If you like houses with History with a capital H, then Hyde Park is a great area. With a great mix of homes, duplexes and apartments. Close to downtown, plaza and all highways, this was THE place to live a short 60 to 75 years ago. These were solid structures built to last, but because of the size many of the beautiful old homes were converted to duplexes, tri plexs and all sizes of plexes. But they are all going back to original these days. Some tips on Hyde Park:

• Look for older homes that still have some of the original history of the home, the more the better, for exampel our house on Warwick still has a lot of the original floors, massive trim, vents and covers, plus the original fireplace, built in sideboard, and parts of the old stair cases. As we think this was originally a duplex, we don't think the front entry stair case is there (stairs are) but you may find bannisters in the walls.
• Look for older homes that don't have a lot of paint on the woodwork. If you want to go back to original, there is a lot of stripping of the old wood work and 30 years ago it was eaiser to paint it white. Our house on Warwick has very little white paint on the woodwork.
• Then you usually need to figure out how to get in a few more bathrooms, this one on Warwick has 2 full baths on the 2nd floor and a 1/2 bath by the back staircase all ready in place.
• Another issue in these older homes are tiny kitchens. This one on Warwick has tons of room for a nice big open kitchen that opens onto the back deck or opens into a hearth room (sort of) and still have a formal dining room if that's your thing.
• We also find that parking can be an issue in Hyde Park, but this great Kansas City Fixer Upper has a car garage. We think that with a new roof and doors that the parking issues will be resolved.

If you are looking for a Hyde Park Fixer Upper in Kansas City, look no further than 3730 Warwick. Click on the street name to get photos, comps, and more info on the house. Or call Joe 816-507-4203 or Don at 816-523-4400 x 223. If you want a fixer upper house, but Hyde Park is just not your thing click to tell us what you are looking for so we can notify you of property when we have it available.

ATTENTION BUYERS!!!

How HUD & the FHA can help you become a homeowner

 

FHA might be just what you need. Your down payment can be as low as 3% of the purchase price, and most of your closing costs and fees can be included in the loan.

FHA, the Federal Housing Administration, is an agency within HUD, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. FHA was established in 1934 to advance opportunities for lower- and moderate-income American families to own homes. By providing private lenders with mortgage insurance, the FHA gives that lender the security they need to lend to first-time buyers who might not be able to qualify for conventional loans. The FHA has helped more than 26 million Americans buy a home.

To qualify with the FHA, you don't need perfect credit or a high-paying job. The FHA also makes loans more accessible by requiring smaller down payments than conventional loans. In fact, an FHA down payment could be as little as a few months rent. And your monthly payments may not be much more than rent.

FHA loan limits vary from $115,200 in low-cost areas to $208,800 in high-cost areas. The loan maximums for multi-unit homes (FHA loans are available on up to four unit properties) are higher than those for single units and also vary by area.

With the exception of a few additional forms, the FHA loan application process is similar to that of a conventional loan. Contact an FHA approved lender in your area.  For a list of approved lenders you can visit the HUD website at www.HUD.gov

If you would like more detail on the content of this report don't hesitate to contact us, we are here for all of your real estate needs.

 

* Tucker One Properties, Inc. *

115 E Gregory

Kansas City, Mo 64114

816-523-4400

www.TuckerOneProperties.com

 

Dear Member

We have a lot going on at MAREI and around the metro with other organizations this month.  Be sure to check out the Calendar of Events to make sure you don't miss anything.

For example - yesterday the new Commercial Subgroup started their every other week meetings, Lee's Summit Investors should meet this Saturday, the monthly MAREI meeting is next Tuesday and tonight . . .  a webinar . .  Commercial Real Estate Investing.  Details and registrations for everything are on the Calendar of Events .

And last we are working on improving the navigation on the web site.  We will be changing it a little bit at a time, so if you have not stopped by lately, be sure to check it out.  If you have not logged in lately, your user name and password (for members anyway) should be on the right panel of this email.

We also had a huge turn out for the Than Merrill Training at JCCC last week.  For those of you who were there, make sure you TAKE ACTION and implement your notes.  Take them out and review them and create an action plan to implement at least 3 new things you learned and follow up with all the business cards you collected during the networking parts.

