 2017 · 9 posts · 2 votes
9y
Hello, We are just beginning to educate ourselves on real estate investing and looking to get started. Would definitely be interesting in a local meet up to share ideas and meet other investors.
Rental Property Investor · Coal City, IL · Member since 2018 · 56 posts · 19 votes
7y
@Account Closed I've been pleasantly surprised at how willing local landlords/investors/realtors are to network and share information. I don't have a large portfolio, but the local network has been great.
Lockport, IL · Member since 2016 · 2 posts · 2 votes
7y
Hi!
I noticed some of the faces here on another thread I read about an upcoming breakfast. Do you guys have any Joliet meet ups other than breakfast? I would like to start attending some events in this area.
Rental Property Investor · Channahon, IL · Member since 2018 · 161 posts · 103 votes
7y
@Keith Jenkins upcoming meet up being planned now. More information on ‘Joliet real estate investors’. Looks like end of November, but not certain yet.
Wholesaler · Woodridge, IL · Member since 2015 · 13 posts · 4 votes
7y
Welcome to Bigger Pockets! You don't need money to get some things happening. All investors are looking for properties. If you can find a property that needs some work, and that an investor might be able to negotiate a purchase off the MLS, you can earn "Bird Dog" money, for finding the deal. The next step after that -- again, without your own money invested -- is that you would get a property under contract, then sell the contract (no need to even own the property, just sell the contract) to an investor with a nice fee for yourself added in. That's a wholesale deal.
I buy from wholesalers, and I'm interested in the Joliet, Romeoville, Crest Hill areas. I am a Realtor, so I already see everything listed on the MLS (or Zillow, etc.). And I own properties in Joliet and Romeoville, so I know the areas very well, and have some areas (downtown Joliet) that I have no interest in (so even though you can buy houses there for $20,000, no thanks).
I haven't checked this thread for quite a while. Not sure anyone else is checking it but the group does meet up once a month. They primarily use facebook to get the word out. @Aaron Mikottis is the ring leader. Look him up on facebook and you should be able to find the next meeting. Good luck.
Architect · Joliet, IL · Member since 2015 · 207 posts · 119 votes
7y
Yep, we are having out regular meeting next week Wednesday. Join our Facebook group to stay plugged in there. I also post events on the BP forums - just set an alert for Joliet.
Rental Property Investor · Coal City, IL · Member since 2018 · 56 posts · 19 votes
7y
JRLA General Membership Meeting
Thursday, April 11th 2019
6:30 networking, 7pm program
Jameson's Pub, 2755 Black Road, Joliet
The meeting will be focused on financing single family and multi-family deals with presentations from a local lender and the Chicago Community Loan Fund . Cross posted in the marketplace events section.
The Chicago Community Loan Fund
The mission of the Chicago Community Loan Fund is to provide flexible, affordable and responsible financing and technical assistance for community stabilization and development efforts and initiatives that benefit low- to moderate-income neighborhoods, families and individuals throughout metropolitan Chicago (Including Will County).
CCLF was created to ensure that Chicagoland community developers (including small and emerging groups) would have a lender to turn to for harder-to-underwrite projects and enterprises. CCLF often works with challenging but promising projects that other financial institutions will not or cannot finance.
Rental Property Investor · Joliet, IL · Member since 2019 · 4 posts · 0 votes
6y
Is this REI network still meeting? I see the last post is seven months old. I'm looking to network with local REIs in the joliet area. Anyone still regularly meeting in the area?
Investor · Chicago, IL · Member since 2015 · 154 posts · 91 votes
6y
@Vince Roddy - There's an REI meetup on 1/22 @ 7pm at the Jameson's in Joliet. I don't have the link at the moment but it's on the BP events. If you can't find it, let me know and I'll send it your way.