Strategies for Success in Our Current Market
Featured Speaker: Wendy Patton, Founder of the Michigan Real Estate Investors

Wendy Patton is recognized nationwide as one of the most inspiring speakers on "Little or No Money Down" real estate investing.  Her real estate savvy, great depth of experience and viable knowledge has helped her in orchestrating the most complete and easy to follow Lease Option & Subject To programs in the US and UK.

After graduating from the University of Colorado, Wendy went to work for EDS, (Electronic Data Systems).  Soon after, she had an enlightening experience in real estate (lease/option) and walked away from her corporate job to focus her efforts on real estate investing full-time.

Wendy has owned real estate offices in 4 states, a title, mortgage and insurance company in Michigan and is a licensed builder in Michigan. Wendy has extensive experience in lease options, subject to’s, land development, property management, rehabs, foreclosures, new construction and pre-construction with lease options being her favorites. With over 35 successful years in general real estate and hundreds of transactions using Lease Options, she is the country’s leading expert on lease options and working with Realtors to acquire lease option deals. 

Wendy Patton is a published author and well-known public speaker. Her first book is titled Investing in Real Estate with Lease Options and Subject To Deals and has received rave reviews on Amazon.com and other real estate investor websites.  Her second book was immediately a #1 Best Seller on Amazon.com. How to Make Hard Cash in a Soft Real Estate Market. She has appeared on HGTV’s, My House IS Worth What? Two of her books, Rent To Sell and Rent To Buy are focused on the buyer and seller needing a creative solution for real estate.   She also has a published book in the UK called Lease Options Made Simple.  

Moderated by Brenda Coleman

Financial Freedom for Women is NWREIA satellite meeting group focused on helping women (and men) succeed in their real estate investing endeavors.

All meeting attendees are given an opportunity to introduce themselves, to share their story, and present potential investment opportunities. Most meetings feature a speaker offering advice on a wide variety of popular subjects including local market conditions, the legal environment, landlord tenant law, accounting and taxes, insurance, financing, finding partners, deal analysis and much, much more. Financial Freedom for Women is THE place to network, find common ground, and benefit from the knowledge, experience and skills of friendly investors who are eager to contribute to your success.

It was founded in 2015 by longtime NWREIA members Limei Yang and Jenny Dong. The meeting is now moderated by Brenda Coleman.

Meetings are FREE for active members (login to register). Trial members may attend up to two meetings for free before making an investment in membership.

ABOUT BRENDA COLEMAN

Brenda Coleman's first investment property was a spec house that she and her husband built in 2006 and in the last 15 years since she has gone on to invest in land, buy and hold properties, flips and RE syndications, as well as build several more spec houses, and currently owns 23 doors in six states.  Brenda has spent her professional career as a social worker, educator and trainer but has replaced her income many times over with the cash flow from her RE investments and has achieved financial freedom.  She currently does financial coaching and manages her investments and is happy to share some of the secrets to her success with fellow NWREIA members, and particularly enjoys helping other women profit from RE.