 

The April Investment News is Posted

 

  April 2010 - click to read

 

MAREI April 13th General Meeting

Real Estate Investing for the Regular Guy

Kansas City's own Dan Reedy is going to be sharing how regular folks like you and I can get started in real estate investing.  We have networking from 6pm to 7:15, announcements at 7:15, and Presentation at 7:30. 

To register: 04/13/2010-MAREI General Meeting - Real Estate Investing for the Regular Guy

 

Planned Vendors for this meeting:

• Renovators Insurance for vacant & rental properties
• Dan Reedy & Staff from Missouri Real Estate Exchange
• Sherwin Williams w/ 40% discount for MAREI members
• Accurate Title for all your escrow, title, and 1031 exchange needs
• Argentine Federal Savings with investors loans

 

 

Who is Than Merrill and why do you need to know?  

 

Founder and President of CT Homes, LLC and FortuneBuilders, Inc. is currently one of the most successful investors and speakers in the nation.  

He has quickly established himself as a respected expert in the fields of marketing and wholesaling. With his enduring enthusiasm for the business and most up to date hands on experiences in structuring and closing deals, he has brought a breath of fresh air into the world of real estate education.

He applies and grows his knowledge daily in his company and then shares his ground breaking techniques with his students. The results are evident as in the past three years alone, his company CT Homes, LLC has purchased, rehabbed, and wholesaled over 180 single family and multi-family properties. His company is currently buying between 8-12 properties per month.

Than's success can be attributed in large part to his team building talents and cutting edge business systems. He has proven an absolute champion in surrounding himself with some of the most dynamic and dedicated partners, employees, investors and students. In this course, Than shares these and many more secrets to his company's exponential growth. He also introduces his students to unique wholesaling and marketing systems that are among the most advanced in the industry.

He is coming to Kansas City, Missouri on March 27^th to teach an all day workshop "Wholesaling for Quick Cash & Marketing for Deals" so investors in the Kansas City area can find out find out a few of his secrets that have made him successful and landed him and quite a few of his business partners on the hit TV show Flip this House on A & E.

If you would like to learn more about this speaking engagement, please visit the calendar of events for Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors (the host of the event) at www.MAREInet.com or call 816-523-4400. 

With the huge numbers of foreclosures, bank owned properties, vacant properties, there has never been a better time in for real estate investing.  It is a prime opportunity for experienced investors and new investors if they have the right training to turn a profit and help the community at the same time.  Than is teaching key how to methods that anyone can duplicate, that we see on Flip this House, through his courses and at this hands on workshop on March 27^th.

Find out how investors can help the community they live in by purchasing just a few of the many vacant homes in the area, renovating them as needed, and then getting them occupied by tenants and new home buyers.

 

Than Merrill was born in Fresno, California. He is a graduate of Yale University and he currently resides in New Haven, Connecticut. After a very successful college football career, he played in the NFL for two years with the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers before moving on to real estate investing full time. Than continues pursuing his entrepreneurial dream of building a dynamic company in the company of friends while enthusiastically teaching the secrets of his success to investors across the country.

The facts:

Than Merrill to speak in Kansas City

Johnson County Community College

Saturday March 27^th, 2010 from 8:30 to 4:30

Sponsored by Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors

Web:  www.MAREInet.com

Email:  info@MAREInet.com

Phone:  816-523-4400 x 222

News media, call office to get in contact with Than if you would like to interview Than.

Renovation Training Required by the EPA

Effective April of 2010 (and earlier in some State), the EPA final Rule, referred to as the "RRP Rule" (Renovation, Remodeling and Painting Rule), will take effect.  One of the many requirements of this new EPA Federal Regulation is that construction related activity persons (Carpenters, Roofers, Painters, Remodelers, Renovators, HVAC Persons, Electricians, Plumbers, Carpet Installers, etc) who will impact 6 square feet or more in total (some States are using 2 square feet) of any and all surface coatings (paint, stain, varnish, shellac, polyurethane, epoxy, sealers, etc) or lead-contaminating materials in a pre-1978 structure, as well as all commercial Daycare centers and Kindergarten facilities, will have to receive the mandated Lead-Safe Work Practices (LSWP) training from an approved Professional Training Provider.

