ONLINE Private Lending Workshop TODAY

Private lending is still a powerful way to invest your spare cash, get great returns, and help your fellow investors reach their goals.

Want to learn how? REGISTER HERE for today's online Zoom class, "The Private Lender's Thrival Guide," which runs 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (We're leaving registration open until 4 p.m., so you can sign up for the replay if you've got other plans for today.)

But private lending is just not forgiving anymore.

You've got to set up and document loans like a pro these days, or risk losing money to the colder, slower market. That's why TODAY's online masterclass is all about:

• Real due diligence
• Real protections
• Smarter loan terms
• How to deal with problem loans before they become disasters.

If you want to lend money with confidence in the very-different 2026 market, this is the foundation. The class is being taught by experienced lender Goodwin Yee.

Again, we're leaving registration open until 4 p.m., for this workshop. See you online soon, or you’ll see us later on the replay.

*RESCHEDULED*: Erik's Saturday Workshop

Want a deeper dive into the math and mechanics of reaching financial freedom through rental property investment? KREIA Past President Erik Hitzelberger is the guy to teach you. Join us for a 4-hour guided tour — a perfect follow-up to Thursday's main meeting.

Members, REGISTER EARLY for massive savings ($50) on this Saturday, Jan. 31st class, held live and in person at Louisville's KREE building.

Early-bird pricing is extended to midnight Thursday, Jan. 29th.

We rescheduled this event, moving it forward a week due to extreme weather forecast.

Erik is all about helping you get your time back while enjoying life-altering passive income..

Meet Erik Hitzelberger: Erik is a Louisville-based real estate investor, educator, and recovering engineer, who has been investing since 2006 and a member of KREIA since 2008. Over his career, he has rehabilitated hundreds of single-family homes and built a substantial rental portfolio. Through his company, Freedom Property Group, Erik helps investors acquire turnkey rental properties designed to generate passive income, leverage long-term appreciation, and reduce the time and complexity typically associated with real estate investing.

Today, Erik's primary focus is education — teaching investors how to think beyond individual deals and cash flow to build portfolios that support financial freedom, intelligent use of leverage, and long-term time ownership.

John Mays Previews January's Events

It's a new year — and a new market! Will this be the year you lock in on your financial goals? Or get the course correction you need?

KREIA President John Mays previews our 2026 Roadmap to Real Estate Success main meeting, which features three local, superstar investors who are going to share their plans and strategies for 2026. AND, John fills us in on other events happening this month.

KREIA Raises $23,600 for Home of the Innocents

At our 2025 Holiday Party, KREIA co-founder Rue Mcfarland presented officials from the Home of the Innocents with the amount we raised over the year: $23,600!

Treasurer Mike Grinnan said this is the 2nd-highest amount we've raised for HOTI. Go, us!

And the Home is so deserving of every bit of help they can get. They truly do the work of the angels in taking care of Kentuckiana's abandoned, neglected, abused, and medically fragile children. Let's top that amount in 2026! Who's with us?

If you missed supporting the Home at our Dec. 6 party, there's still time to donate — and it's tax-deductible! Head on over to KREIA's revised fundraising page. 

Why Now Is the Best Time to Join KREIA

Any time you decide to join KREIA is a good time to do it. If you're a new investor, or someone who wants to be, what you learn through KREIA can propel you toward financial freedom. If you're already investing, the networking opportunities you'll find in KREIA are golden.

But NOW is the BEST time to join KREIA, and here's why:

• Because we're close to sending our mailing list of active KREIA members to the printing house we use to produce our annual directory. If you're on that list, you'll receive your copy of our 2026 Member Directory & Resource Guide soon. And we only mail them out once a year. (If you're not on the list because you join after the mailing, you'll need to show up at a main meeting to claim your copy.)
• Your membership includes your invitation to attend our monthly L.O.T.S. programs — to Learn On The Site. We host 10 of them a year. It's like going behind the scenes of your favorite house-flipping TV show.
• Your membershop includes a monthly newsletter full of educational information and ads from investor-friendly businesses that offer products and services just for real estate entrepreneurs. Members also have access to past newsletters going back to 2014.
• Your membership includes access to videos from past KREIA events. (We're catching up on posting videos, but there's a back catalog of members-only videos from dozens of educational main meetings, L.O.T.S. events, Lunch & Learn meetups, workshops, and more.)

If you join KREIA right now, for only $125/year, you'll be getting SO MUCH value — you'll get $100 in free lunches at L.O.T.S. events alone! And that's before we even get to the other benefits, which include deep discounts at Home Depot, and also rebates from Home Depot that could pay for your KREIA membership many times over.

It's like WE'RE PAYING YOU to join KREIA to learn how to become financially free through real estate, right here in Kentuckiana.

Read more about KREIA and why it's the best time to join!

Code Enforcement Lien Waivers? Louisville Is Doing It!

Investors, have you been frustrated in your attempts to purchase and renovate vacant and abandoned properties? By code enforcement liens that can run into the tens of thousands of dollars?

Start your engines, because Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has launched a code enforcement lien waiver pilot program for investors who rehab vacant houses for resale or for rent. Are there rules? Yes, a few.

Watch this video interview with the Mayor and KREIA President John Mays to find out more about the program, how to put in an application, and get ready to help the Mayor reach his objective of rehabilitating "hundreds and hundreds and hundreds" of houses!

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 Lists.