Educating Wisconsin Investors

WiscoREIA Appleton: Avoiding Problems and Risk in your Real Estate Business

  • 8 Oct 2025
  • 6:00 PM
  • Wilder's Cutting Edge Bistro

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Avoiding Problems & Risk in Your Real Estate Business

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Every real estate investor knows that opportunities come with risks—but the most successful investors know how to minimize them.


Join us for an eye-opening session where we’ll dive into the most common pitfalls real estate investors face and, more importantly, how to avoid them. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to protect your business, reduce costly mistakes, and navigate challenges with confidence.


✅ Learn how to identify red flags before they become big problems

✅ Build a framework for smarter decision-making

✅ Protect your deals, your portfolio, and your reputation


Whether you’re new to investing or have years of experience, this event will equip you with tools to safeguard your business and keep you on the path to long-term success.


Don’t miss this chance to strengthen your real estate foundation—because the best deal is the one that doesn’t put your business at risk!


Speaker: Atty. Amy Farrow

Amy Farrow is an Attorney and real estate investor with over twenty-five years of experience. She has represented business owners, banks, and real estate professionals in litigation and transactional matters. Amy has also closed hundreds of real estate transactions, residential and commercial. She has bought and flipped more properties than she can remember, the very first in 1999.


Amy is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, both undergraduate and law school. She began her practice of law at a small firm servicing Columbia, Sauk and Dane County. After a few years of practice, Amy joined the Department of Justice. She served as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Oklahoma City, OK. After five years, Amy returned to Wisconsin and resumed the practice of law serving southeastern Wisconsin.


In her spare time, Amy loves to relax with her four children and two silly dogs. She and her husband travel often and love to visit National Parks. Amy also runs in obstacle and adventure races several times a year, such as the Tough Mudder and the Spartan races. She is a commercial pilot and is currently looking to buy a plane for new adventures. Amy also sits on the board of a nonprofit that focuses on raising money for breast cancer survivors and their families.


WiscoREIA’s Appleton Meeting Always Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the Month from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm!


Host: Geoff Possley

Geoff is a part time buy and hold investor with investments in the Fox Valley and Sheboygan area. He is a full-time aircraft certification engineer for Gulfstream Aerospace in Appleton where he lives with his wife Laura and four children Carter, Madeline, Rowen and Brielle.


Geoff got started in real estate in 2005, with very little REI knowledge, when he purchased a single-family home with the plan to do a live-in flip over the next few years. After the bubble burst in 2008 his focus shifted from turning a profit to simply breaking even. This led Geoff to step away from real estate for a number of years until he discovered WiscoREIA in 2018 where he finally was able to acquire the knowledge and network that was necessary to be successful in real estate investing.  His goal is to use REI as a means to retire early from engineering.


Geoff currently invests in single-family and small multi-family properties that he operates as traditional rentals as well as short term furnished rentals. In his free time Geoff enjoys camping with his family, playing golf, snowboarding, hunting, and good beer.


Make sure to bring tons of business cards as you will be meeting with people that you want to get to know!

 

Meeting Location:

Wilder's Cutting Edge Bistro

2639 S Oneida St

Appleton, WI 54915

Please enjoy food, drinks, and TIP YOUR SERVERS!


6:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Doors open early for Networking

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Speaker Presentation


The meeting ends at 9:00 PM, but we’ll continue with an informal after-meeting for anyone who’d like to stay.


You can stay after the meeting as well to network! Remember to bring your deals!


Members are always FREE! Your first meeting with WiscoREIA is FREE!

 After your first meeting, Non-Members are $30.00


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