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Come out, enjoy some wonderful selections from the Coffee Grounds menu, get a big cup of coffee and rub elbows with the people actively investing in Real Estate all over Wisconsin! Please tip your servers well, let them know you appreciate their care!

Networking has a bigger impact than education, marketing, and anything else you do for your business. Not only is networking a shortcut to success, but it also helps build long term relationships! We hope to see you there!

Hosts: AJ Minaker and Shaun Tutor

AJ Minaker

AJ first became interested in real estate in 2006. After years of contemplating, he bought his first house, a duplex that he and his wife made home for four years. Since then, they have purchased additional units and begun rehabbing single family homes.

AJ lives with his wife and children in the Eau Claire area. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, working out, personal training, and he recently started coaching youth basketball. The challenge of investing in real estate is something AJ enjoys.

He is always looking to share his knowledge and to continue learning about every facet of real estate.

Shaun Tutor

Shaun became interested in real estate two years ago. He has a home improvement company and investing company, where he focuses on flipping and BRRRRing real estate with his brother. Shaun and his wife, Sam, have a podcast called “Tutors of Life” where they research life, so you don’t have to.

Shaun loves business, real estate, and investing, which are the main topics he discusses on his podcast. His first company he built, started in 2017 and sold in November of 2021 to focus on real estate. Shaun enjoys spending time with his wife and dog, Mimi and taking cruises in one of his classic cars.

Additional Meeting Information:

Meeting Location:

The Coffee Grounds

4212 Southtowne Dr

Eau Claire, WI 54701

Members are always FREE! First-time guests are always FREE! After that, non-members are $20!

Tuesday, Sept 26th from 11:30 am onwards

Hosted by: AJ Minaker & Shaun Tutor

Pre-register at https://www.wiscoreia.com/event-5416465 to save your seat!

Madison Happy Hour: for Real Estate Investors!

Come and network, this is where the real deals get done.

Speaker: Matt Jones

Matt Jones

This networking event at Delta Beer Lab will be laidback networking for everyone involved in real estate - whether you are just getting started or are an experienced veteran in the field. There won't be a formal presentation, just networking. Your success in real estate is directly related to the quality of network you have. Join us at any point during this event, and be ready to add value to each other while expanding your network.

Additional Meeting Information:

Meeting Location:

Delta Beer Lab

167 E Badger Rd

Madison, WI 53713

This event is FREE of charge!

Thursday, September 28th between 5:30pm - 9:30pm


Hosted by: Chris Hake

Pre-register at https://www.wiscoreia.com/event-5042434 to save your seat!

Topic: An Investor Spotlight Event: With Feedback from the Whole Room!

Speaker: TBD

The last in-person meeting, the "Investor Workshop" was a hit, so we're trying something new this month as well. An "Investor Spotlight" where investors in the room can share their business problems, dilemmas, and opportunities in front of them. The whole room will then be able to provide their thoughts and insight to generate ideas to provide value.

This could really move the needle for folks, and even if you don't want to be in the 'spotlight,' you'll likely get some extremely valuable feedback that you can apply to your business. We'd value your feedback as well. We'll try to get a good mix of spotlights and topics and here are some possible examples:

• Someone with no deal, who's ready to buy but feeling unsure
• A new investor looking to scale
• A more seasoned investor with an opportunity in front of them
• A vendor, such as a realtor or contractor, looking to specialize with investors

Spotlights will be on a first come first serve basis. This meeting has great potential, and should be a blast!

Additional Meeting Information:

Meeting Location:

The Bar
10302 Market Street
Rothschild, WI 54474

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Networking

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Speaker Presentation

You can stay after the meeting as well to network! Remember to bring your deals!

Members are always FREE! Your first meeting with WiscoREIA is FREE! After your first meeting, Non-Members are $20

WiscoREIA’s Wausau Main Meeting Always Meets on the 3rd Monday of the Month from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm!

Monday, September 18th from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Hosted by: Derek Dombeck and Ashley Lang

Pre-register at https://wiscoreia.com/event-5043932 to save your spot!

Self Storage Case Study: Zero to $14,000,000+ in 2-Years!

Join Chris as he takes you on his journey the past few years of growing a sizable self storage portfolio with plenty of great nuggets anyone can use! Chris will share how he and his team bought, built and/or flipped 1,151 self storage units with only $30,000 out of Chris's pocket.

In this meeting, you will learn:

• Why self-storage over other rental opportunities.
  
