Benefits of General Membership:

• Access to fellow investors with years of experience in real estate investing.
• Monthly networking meetings on a variety of real estate investment subjects.
• Expanded access to fellow investors through automatic membership in Ohio Real Estate Investors’ Association (OREIA).
• Automatic membership in the Community Buying Group - Discounts at Sherwin Williams, Office Max and more!.
• Promote your interests in real estate investing through legislative representation through OREIA.
• Increase your knowledge in real estate investing through discounted educational seminars.
• Real Estate Investor Expo at Kent State Stark – network with investors and vendors
• Stay current on events and news through your copy of the SCREIA Newsletter: Pages of Prosperity.
• Free Web Page  — Advertise your real estate on your own FREE Website.
• Free use of SCREIA Library: contains materials of many national speakers worth thousands of dollars.
• Weekly breakfast meetings:  Attend and interact with SCREIA members and their guests (non-members $5)
• Monthly Saturday breakfast: Attend and interact with SCREIA members and their guests (non-members $5)
• Monthly social networking events:  Get to know fellow SCREIA members on a personal level (non-members $5)
• Free Attendance at OREIA meetings:  As a member, you may attend any meeting of an OREIA affiliate chapter free of charge (does not apply to Vendor Memberships).

Benefits of Vendor Membership:

• Only Vendor Members may promote their services at SCREIA sponsored events.
• Half price table at the annual Real Estate Investors Expo ($125 value – must follow registration deadlines for annual show).
• Half price advertising in the SCREIA monthly newsletter.
• The opportunity to display promotional material at all SCREIA monthly meetings.
• The opportunity to give a 30 second commercial during Vendor Member Introductions at all monthly meetings.
• The opportunity to attend a monthly lunch meeting for “vendors only” to learn how to maximize sales and build your network.
• One email per year to the email database promoting your business.
• First right of refusal on all SCREIA sponsorship opportunities.  Non-vendor members will be solicited if no active vendor member selects a sponsorship opportunity.

Vendor members are members of SCREIA who own or work for a for-profit business that desires to form relationships with investors.  Only Vendor members may market their products and services at SCREIA sponsored events.  (Non-Vendor members may promote their expertise only if they are part of the monthly program.)  SCREIA members will not be permitted to publicly promote a non-Vendor member at a SCREIA sponsored event.

Examples of potential Vendor members include: Bankers, Realtors (promoting their services/properties), Insurance Companies, Title Companies, Rehab Contractors, Cleaning Companies, Trade Companies such as Electricians/Plumbers/HVAC…and more!

Individuals who are conducting investment deals on their own personal properties are NOT Vendor members. 

Vendor members have all the local memberships benefit rights as an active SCREIA member, including voting rights and membership in OREIA, as applicable.  Vendor members can attend other state REIA chapter meetings if the other REIA group honors the SCREIA vendor membership. 

Check with the OREIA chapter before you attend their meeting to inquire about their policies.  

Vendor memberships are not transferable, assignable, and can not be bequeathed.