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Speaker Spotlight: John Burley on Raising Capital for Real Estate
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The MREIC 2026 Speaker Spotlight series begins with John Burley—a real estate fund manager and capital raiser with 40+ years of investing experience, thousands of completed transactions, and $600M+ raised.
In this short conversation with podcast host Brian, John explains why many investors stay stuck: they spend all their time chasing “perfect deals,” while the real bottleneck is almost always capital. His message is direct: if you learn how to raise money in a proper, formal, compliant way, real estate becomes dramatically easier to execute at scale.
John will be speaking at Midwest Real Estate Investor Conference (MREIC 2026) on Monday, April 27, 2026, around 2:30 PM, at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Watch the Speaker Spotlight with John Burley:
What John Will Cover:
Monday, April 27 | 2:30 – 4:00 PM
The Secrets of Raising Private Money
Private money is often the difference between finding deals and closing them. John will share a repeatable system for raising private capital—what to say, who to say it to, and how to structure terms—so funding stops being your bottleneck.
Coming to MREIC 2026?
Tickets and event details are available here.
