Online Workshop Teaches TRULY Passive Investments
ONLINE Saturday, February 22nd
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Eastern ONLINE
You Want PASSIVE INCOME? Really?
Let’s Get You an Efficient Roadmap.
Guess what: even buying rentals and notes might not meet your goal of being really hands-off with your investments…
... But investing in syndications and private placements will, if you know how to get to the point where you CAN, how to find those opportunities, evaluate them, and mitigate the risk.
We've rounded up a real-life investor who's done exactly that, and he's going to spend a day shortcutting that process for you....
Go HERE to find out more and grab a link to join in!
Love & Taxes: John Mays' February President's Message
John Mays previews our Feb. 27th, 2025, main meeting, a double-header! Get tax tips from CPA Mike Grinnan and an economic update from investor Erik Hitzelberger. Plus, John gives us a heads-up on other KREIA events in February.
Get the Tax Prep You Need!
Investors, are you ready to file your taxes? Want to know what's new and what's different with the IRS? CPA Mike Grinnan is here to help. And uber-investor Erik Hitzelberger is going to present a quick economic update. REGISTER NOW and bring your questions to this live KREIA main meeting on Thursday, February 27!
Mike will be covering:
- Financial Crimes Division of the government and Beneficial Ownership Reporting
- Social Security Benefits Boost for Federal and State retirees
- Funding IRAs for real estate investing
- How to change your 2024 taxable income in 2025
- 1099-K reporting for 2024 and 2025
- Tax treatment of Short-term rentals vs Long-term
- and More
EARLY MEETING: Team members from Investor Squad, our Platinum Sponsor, are going to talk about how you can still build rental property portfolios that replace income from your day job, allowing you to reach financial freedom.
Meeting Agenda
5 p.m. – Doors open at Woodhaven
5:30 p.m. – Early Meeting with Investor Squad
6 p.m. – Member Orientation with Jordan Pohn and Alisha Higgs
6:15 p.m. – The buffet line opens! Also, at the microphone, there will be announcements, property pitches and sponsor pitches
7 p.m. – Mike Grinnan and Erik Hitzelberger take the floor
Remember Your Lanyard!
If you've been to a KREIA main meeting lately, you've probably picked up one or more color-coded lanyards that identify what kind of investor you are. Please remember to bring your lanyards with you to our main meetings!
Color Key Reminder: Blue = Buy-and-Hold Investor; Orange = Flipper; Yellow = Real Estate Agent; Red = Wholesaler; Green = New Member; Purple = KREIA Sponsor; Black = Board Member
KREIA Co-Founder Noble Roberts, 1925-2025
KREIA was founded in 1978 by three men — Noble Roberts, Gene Dyson, and Rue McFarland. Noble was named our first president. From KREIA's beginning, with about 12 members, we have grown strong to over 800 members, and more join every day.
We would like to thank Noble Roberts for leading us, inspiring us, and for helping so many men and women learn how to invest in real estate. Following his example, many of us have reached financial freedom, allowing us to secure our families' futures. And we'd like to thank him for showing us how to provide safe housing for so many other families.
Noble lived 99 abundant years of service to his country and his community. He was a soldier in WWII, a professor of biology, and a leader in his church.
Noble Lafayette Roberts, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, died on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at the age of 99, just a few months shy of reaching 100 years old. Noble was born June 10, 1925, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
Please see his full obituary here.
Q&A With Ed Gibson: Longtime Investor Pays It Forward
"KREIA is the only organization I know of – and I've been around the world eight times – and I have never, in my life, seen a group of people work so hard to try to make you a millionaire. I’m not kidding you."
Ed Gibson was speaking from experience here, and he believes in paying it forward!
Ed is a longtime KREIA member, a past board member, a past Lunch & Learn host, and a patent-holding engineer. He’s married and has four children and six grandchildren.
He is also one of KREIA's biggest cheerleaders, and he credits his investing success to our group. He’s not a typical real estate investor – he divides his energies between the stock market and real estate, and he makes a great case for why he doesn't like to put all his eggs in one basket.
His take on the synergy of two-prong investing is fascinating, and we sat down with him a couple of months ago to pick his brain – coming away with thousands of words of pure gold.
There wasn't room to fit the full interview in print and, trust us, you’ll want to read the whole thing. In the full transcript Ed talks about how he rehabs houses, he shares his investing strategy, gives specific recommendations, gives shoutouts to his many mentors, and offers solid advice.
If you're an active KREIA member currently logged into your account, you can read the full interview here.
Help the Children: Help the Home of the Innocents
The Home of the Innocents is a Louisville organization that takes care of abused, neglected, and medically fragile children. Even though we presented our annual check to the Home at our Holiday Party, the need for our assistance continues. Please make a much-needed gift to the Home through our fundraising page. (It's tax-deductible for you!) Or by purchasing something the children need that's mentioned on their Wish List.