State or EPA certification /licensure will be required for construction related activity persons (Contractors) and those persons must receive training from an approved Professional Training Provider.  When the new RRP Rule takes effect on April 22, 2010, Contractors will have to take the mandated training from a Professional Training Provider that has been accredited by tht EPA or in the specific State in which the Contractors want to provide services.

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As the EPA does not seem to be doing much to let the general public know about this new training requirement (we found out by accident) our association, Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors is working to educate the general public at least in the Kansas City area.  On Tuesday February 9^th we invited in Lead Expert Richard Baker from Baker Environmental Consulting (www.BakerEnvironmental.com) to speak at our monthly association meeting of Real Estate Investors and their contractors to tell us what is going on.

History:  Man has known that lead is harmful to people for over 3,000 years.  The Romans knew it.  Benjamin Franklin wrote about the visible health effects of lead paint to painters in the 1700's.  Paint manufacturers in the 1800's offered "Lead Free" paint that was "Safe".  Yet we continued to use Lead Paint in homes until 1978 and it is still in all paint today, just in much lower quantities than we say pre 1978.

Lead Poisoning can cause a myriad of health issues and affect just about every part of the body.  Where we especially see it is children of low income families that live in less well maintained homes.  But it can be anywhere, and is also being seen in the homes of Contractors.

Where most lead poisoning comes from is from lead dust that is created during renovation and remodeling that is blown out onto carpeting in other rooms of the home.  On clothing of the contractors that is tracked to their vehicles and take home to their furniture and flooring.  Children, especially small children crawl on the flooring, touch floors, car seats, grass on the outside of the home, the dog who has been playing in grass contaminated with lead paint dust, etc.  It gets on the hands of the children, which in most small children then go into their mouths.  Just getting a minute amount on their hands and into their mouths over a several day period can cause severe lead poisoning and over prolonged periods it can cause death.

So consider the contractor with 2.5 kids that has lead dust on his clothing when he goes home - he gets dust in his car, on his furniture, on his carpeting, or through washing his clothing with the family, he gets dust on everyone else's clothing. 

So in an effort to protect not only the public whose homes are being renovated, but also the families of the contractors doing the work, we now have this new rule that is going into effect.

Specifically in KS, every contractor on the crew will need to take an 8 hour training class and get a certificate of attendance.  In MO, the owner or manager needs to take the class and get a license and then they will be able to train their own staff on lead safe work practices.  But it would be advisable that all workers take the class.

Some work practices suggested:

•1.       Don't disturb the lead paint and cause dust.  Take out the entire surface affected if in bad shape and replace or if in good condition, paint over it.  Temporary fix.

•2.       When you do cause dust.  Keep it contained  and clean it up with a HEPA vacuum, not the normal every day vacuum or shop vac but rather a commercial grade vacuum with HEPA filtering.

•3.       Don't create dust - wet it down as you work with it so it does not get dusty and in the air.

•4.       When drilling it was suggested to put a dollop of shaving cream in place and drill through it.

There are many more practices that need to be taught to protect the public.  Our speaker Richard Baker commented that it was very sad that 1000's of people suffer lead poisoning in 2010 when we have known about the health hazards of lead for over 3,000 years.

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In the News:

 

Interview with Maria Antonia of KMBC-TV 9

http://www.kmbc.com/news/22413754/detail.html

More Information:

•·         EPA  http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm

•·         HUD http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/training/rrp/rrp.cfm

•·         Baker Environmental http://www.bakerenvironmental.com/baker-environmental-whats-new.asp

•·         MAREI  http://www.mareinet.com/clubportal/EventDisplayNew.cfm?clubID=755&EventID=113382&mo=2&tDate=%7Bd%20%272010%2D02%2D10%27%7D

•·         Replay Audio of our Meeting  http://mareinet.audioacrobat.com/download/d0d431a9-3ea3-4b7d-b57d-4c9879232440.mp3

 

Lead Safe Work Practices - Classed offered by Baker Environmental:

•·         February 15^th  & 19^th - Holiday Inn, Overland Park KS

•·         March 1^st  - Accurate Rater Network, Independence, MO

•·         March 3^rd  & 4^th  - Fort Riley, KS

•·         March 8^th  - Fort Leavenworth, KS

•·         March 9^th  - Holiday Inn, Overland Park, KS

•·         March 10^th - Fort Leavenworth, KS

•·         March 15^th - 18^th - Fort Riley, KS

•·         March 19^th  & 29^th - Holiday Inn, Overland Park, KS

•·         March 31^st -  Accurate Rater Network - Independence, MO

•·         April 12^th  - 14^th - Holiday Inn, Overland Park, KS

•·         April 22^nd & 23^rd - Holiday Inn, Overland Park, KS

Looking for training in your state, contact your local health department or local EPA office for more information.

