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Real Estate Investor Meeting – How to Invest Like a Billionaire
Ever wonder how the ultra-wealthy actually got that way — and stay that way? That’s the question Bob Fraser answers in Invest Like a Billionaire, and this October he’s bringing it to MAREI.
Maybe you’re not about to invent the next gadget, launch the next tech startup, or drop $3 million on a single deal. Not yet. But the tools and strategies behind those fortunes aren’t off-limits. You can put many of them to work in your own real estate business — right now, at whatever size you’re building.
Let's Get Passive Cash Flow . . . with Rentals
Bob Fraser learned this the hard way. He built a $250 million fortune, lost it in the dot-com crash, rebuilt as a quant trader, and lost it again in 2008. That’s when he stopped trusting the public markets with his wealth and started investing the way billionaires actually do. Today he’s co-founder and CFO of Kansas City’s own Aspen Funds ($500M+ in private credit, real estate, and energy) and the USA Today bestselling author of Invest Like a Billionaire. He’s joining MAREI to share exactly what he learned.
What You'll Learn
- What billionaires actually own — and why 50–60% of it isn’t stocks
- The alternatives hiding in plain sight: private notes, lending, energy, and funds
- How the wealthy legally shrink the tax bill on every dollar — plan for this now, before it eats into your growth
- How to organize and structure what you’ve already built — the piece most investors skip until it costs them
- How to spot a great operator — and walk away from a loser
- How to read a PPM — the terms in every private deal (preferred return, the split, the waterfall, hold period, projected returns) and what each one really means
Whether you’re buying your first rental, building a portfolio, or ready to trade tenants and toilets for truly passive income, you’ll walk out seeing your next move more clearly.
Don’t miss Bob Fraser — Invest Like a Billionaire, live at MAREI. It’s built for every kind of real estate investor in the Kansas City metro — brand-new, actively building, or accredited and hunting for alternatives.
New to us? First-time guests are welcome.
Ready to make MAREI your home base? Join here.
MAREI Master Class: How to Buy the Right Apartment Building
Want to know how to buy an apartment building, and be sure it's the right one? Spend one Saturday on Zoom with Charles Seaman.The Question That Decides the Deal
The rents look promising. The seller says there’s room to raise them. The price seems reasonable.
Then you dig into the numbers.
What will the building really cost to operate? What happens if the income grows slower than the listing says? What can you afford to pay?
This class spends most of the day on one question: “What should I pay for this apartment building?”
What You'll Learn About How to Buy an Apartment Building
- Find apartment opportunities worth a closer look.
- Evaluate the income, expenses, and assumptions, so you’re working from real numbers and not the seller’s projections.
- Price it. Do the math to figure out what price and terms the building can afford.
- Write the offer so you keep your right to more due diligence after it’s accepted.
- Build your team. Know who you need to investigate and close an apartment purchase.
- Fund it. Put together a capital stack: the mix of financing and investor money that makes a larger purchase possible.
Join Multi-Family Investor Charles Seaman
Charles is Managing Partner of Cash Flow Champs and a general partner in three multifamily properties totaling 422 units. He has taken eight multifamily properties full cycle, from purchase through sale, and he coaches multifamily investors with Master Passive Income.
Who Should Take This Class
- You plan to buy your first apartment building in the next 12 months.
- You own rental houses and you’re ready for more doors under one roof.
- You put money in other people’s deals and want to check the numbers yourself.
Saturday, October 10, 2026
8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Central, live on Zoom
MAREI Members: $47 through October 8, then $67
Not yet a member: $97 through October 8, then $127
Express Success Members: FREE, but you do have to register
Membership is $25 a month, so joining first saves you $50 on this class alone.
100% money-back satisfaction guarantee.
Will there be a replay?
Yes. Everyone who registers gets the recording, so sign up even if you can’t attend live.
Do I have to be a MAREI member?
No. Anyone can register. Members save $50.
Do I have to live in Kansas City?
No. The class is on Zoom, and the process works in any market. Attendees from across the country
Is this for small buildings or big ones?
Both. The evaluation process applies to any size apartment building.
What if it isn’t for me?
It’s 100% satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.
MAREI Master Class: Beyond the 1031 with Todd VanMeter
You spent years buying well, paying down loans, and building equity. At some point, many investors want that equity to do something different, and they want to defer capital gains without a 1031 exchange that locks them into buying another building. A Deferred Income Trust is one way to make that move, and on Saturday, October 24, Todd VanMeter spends five hours on Zoom showing MAREI how it works.
Saturday, October 24, 2026 · 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central · Live on Zoom · Recording included
When a 1031 exchange is not the answer
A 1031 exchange defers your gain as long as you buy more real estate. That works well while you are growing a portfolio.
