REIA in southeast MI

[Jeff King]

Hi everyone I am new to BP and new to real estate investing, but have been browsing the site for a little while now and even have the app on my Iphone 5. It seems like the best first step is to join a local REIA group and meet local investors. I was just wondering if anyone on here would recommend the Wayne county REIA or the Oakland county REIA? Any advice appreciated

[Tom A.]

Welcome Jeff! Here's my opinion on a few of the local REIAs, for what it's worth. I've posted this a few times before, please excuse the cut-n-paste.


I'd recommend these three:

- Michigan Real Estate Investors - Great REIA run by Wendy Patton of Lease-Option fame, meets in Troy, http://www.michiganrealestateinvestors.com/

- Renegade Detroit Investors - Another great REIA, run by Jeremy Burgess. Smaller, no selling from front of the room allowed (no guru pitches). Meets in Berkley. http://www.facebook.com/DetroitInvestmentClub

- REIA of Oakland (County)- Grandaddy of local REIAs. Meets in Madison Heights. http://www.reiaofoakland.com

I'm a member of the first two and used to be a member of the third (a good group, more guru pitches than I like but worth checking out depending on the content).

Hope to see you around!