• How to find a suitable self-storage property
  
• The simple steps to execute a successful self-storage acquisition
  
• Wholesaling self-storage for huge profits!
• How to avoid common mistakes
  
• How to maximize profits
  
• How to scale and replicate
• Why the right team and systems are CRITICAL

This meeting is perfect for anyone who wants to get a peek behind the curtain and is interested in self storage as a strategy. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced investor, you'll walk away with nuggets and insights that you can implement right away.

Speaker: Chris Hake

Chris Hake

Chris is the visionary and investor coach of the Master Investor Academy and Madison Real Estate Investors Association (REIA). Chris has decades of real estate investing experience and has seen (and smelled) more distressed properties than he cares to admit. He now applies that knowledge in the mentoring and education of his Coaching students that are actively engaged in rehabbing, wholesaling, and holding of properties all over South Central Wisconsin.

Chris has been a Madisonian for over 45 years and investing in the Madison real estate market for over 26 years. Since doing his first house hack in 1994, he has been involved with 100’s of house flips, 100’s of rentals, raised over 10 million dollars to fund those deals and had 1000’s of students come through his local training and coaching programs. Chris has a PhD & Master’s Degree in the school of hard knocks

Between 2006-2010 Chris taught the Real Estate Investing course at Madison Area Technical College, which saw 100’s of students come through his classes.

Between speaking engagements and mentoring other investors, Chris oversees the daily operations of his investing business, Madison Property Group, that rehabs, wholesales and wholetails properties, and holds properties for his investment portfolio.

In July 2012, Chris founded The Madison REIA and in July 2021 merged his REIA with WiscoREIA which has 5 REIA's across Wisconsin, bringing the combined membership to over 650 with 6 locations!

On a personal note, Chris and his wife, Suzanna, have three children, Tyler, Tanner and Trelan. He also has two dogs, Kona and Hemi. Chris loves classic muscle cars (Corvettes), all outdoor sports, especially golf, and fishing. As a husband, father, businessman, and real estate investor, Chris holds true to his core values and living his Life and Business Vision plan.

His personal and business motto is, “People before profits.”

Hosts: Dan Yurkovich & Andy Baugher

Dan Yurkovich

Dan started his investing career in 2018 when he moved to Kenosha and bought his first property to “house hack” and begin building a rental portfolio. After struggling in real estate for 2 years, he eventually found WiscoREIA in 2020. Networking with other local investors at the monthly meetups, he quickly learned the potential to become financially free through real estate and dove in head first.

He started acquiring more rentals using the "BRRRR" method and eventually got into flips, wholesales, and creative financing. In June, 2022, Dan was able to leave his fulltime job as a mechanical engineer and start investing in real estate full time. He specializes in buying rentals with no money down and is always eager to learn new strategies to buy properties and help sellers in difficult situations.

Dan loves to share what he has learned with other investors and get those around him excited about the life-changing potential of real estate investing. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, trying new food, playing sports and snowboarding.

Andy Baugher

Andy has been passionate about real estate for all of his adult life. In 2012, Andy purchased his first commercial property and then continued his real estate investing over the years by purchasing and holding multifamily properties in the Racine/Kenosha area. His main strategy as an investor is buy and hold, but he enjoys and dabbles in BRRR, hard money lending and investing in syndicated deals. Andy built his portfolio over the years while working a full time W2 job. In 2022, Andy "Retired" from the "9 to 5" to enjoy financial freedom and continue to grow his investment portfolio and businesses. Andy and his wife own a local full-service real estate brokerage and a property management company.

In his free time, Andy enjoys spending time with his wife (Meagan) and two young children (Ben and Jack) as well as working out, running and almost any other outdoor activity.

Andy enjoys sharing his knowledge and insight with others about real estate investing and is passionate about helping people use real estate to build wealth and reach financial freedom.

Additional Meeting Information:

Meeting Location:

Brat Stop

12304 75th Street

Kenosha, WI 53142

Come early or stay after! Bring your deals, too!

Your first meeting is FREE! After that Non-Members are $20! Members are always FREE!

Thursday, September 14th from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

6:30 pm - Networking

7:00 pm - Meeting Starts

Hosted by: Dan Yurkovich & Andy Baugher

Pre-register at https://wiscoreia.com/event-5043636 to be included in the check-in list!

Turning $17,000 into a $16 million portfolio in 6 years!

Do you want to grow your business? Do you want to do it in a healthy and sustainable way? When you look at a building, do you want to better see what you are looking at? Kevin will share principles he uses to make these decisions.