About Baker Environmental:

Baker Environmental located at 7941 Westgate Street in Lenexa, KS 66215 is the first in the Kansas City Region to receive formal approval from HUD for their Lead Safe Work Practices training.  Additionally, they are the only professional training firm in the entire region who have Staff that have attended the 2002 HUD / EPA Train-The-Trainer training course in Washington, DC that was given for those that want to become approved to teacht eh LSWP courses.  Unlike anyone else in the Midwest region of the country, Baker Environmental has been teaching LSWP classes Nationwide officially since 2003. 

Found online at www.BakerEnvironmental.com

Phone:  913-541-0220

Contact:  Richard Baker

About Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors:

Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors (MAREI) located in Prairie Village Kansas is a trade association for the Real Estate Investing industry that has provided networking and educational opportunities to real estate investors and service providers in the Kansas City Metro area since 2003.  We strive to keep our members and the general public informed of important issues relating to real estate.

Found online at:  www.MAREInet.com

Phone:  816-523-4400 x 222

Contact:  Kim Tucker

Starting on April 22, 2010, a new regulation goes into effect, the Renovation, Remodeling and Painting Rule or RRP Rule.  The RRP Rule requires that all persons who provide construction trade services will be mandated to have successfully completed a professional 1-day training course and be licensed or certified by either the EPA or by the state where the work is occurring.

This rule will apply in any situation where the construction trade service is impacting an area equal to or larger than 6 square feet of interior or an area equal to or greater than 20 square feet of exterior area that is affected by any material, paint, or surface coating containing lead.

Construction trades refers to renovators, remodelers, HVAC persons, Plumbers, Electricians, Modernizers, roofers, Carpet Installers, Maintenance Repair People, or anyone working in a construction type trade.

Everyone involved will need to be trained in the proper uses of lead safe work practices as well as the proper documentation.

To find out more about rules and regulations for Kansas City area properties, be sure to attend an informational meeting being held on Tuesday February 9^th, 2010 as a part of the regular monthly meeting for Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors.  Meeting to be held at the Sylvester Powell Jr Community Center at 6200 Martway in Mission, Kansas.  Meeting starts at 6pm with networking and presentation at 7:15.  Meeting is free for members of Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors.  Cost at the door for non-members is $25 visit our web site at www.MAREInet.com to pre-register for $15 on our Calendar of Events.

Guest speaker to be Richard Baker. 

Richard A. Baker, CPS, CEM, CELC, ACD, and President of Baker Environmental Consulting, Inc. is an internationally known and well respected expert in all aspects of the lead hazard control industry. He holds numerous licenses, accreditations and certifications from several state and federal agencies, in several different disciplines.  To find out more about Mr. Baker and his consulting company, please visit www.BakerEnvironmental.com

If you buy, sell, or repair Kansas City area homes built before 1978 you need to be at this meeting to learn more.

I get calls on a very regular basis , as a leader of a real estate investment association in Kansas City and an investor who does a bit of marketing for private lenders, from people who want to know

"Can you tell me where I can find a Private Investors?"

Sorry to say, but Private Lenders, Private Investors, Angel Investors, Silent Partners or whatever you want to call them are not out there advertising for people to lend money.  The people who do that are called BANKS or maybe Hedge funds.  And you can't call up a local investor or association to find out who the private people would be, or then they would not be private  You might consider asking them about a rehab loan company.

If you are looking for a company that offers funds for investing commercially, you might do an internet search online for a few terms like:

•·         Transactional Funding

•·         Hard Money Loans

•·         Rehab Lenders

 

There are a few companies or rather web sites out there that are go betweens for angel investors, but I have not found them to be very effective.  They call this peer to peer lending and that is a topic for another article.

But if you are looking for that true, private investor, they don't just fall into your lap, you have to do a bit of work to find them, to win them over, and then set up a deal with them.