It is less helpful when the whole point is to own fewer buildings. Maybe you want investments with no tenants and no maintenance. Maybe you want to diversify into stocks, bonds, notes, or private investments. Maybe you still like real estate and you are ready to let someone else do the operating.
Long-time owners often end up weighing two choices: keep a property they are ready to be done with, or sell it and send a large share of the gain to taxes. This class is about a third choice.
What is a Deferred Income Trust?
In plain English, a Deferred Income Trust pairs an irrevocable trust with an installment sale. As Todd teaches it:
- The owner sells the property to a trust and receives a promissory note in return.
- An independent trustee handles the sale proceeds.
- The seller is paid over time under the note.
- The proceeds can be placed in investments other than real estate.
Because the seller is paid over time, the strategy is intended to defer eligible gains instead of having them all come due in the year of the sale.
It is a sophisticated transaction. Irrevocable means you give up ownership and control. Deferring a gain is not the same as making every tax disappear. Those tradeoffs are a large part of what Todd covers.
What you will learn on October 24
- How the trust and the installment sale fit together, and why the structure matters
- Where the money goes, who controls it, and how you get paid
- Which taxes are deferred, and which parts of your sale need a closer look with your CPA
- How a Deferred Income Trust compares with a 1031 exchange, a Delaware Statutory Trust, a 721 exchange, holding the property, or selling and paying the tax
- Examples with a single property, a portfolio, a business, and a change in partnership ownership
- What to ask your own attorney and CPA about documents, fees, and tax treatment before you move forward
See the full class description and register
Who this Master Class is for
This one is built for active and experienced investors who hold appreciated property and are thinking about what comes next. If you are earlier in your investing, you are welcome too. It helps to know how the exit works while you are still buying.
About Todd VanMeter
Todd VanMeter is a real estate, business, finance, and tax strategy consultant. He is a licensed homebuilder, property manager, and real estate investor, a member of the National Association of Home Builders, and a former president and board member of the Home Builders Association of Northeast Georgia. He has led a subgroup of the Georgia Real Estate Investors Association for more than 30 years.
Todd is not an attorney or a CPA. He is a long-time investor who went looking for a way out of managing real estate and into more passive investments without handing over a large share of his gains in taxes. Plan to review anything you learn with your own advisers.
Date, time, and price
Saturday, October 24, 2026 · 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Central · Live on Zoom
$47 for MAREI members and $97 for nonmembers through Thursday, October 22. After that, $67 for members and $127 for nonmembers. MAREI membership is $25 a month, so joining first saves you $50 on this class.
The class is recorded. Every registrant receives the recording, so register even if Saturday morning does not work for you. 100% satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.
Real Estate Investor Meeting – From Operator to Owner with Damon Remy
Damon Remy has a new question for anyone using AI in their business: are you still the operator, or are you the owner? On Tuesday, November 10, the founder of REI BlackBook spends 90 minutes at the MAREI Meeting on how to use AI and automation to buy back your time and do more deals.
Picture a week away. The leads still get answered. The follow-up still goes out. The deals still move. That used to take a team and years of building systems by hand. AI changed the math.
What Damon Remy will Teach You
This is the thinking, not the build. You will leave knowing:
- Where your business still depends on you, and why
- What AI and automation can do today that used to take a full team
- The path from operator to owner, and where you are on it right now
- What an owner’s week looks like on the other side
Did the AI Challenge with Damon in August? This is the thinking behind what you built.
Who Will Benefit from Listening
Anyone who runs a business and is still the one doing most of it.
- Investors who flip, wholesale, or hold rentals and handle every lead and follow-up themselves
- Landlords who want the day-to-day off their plate
- Lenders and business owners who serve investors and want more deals without more hours
- Anyone curious about AI who wants a plain-English picture of what it can do
No tech background needed.
Who is Damon Remy
Damon Remy is the founder and CEO of REI BlackBook, the St. Louis software company that has helped thousands of real estate investors build systems and take back their time. He taught himself technology in the Marine Corps, keeping their network running. In 2008 he was running a mortgage business and building software tools for his investor clients. Those tools became REI BlackBook.
Meeting Agenda
- 5:30 — Doors open: Trade Show, food and networking
- 6:30 — Take your seats: Deal Room and member announcements
- 7:00 — Damon Remy
- 8:30 — Networking
Where: Holiday Inn & Suites, 8787 Reeder Road, Overland Park, KS 66214. Main Ballroom, enter from the back hallway.
FREE for MAREI members and first-time guests. Been to a meeting before and not a member yet? Join MAREI, or pay the $35 guest fee at the door.