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Nutley, NJ 07110


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What is MREIA?

 

MREIA (Metro Real Estate Investors Association) is New Jersey's oldest real estate investors group designed to help you through your journey in real estate investing. We are dedicated to helping both beginning AND experienced investors. We serve the New Jersey/New York metropolitan area. 

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Our Events 

ONLINE MASTERCLASS:
MASTERING CREATIVE FINANCE NEGOTIATION
WITH VENA JONES-COX

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Saturday, March 14th, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

Seller psychology is weird.

It’s pretty clear that houses aren’t flying off the shelf right now. We’ve all seen the for sale signs go up—and stay up. Sellers are more worried than they’ve been in years—the question isn’t “What can I get?”. It’s “Will it sell?”

But at the same time...

Lots of sellers are still emotionally anchored to prices from a different market.

            Prices that don’t work anymore, because interest rates are too high and expenses are too high and rents are just…stagnant.

            That’s where creative financing wins.

If you know how to negotiate it, you can often pay more than a cash buyer, solve a seller’s real problem, and still create a great deal for yourself.

But none of that works if you don’t know how to have the conversation.

That’s exactly why we’re doing this MasterClass…

It’s for investors who want to do subject to deals, seller carrybacks, master leases with options, and other creative structures—but who aren’t confident yet in how to talk to sellers, ask the right questions, and make offers that actually get accepted.

What you’ll learn when you attend (or get the recording):

  • Which sellers are most likely to say yes to creative financing
  • How to ask questions that uncover the real motivation and real pain, not just the “I want to sell for all cash and full price” answer
  • How to overcome common seller objections without sounding pushy or awkward
  • When and how to actually present the offer
  • How to use the multiple-offer strategy to dramatically increase your chances of a yes to SOMETHING

Vena Jones-Cox bought her very first deal creatively, and has done hundreds more in the 35 years since then. She’s had thousands of conversations with sellers about everything from subject to deals to master leases, and she’s learned—despite being an introvert—how to talk to them confidently and effectively. That’s the skill she’s going to try to pass on to you in this class!

All registrants will get:

  1. Vena’s “How to Choose Your Creative Strategy” mind map, a quick guide to WHICH creative strategy might work best for each situation
  2. The seller phone interview form, with all the questions you need an answer to in order to make an offer
  3. The recording of the entire class, so you can listen over and over again

Your investment is only $47 if you’re a member and register before the cutoff date, $67 after. For non-members*, it’s $97 before the cutoff date and $127 after.

It’s really easy to join right HERE. Go ahead. We’ll wait.

AND, you’ll be 100% glad you attended, or your money back.

Register below to get your zoom link to this real-world, immediately implementable, money-making class!

Register HERE!

THE MONEY & MARKETS 101 PLAYBOOK: 
HOW CAPITAL, CREDIT, POLICY, AND PSYCHOLOGY SHAPE WEALTH

Sunday Nights, 2/15 - 3/29
For members only

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7-Week Member-Only Sunday Night Series

Featured Speakers:

  • Dave Corsi
  • Scott Ellsworth, CPA
  • Kris Flemming
  • Vena Jones-Cox
  • Robert Mohon
  • Tiffani Ray

One registration. All seven sessions.
Taught by real-life investors and experts.
There’s a reason so many investors feel confused about the market right now.
Most education focuses on tactics—how to find deals, screen tenants, analyze rehabs.
Very few investors are ever taught how the world those tactics live in actually works.
That’s why people get stuck and second-guess themselves when:

  • Deals sell slower and prices or rents feel stuck—even during a “housing shortage”
  • Sellers keep asking more, even when properties aren’t moving
  • The Fed cuts rates, but mortgage rates don’t follow
  • Headlines blame investors for housing costs while ignoring rising taxes, insurance, labor, materials, and utilities

Things are clearly changing—but why?

And more importantly: how do you turn market shifts into opportunities instead of paralysis?

This series exists to give our members something most investors never receive:

A working understanding of the forces outside their control that determine what deals make sense—now and in the future.

Pricing:

  • Members Only: $27 (through February 7)
  • Regular Price: $47

If you want to make smarter decisions with your money—and understand why markets behave the way they do—this series is for you.

Register Now

  

Highlights of Past Events

MAIN MEETING: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS

Thursday, 03/12/2026

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Focus Groups

For members only

Held every week online on Zoom. For more details, view our calendar

 

Special Meetings

 

Check out other Rent Perfect videos:

Rent Perfect: The Truth Behind Tenant Credit Scores

 

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Upcoming Events

 

MREIA Store

The Real Estate Mastermind Group (RMG) webinar replays are available for purchase at the MREIA Store.

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 The event is being recorded and everyone who registers will receive a free copy of the recording.
Quotation Mark

I sincerely hope you like what you do, as well as like the people you work with. After all a good part of your life is spent working so you might as well enjoy it. But if you are one of those 5/7ths people, who live for the weekend, and yearn for something better, something you enjoy and can start doing part time, real estate investing may be for you.

There is no business quite like real estate investing. You can control large amounts of property with small amounts of cash and safely leverage your way to real wealth and prosperity.

But you need to do it the right way. Educating yourself as to the proper way to structure deals that benefit you and the other parties involved is of vital importance. Also learning how to manage and renovate properties is also of the utmost importance.

Dave Corsi, MREIA President
From The Metro: "Are you a 5/7 person?"

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Membership is only $199/year, which gives you access to all of our Main Meetings, Focus Group meetings, networking opportunities, National REIA benefits, and a multitude of other valuable resources. 

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Not sure if you want to join? No problem! We warmly invite you to our next general meeting. Free for 1st-time visitors and $25 for returning visitors.

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Metro Real Estate Investors Association
PO Box 296
Oceanport, NJ 07757
 (908) 367-3423

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