So here's the big secret with private investors, the steps to success if you will:

•1.        You have to do a few deals, sorry, but most people are not going to trust you with any kind of money until you have done some deals, unless you are very highly trustworthy, and have an income to pay off the loan from the private investor, even if the deal goes south.

 

So as you do deals, keep a record, all the facts and figures on each and every deal, it will come in handy later.

•2.       Be sure to be a little bit of a bragger, "yea, I just closed another deal and made $2,000" or what ever.  When friends and family see you are making money, they always want to get involved - there's your next private lenders.

•3.       Get all the needed forms and documents to secure a private loan against your next property.  Talk to your attorney or title company and they can set you up.

•4.       Write down your elevator speech and practice it.

•5.       Create a presentation showing how it works and example deals

•6.       Then let everyone you know that you invest in real estate and ask people if they might be interested in investing by becoming a lender for you!

It's not really a hard job to find private lenders, but it is time consuming and you have to be prospecting for lenders all the time.  Go to the ball game, talk to the guy next to you.  On the plane, talk to your seat mate.  At the dentist, talk her up.  At the bar, talk to the bartender and the people around you. 

Everyone , everywhere is your potential private lender.  There is no magic list of these private lenders, they are all around you, and you have to be working all the time you are out in public, networking online, or talking on the phone - you never know who will be the magic guy or gal that makes all the deals happen.

Now if you want to brush up on how private lending works , the paperwork you need, how to find them, and how to approach them, I have some resources for you.

•1)       This Saturday January 23^rd, 2010 I will be teaching 3 Professional Housing Provider Workshops on financing - one on owner occupants, one on investor financing and one that is advanced financing for investors that includes both private lending and self directed IRA.  These are offered for members of Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors at $25 each or $69 for all 3.  Non-members cost is $35 a class.  Only 9 seats left.

•2)      Then on Tuesday Evening of January 26^th, Alan Cowgill will be teaching on a teleconference his method of finding private investors.  Cost for this is free, but you have to be pre-Registered. 

 

To pre-register for either of these, visit www.MAREInet.com (go through the calendar of events)

About the Author:  Kim Tucker is a real estate investor, real estate broker, and director of a REIA group in the Kansas City market.  She has been in real estate and real estate investing since 2000.  And if you would like to earn a good return on your investment by lending to an investor on real estate transactions secured by real estate, you might give her a call.  She has 100's of completed, profitable transactions that she and her partners have completed in the past 10 years.  You can reach her at 816-523-4400 x 222.

MAREI Investment News

January 2010:  Online Version

Printable Newsletter	Click to Downlaod PDF
Financing Your Buyers	Last week it was reported in an article from the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors, Inc. that the "focus for 2010 will likely be on financing: getting it done right the first time." In a survey of real estate practitioners surveyed by Inman News, the majority felt that brokers needed more training on loan programs.  Click to Read
Mission & Code of Ethics	Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors (MAREI) is one of the largest real estate investor associations in the mid-west.  MAREI members consist of full and part time investors, beginning and seasoned investors, real estate brokers and agents, attorneys, contractors, accountants, property managers, renovation specialists, appraisers, bankers, and any persons who want to enjoy the many benefits of real estate investing and MAREI Membership.  Click to Read
New Meeting Location	We have been searching for a new location that is centralized to the city. The best location we have been able to find that fits with in the budget is Sylvester Powell Jr. Community Center in Mission KS.  Click to Read
Home Buyer Assistance	According to the most recent REALTORS® Confidence Index, 39 percent of recent buyers purchased a home with a Federal Housing Administration-insured loan. REALTORS® who took part in the November survey also reported that the number of first-time home buyers continued to climb to 51 percent. So it would pay for us to learn everything we can about FHA. But there is a bevy of programs that can be utilized to help our buyers besides FHA.  Click to Read
Tech Predictions	Investors and many of the team players they work with to buy, sell, and rent properties will be using a lot more technology in the future.    We will be going mobile or virtual to lower costs. But what does "virtual" or "mobile" mean. We use free or low cost file sharing programs like Google Docs or Box.net so all team member's can access "office files" from where ever they have an internet connection. Click to Read
FHA at a Glance	What is it an FHA MortgageLoan offered by lenders that is insured by the United States Government. Because they are backed by Government, lenders are more willing to make loans, as losses to default are minimal.  Click to Read
Preferred Providers	Looking for a service provider?  Start with our Preferred Providers, these are our vendor members who help support our assiciation with their advertising dollars.  Also check out our Vendors page to connect with other supporters of MAREI.
Continuing Education	PHP Designation includes 3 workshops on financing to be offered this month.  Including:  Financing: Owner Occupant, Financing: Investor, Advanced Financing for Investors, and  All 3 Financing Classes
Join Today!	Do you you need to renew or have not yet joined?  Find out more about our Membership Benefits and Membership Options, and Join Today!
Calendar of Events	Stay up to date with what is going on in real estate today.  Check out ourCalendar of Events.  If you have an event you would like to market through our calendar, please send us information on your event and possible joint venture information.
MAREI's Food Drive	MAREI's food drive with Harvesters raised funds for 975, many thanks for those who donated.  We have extended our drive through January.  If you intended to donate, but forgot, here's your chance.
Invite a Friend to Attend	Invite a friend to the next MAREI meeting as your guest for free.  They can attend one time for free and after that the cost is $25 at the door or $15 if they preregister.  When they join, and let us know you referred them, we will credit you with $25 in MAREI dollars.  Find our More