Some people are figuring out their first investment purchase. Others have developed large and healthy portfolios or are on their way there. Wherever you are on your investment journey, Kevin's goal is to bring relevant and useful information to you.

• Decision making principles
• Business fundamentals
• How to find and finance deals
• The benefits and risks of leverage
• Operating a profitable business, ethically
• You won't want to miss this one.

Speaker: Kevin Gracyalny

Kevin Gracyalny

Purchasing his first property in 2017, Kevin is an active real estate investor primarily focused on rental properties. He started his professional career selling Cutco Cutlery. Using that sales experience, he took his $17,000 in savings to buy his first rental and start a business buying in bulk and selling a variety of products. This produced his initial capital to continue acquiring rentals. Over the years his portfolio now holds 16 million in assets comprising over 200 units. In addition to rentals, he has experience wholesaling and flipping.

Early in his career, Kevin took time to figure out how he wanted to live. What was important, how to think, and how to learn. He stress tested the theories against multiple businesses to find what principles to keep, and which to discard. Ultimately, he seeks to live a good life.

Important Notice:

This meeting will be at The Lyric Room at Stage 1. Please enjoy food, drinks, and TIP YOUR SERVERS!

Additional Meeting Information:

6:30 pm to 7:00 pm - Check-In & Networking with investors and sponsors

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm - Speaker Presentation

This meeting will be at The Lyric Room at the Stage 1. Please enjoy food, drinks, and TIP YOUR SERVERS!

Meeting Location:

The Lyric Room at Stage 1

233 N Broadway

Green Bay, WI 54303

Your first meeting with WiscoREIA is FREE! After that, non-members are $20! Members are always FREE!

WiscoREIA Green Bay Always Meets on the 1st Tuesday of the Month from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm!

Hosted by: Mike Martell & Joe Gracyalny

Topic update! See below.
Pre-register at https://wiscoreia.com/event-5042264 to be included in the check-in list.

Sheboygan REI Meetup: Marketing and Investing Basics!

Join us at the WiscoREIA Sheboygan REI meetup: Marketing and Investing Basics!

Get ready to hear from our local real estate investors as they talk about their investing journey, their current focus, thoughts on marketing, and answer your questions.

The panel will include investors with investing experience in: wholesaling, buy and hold investing, syndication, commercial deals and list pulling.

You will not want to miss this opportunity! Bring your business cards as well as a friend! First time guests can attend for free!

Speaker: Andrew Engel

Andrew Engel

Andrew Engel is a real estate investor and the founder of Fresh Picked Leads, a lead generation company designed to collect and distribute the freshest motivated seller lists in Wisconsin. Andrew's professional background is in software engineering, business analytics, and project management, which he leverages to build his own businesses and bring value to other investors.

When he's not working on those things, you can find him creating new software projects, networking, reading, homebrewing, or spending time with his wife, son, and two Australian Shepherds.

Additional Meeting Information:

Meeting Location:

Legend Larry's

1142 Plankview Green Blvd

Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085

Come early or stay after! Bring your deals, too!

Your first meeting is FREE! After that Non-Members are $20! Members are always FREE!

Wednesday, August 23rd from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

6:30 pm - Networking

7:00 pm - Meeting Starts

Hosted by: Geoff Possley & Chris Wolfert

Pre-register at https://wiscoreia.com/event-5042264 to be included in the check-in list.

Sheboygan REIA: What Does it Take to Be a Millionaire?

Join us to discover the millionaire mindset at the Wiscoreia Sheboygan Real Estate Meetup.

During this event, Attorney Kyle Kaufman of Hawley, Kaufman, & Kautzer, S.C., HKK Properties, LLC, and Chamberlain World Trade, LLC, will lead a discussion on the success factors that millionaires identify as the game-changers to their wealth.

Whether you are a millionaire or aspire to be one, this event will inspire and encourage you to live your life to the fullest potential. You will uncover the factors that most millionaires have relied on to live out their dreams. The answers might surprise you!

Attorney Kaufman will also share his story. In addition to lawyering, he is a business owner, real estate investor, investor in the markets, host of a weekly online program on personal and business development, a husband, father, and soccer coach, among other things.

