Real Estate Law!

What are the basics of Landlord/Tenant Law? What is new for 2025? What do you need to have in your leases? Bring your questions to Michelle Rawn and John Benz, attorneys who are real estate specialists. Register now for KREIA's October 24th main meeting!

And Michelle is also heading up our Early Meeting, along with Erik Hitzelberger, covering Louisville's lead-based paint ordinance. Michelle will cover the legal side, and Erik will discuss what to expect with inspections.

John Mays' September 2024 President's Message

John Mays previews our Sept. 26th main meeting, "Overcoming FEAR & Analysis Paralysis," which will motivate you to take the leap, if you're new, or offer new perspectives, if you're already investing. John also reveals that two special guests will be speaking: Kentucky House representatives Ryan Dotson and Susan Witten, who are landlord-friendly. Bring your questions! And REGISTER NOW if you haven't already!

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.