January 12th, Monthly Meeting:  click for details

It was published by KCRAR last week:

"While foreclosures continued to take center stage during 2009, the focus for 2010 will likely be on financing:  getting it done right the first tiem.  A majority of real estate practictioners surveyed by Inman News felt that brokers need more training on loan programs.

Meanwhile, the media is hammering the message home to consumers.  a Business Week article points out that "Now's the time to get a great deal on a mortgage, but borrowers should shop around."  The article states that rates are constantly changing and differ widely among lenders, and advises that a credit score of 720 or higher and a 20 percent downpayment will get the best rates, but loans are available for folks with credit scores in the mid 600s and with downpayments as little as 3.5 percent.  Front and back-end ratios of 28 and 38 percent apply for all conforming loans.

With media continuing to gocus on these issues, savvy buyers will be looking for a real estate agent who can interpret all that and assist them in locating the mortgage sources most suitable to their needs."

This article was written by a Realtor association for Realtors, but as Investors, the article fits just as well.  Home buyers need sellers who can help interprest and located the best mortgage sources suitable to the buyer needs. 

So, for the January meeting we will be focusing on Financing for home buyers.  So if you are looking to buy your first home, maybe a nice duplex that you can live in one side and rent out the other, have homes for sale, are planning to buy or sell a home in the next 12 months, or have lease to own tenants who need to get financed, then this meeting is for you. 

We are planning a disucssion with several people from the real estate industry to discuss what loan programs are working and what are not, home buyer assistance programs, how to use the financing piece to market your properties, and what you can do to help your buyers.  The focus will be directed toward Investors who have homes for sale or to Realtors who market homes for other people, the methods are the same, the delivery just a bit different between the two.

Our panelists are industry professionals that work with home buyers and financing on a regular basis, including:

Ron Yarbrough a Real Estate Financing and Mortgage Planning expert.  Ron also holds a real estate license and has his own investment properties.  Find out more about Ron at www.RonYarbrough.com .

Jon and Stacy Bichelmeyer with Archway Homes who are real estate investors who work with home buyers to buy their homes.  They have created several home buying programs to help those with less than perfect credit get their foot in the door as home owners and work with them to get financed.  Find our more about Jon & Stacy by going to www.JBHomes.org .

Our January meeting will find us in our new location at the Sylvester Powell Jr. Community Center in Mission KS.  Start time is still 6 pm for networking.  We are going to try some new things during our networking time, so besides the check in table, a few vendors, and individual networking, we hope to have a round table with a few of our more experienced investors who will be able to answer a few real estate questions from 6:30 to 7:00.  We move to the meeting room at 7:15 with announcements and a small card exchange.  Meeting is still no charge for members of MAREI and $25 guest fee at the door.  Pre-Register in advance for $15.  If you would like to have a vendor table, they are available from 6:00 to 7:15 for members at $25 for one month, $50 for 3 months.   And if you would like to sponsor coffee or a snack, we can accomodate you with that as well.

Complete details available on our web site:  www.MAREInet.com or call 816-523-4400 x 222