Here is what you will learn:

• What are the millionaire success factors
• Which factors are most influential in becoming a millionaire
• How many of these factors you have already met, and what which ones still need to be conquered
• How you can be confident in your business and personal life
• How you can coach others to become millionaires like you
• How Attorney Kaufman went from zero real estate rental units in 2020 to owning a building with 18 residential units and two commercial units, a 44,000 square foot warehouse, 3 parking lots, and co-owning two additional commercial units

This event is a must-attend for real estate investors, both beginners and experienced professionals, who want to live their life to the fullest, be inspired, and encourage others. By attending this event, you will gain a competitive advantage in your local market.

Bring your deals and business cards and network with our vendors and members! Stay tuned for more information.

Speaker: Kyle Kaufman

Kyle Kaufman

Kyle Kaufman is a business owner, attorney, real estate investor, and host of the Meaningful Ideas Trading Club. Kyle was born and raised in Wisconsin. He grew up wanting to help people. He has discovered his life’s purpose to help families in Wisconsin and to provide individuals with commercial space for their business, and residences for people to live.

In 2005 Kyle started practicing law. He handled almost all aspects of the law. Early in his career he took on landlord and tenant matters, and civil disputes involving real estate. He started to advise people starting their real estate portfolios, and drafted documents for investors to use in their businesses and with tenants and property managers.

In 2010 Kyle became a one-third owner of the law firm, Hawley, Kaufman & Kautzer.

Kyle’s practice shifted to family law sometime around 2018, as more and more people called seeking his assistance. Kyle became fascinated with all the financial information he discovered while representing individuals in divorce matters and financial disputes between former significant others. He started to study more thoroughly on the issues of real estate, business, taxes, and more.

Today, Kyle’s law practice focuses entirely on family law, including divorce, maintenance, child support, paternity, property division, child custody, adoption, termination of parental rights, guardianship and more. In the legal world, he sees his contributions in this area to have the most transformational impact on the community.

Kyle now owns one-half of the law firm business, and leads a team of 15 people.

Real estate has always been an interest, and after advising clients for many years, Kyle and his wife, Sunny, decided to join in on the fun. Since the year 2000, Kyle and Sunny, have acquired and now own a building with 18 residential units and two commercial units, a 44,000 square foot warehouse, 3 parking lots, and they co-own two additional commercial units. They are generating passive income from their investments and using the power of delegation to make it all work.

In 2021 Kyle created an online weekly meetup event called the Meaningful Ideas Trading Club. Kyle hosts the program and invites others to share and mastermind on ideas related to personal and business development.

Outside of business, Kyle and Sunny have 6 children, and they enjoy spending their time with their family.

Additional Meeting Information:

Meeting Location:

Legend Larry's

1142 Plankview Green Blvd

Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085

Come early or stay after! Bring your deals, too!

Your first meeting is FREE! After that Non-Members are $20! Members are always FREE!

Wednesday, August 23rd from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

6:30 pm - Networking

7:00 pm - Meeting Starts

Hosted by: Geoff Possley & Chris Wolfert

Pre-register at https://wiscoreia.com/event-5042431 to be included in the check-in list!

A Night of Answers: Wausau REI Networking Night!

Bring your deals & business cards and network with WiscoREIA members and sponsors! This is one of our most popular events. The whole night is dedicated to you! Plan to be there for a day filled with answers to all your burning questions.

• Let's play networking games and get to know local investors in your area!
• New to investing? – Bring them!
• Questions about Wholesaling? – Bring them!
• Questions about Rehabbing? – Bring Them!
• Questions about Landlording/Rentals – Bring them!
• Questions about Lending/Borrowing? – Bring them!

Whatever it is you want to know more about, bring it. No topic is off limits!

Additional Meeting Information:

Meeting Location:

The Bar
10302 Market Street
Rothschild, WI 54474

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Networking

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Speaker Presentation

You can stay after the meeting as well to network! Remember to bring your deals!

Members are always FREE! Your first meeting with WiscoREIA is FREE! After your first meeting, Non-Members are $20

WiscoREIA’s Wausau Main Meeting Always Meets on the 3rd Monday of the Month from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm!

Monday, August 21st from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Hosted by: Derek Dombeck and Ashley Lang

Pre-register at https://wiscoreia.com/event-50... to be included in the check-in list!

Kenosha REI Event: Off-Market Deal Deep Dive!

Come join us as we go through the details of one of Dan's recent off market deals! We will break down every detail from finding the deal, running numbers, estimating repairs, negotiating the deal, securing funding, creating sweat equity and ultimately turning it into a cashflowing rental property!

