Michigan Real Estate Investors

August Monthly Meeting: The Investor's Playbook for Winning Deals & Reducing Taxes! Featuring Austin Pothast

🗓️Thursday, August 20th
⏰ 6 PM - 9 PM
📍MSU Management Education Center - Troy MI

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🏡 Great investors don't just find deals... they know how to negotiate them, structure them, and keep more of their profits at tax time.

Join us for our August Monthly Meeting featuring Austin Pothast as we dive into The Investor's Playbook for Winning Deals & Reducing Taxes! You'll learn practical strategies to negotiate with confidence, maximize your returns, and legally reduce your tax burden—all while networking with fellow investors from across Michigan.

The evening also includes Ask the Expert (1031 Exchanges), Haves & Wants, networking, vendor raffles, and more!

📅 Thursday, August 20
⏰ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 MSU Management Education Center – Troy, MI

One Day Workshop: Using the Law to Make Money and Protect Assets with Lee Phillips ⚖️

Learn how to use tax laws, trusts, LLCs, corporations, and limited partnerships to insulate your personal and investment assets from lawsuits, minimize income taxes, and manage your assets, even after death. 📝

🗓️Saturday, August 22
⏰9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
📍MSU - Management Education Center
811 W Square Lake Rd

An Exciting Opportunity Is Coming Your Way!
Lee R. Phillips, United States Supreme Court Counselor

Lee is the nation’s leading expert in asset protection for real estate investors and small businesses. Using a combination of business structures and tax laws, you can add another 15% profit to your take home, and you can protect each of your properties from a meltdown of another property or business you may have. Lee has developed tax and asset protection strategies for hundreds of successful wealthy real estate investors and businesses over the past 40 years. He is coming to MREI on March 23 to share his strategies and show you how to implement them for yourself.

Knowing what your accountant and lawyer won’t tell you may mean the difference in retiring comfortably and retiring broke on Social Security. In today’s society, you don’t have to make gobs of money, but you do have to know how to keep it, or someone will take it away from you. The IRS is your major impediment to financial success.

They take half of what you make – that’s a lot to lose. (If you don’t think you’re losing half, you’d better check it out on March 23. You’ll be stunned.) His mastery of the “tools of wealth” has made him a sought-after speaker for all types of professionals. He rarely spends an entire day with a small group, but that’s exactly the opportunity you have to share with us. Register Now to Save Your Seat!

He’ll show you how to:
- Cut Your Tax Bill by 10-20%
- Protect Your IRA and Retirement from Lawsuits and Judgments
- Protect Your Real Estate Investments and Stock Investments from Lawsuits and Liens
- Protect Your Assets in a Divorce
- Use Real Estate as a Tax Shelter

Things you’ll learn:
Judgment-Proof Yourself from Lawsuits
• The danger of putting business or real estate assets in a corporation.
• Protect personal assets from business/real estate investment liabilities.
• Does an LLC or a corporation give you better asset protection?
• Where is the best place to incorporate or form your LLC?
• Don’t lose your short-term rental qualifications.
Protect Your Retirement Nest Egg
• The checkbook IRA/LLC disaster that’s coming
• 100% asset protection for your retirement funds
• The other part of ERISA that is even better than retirement plans
• Current status of state laws protecting IRAs
Ten Urgent Steps to Reducing Your Income Taxes
• Why AGI is the key issue today
• How to get out of the Obamacare taxes
• Save 13% off the top of the take-home money from your business
• What type of corporation/LLC is best for tax savings?
• Three tricks (loopholes) that can give you an extra $20,000 or more this year
• Did you get the 199A exemption?

The smart bright people know the value of asset protection and tax planning. Spend the day with Lee and “sharpen your saw.” You don’t have to work any harder, but you can take home more money and protect what you’ve got. Join Lee on March 23 at 9 AM sharp at the Hilton Garden Inn in Troy.

Make More Money and Protect Your Ass-ets in Today’s Sue-Happy Society!

🎟️Ticket Cost:
Members: $29.00
Non-Members: $49.00

Members w/Guest: $49.00
Non-Members w/Guest: $69.00

Everyone starts somewhere and the best time to learn is before you jump in.

If you've been thinking about investing in real estate but aren't sure where to begin, this class is for you. Join Caitlin Leszczynski as she walks through the fundamentals of the most popular real estate investment strategies and the practical steps you can take to get started with confidence.

Whether you dream of flipping houses, building a rental portfolio, or creating an additional stream of income, you'll leave with a better understanding of your options and a roadmap for taking the next step.

📅 Thursday, August 27
⏰ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 NOCBOR Office
4400 W. Walton Blvd.
Waterford, MI 48329

Creative Financing Deals Using Lease Options!
Featuring Jim Aydelotte

📅 Thursday, September 17, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Doors Open at 5:30 PM)
📍 MSU Management Education Center
811 W Square Lake Rd, Troy, MI

Looking for a way to start investing in real estate without needing large amounts of cash, perfect credit, or years of experience?

Join Michigan Real Estate Investors (MREI) for an evening with Jim Aydelotte as he reveals how successful investors use lease options to generate income, create flexible exit strategies, and acquire more investment properties in today's market.

Lease options can be one of the fastest ways to get paid in real estate, and Jim will show you how to use this creative financing strategy to build momentum in your investing business, even if you're just getting started.

During this meeting, you'll learn how to:
✅ Structure profitable lease option deals
✅ Create multiple exit strategies for every property
✅ Find opportunities in today's market
✅ Get started with little to no money down
✅ Build confidence using proven creative financing techniques

Evening Schedule
5:30 – 6:00 PM | Doors Open & Networking
Meet local investors, vendors, and real estate professionals.
6:00 – 6:30 PM | Ask the Expert
6:30 – 6:45 PM | Haves & Wants
6:45 – 7:15 PM | Additional Networking
7:20 PM | MREI Announcements & Vendor Raffle
7:30 – 9:00 PM | Main Presentation: Creative Financing Deals Using Lease Options

🎟️ Admission
MREI Members: FREE
First-Time Guests: FREE (Online registration required)
Returning Guests / Non-Members:
• $20 when registered online before the meeting
• $25 at the door