If you are currently looking for off market deals or want to start, this presentation will cover everything you need to get started or level up your investing career. Bring your questions and get ready to work through the deal with us in real time! We've included every form, software, calculator, vendor, and procedure you need to execute these types of transactions on your own!

Make sure to hang around before and after to connect with other local investors! Your network is your net worth!

Hosts: Dan Yurkovich & Andy Baugher

Dan Yurkovich

Dan started his investing career in 2018 when he moved to Kenosha and bought his first property to “house hack” and begin building a rental portfolio. After struggling in real estate for 2 years, he eventually found WiscoREIA in 2020. Networking with other local investors at the monthly meetups, he quickly learned the potential to become financially free through real estate and dove in head first.

He started acquiring more rentals using the "BRRRR" method and eventually got into flips, wholesales, and creative financing. In June, 2022, Dan was able to leave his fulltime job as a mechanical engineer and start investing in real estate full time. He specializes in buying rentals with no money down and is always eager to learn new strategies to buy properties and help sellers in difficult situations.

Dan loves to share what he has learned with other investors and get those around him excited about the life-changing potential of real estate investing. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, trying new food, playing sports and snowboarding.

Andy Baugher

Andy has been passionate about real estate for all of his adult life. In 2012, Andy purchased his first commercial property and then continued his real estate investing over the years by purchasing and holding multifamily properties in the Racine/Kenosha area. His main strategy as an investor is buy and hold, but he enjoys and dabbles in BRRR, hard money lending and investing in syndicated deals. Andy built his portfolio over the years while working a full time W2 job. In 2022, Andy "Retired" from the "9 to 5" to enjoy financial freedom and continue to grow his investment portfolio and businesses. Andy and his wife own a local full-service real estate brokerage and a property management company.

In his free time, Andy enjoys spending time with his wife (Meagan) and two young children (Ben and Jack) as well as working out, running and almost any other outdoor activity.

Andy enjoys sharing his knowledge and insight with others about real estate investing and is passionate about helping people use real estate to build wealth and reach financial freedom.

Additional Meeting Information:

Meeting Location:

Brat Stop

12304 75th Street

Kenosha, WI 53142

Come early or stay after! Bring your deals, too!

Your first meeting is FREE! After that Non-Members are $20! Members are always FREE!

Thursday, August 10th from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

6:30 pm - Networking

7:00 pm - Meeting Starts

Hosted by: Dan Yurkovich & Andy Baugher

Pre-register at https://wiscoreia.com/event-50... to be included in the check-in list!

Eau Claire REI Summer Cookout!

Bring your deals and business cards to this one folks! This month's meetup is a networking event, dedicated to grilling out, and real estate discussion!

It will be a networking/family night for members. This will give everyone ample opportunity to chat with people you may usually not have time to chat with.

We will be grilling out, we will have, smoked pulled pork, mac and cheese, beans, dip, water, and soda. If anyone wants to help bring some other food, desserts, sides, etc., please send an email to [email protected]. BYOB.

We can't wait to have a little fun, and engage with like-minded individuals. We'll have some time for haves and wants, and share any questions, or walk through a deal or two as well if anyone wants that. This meeting is dedicated to you!

Hosts: AJ Minaker & Shaun Tutor

AJ Minaker

AJ first became interested in real estate in 2006. After years of contemplating, he bought his first house, a duplex that he and his wife made home for four years. Since then, they have purchased additional units and begun rehabbing single family homes.

AJ lives with his wife and children in the Eau Claire area. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, working out, personal training, and he recently started coaching youth basketball. The challenge of investing in real estate is something AJ enjoys.

He is always looking to share his knowledge and to continue learning about every facet of real estate.

Shaun Tutor

Shaun became interested in real estate two years ago. He has a home improvement company and investing company, where he focuses on flipping and BRRRRing real estate with his brother. Shaun and his wife, Sam, have a podcast called “Tutors of Life” where they research life, so you don’t have to.

Shaun loves business, real estate, and investing, which are the main topics he discusses on his podcast. His first company he built, started in 2017 and sold in November of 2021 to focus on real estate. Shaun enjoys spending time with his wife and dog, Mimi and taking cruises in one of his classic cars.

Additional Meeting Information:

Important Notice:

This meeting will be at Carson Park.

Meeting Location:

Carson Park

100 Carson Park Dr

Eau Claire, WI 54703

Members are always FREE! First-time guests are always FREE! After that, non-members are $20!

Tuesday, August 8th from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Hosted by: AJ Minaker & Shaun Tutor