Dealmaker Birmingham

10/06/2026

Tuesday, October 13th: Mike Elkins at Dealmaker Birmingham.

Mike's Own the Drive Home message is built around a simple question: what are you and the people around you carrying home at the end of the day?

We will talk about:

- Putting people first without lowering accountability
- Leading intentionally instead of reacting all day
- Developing people so every decision does not come back to you
- Building a business around purpose, alignment, and ownership
- Letting faith and integrity shape the way you lead

The Mayor Bar | 2808 7th Ave S #109, Birmingham
Doors open at 5:30 PM | Introductions at 6:15 PM
Free parking. Food and drinks available.

We bring you the latest in real estate investing, expert insights, and in-depth conversations to keep you connected to the deals, strategies, and people shaping your local market.

09/30/2026

Two weeks out: Tuesday, October 13.

A growing business can reach a point where the owner is carrying every decision, every missed commitment, and every unresolved problem. That weight does not stay at work. It follows you home.

Mike Elkins has spent more than 30 years leading and coaching people from small businesses to Fortune 500 organizations. He will help us look at how purpose, alignment, and real ownership can take some of that weight off the owner while making the team stronger.

The Mayor Bar | Doors open at 5:30 PM

RSVP: https://dealmakerbirmingham.com/rsvp

08/25/2026

3 WEEKS OUT - Tuesday, September 15

Let's talk about the part of investing nobody puts in the highlight reel.

You found the deal. You got it funded. You closed. That was the hard part, right?

Then the project starts. And suddenly you are the general contractor, the bookkeeper, the scheduler, the decision-maker, and the person chasing three subs who all said Monday. Your timeline lives in your head. Your budget lives in a spreadsheet you have not opened in eleven days. Your change orders live in text messages.

Holding costs do not care how busy you are. Every week of drift is real money leaving your pocket, and most investors cannot tell you within $5,000 where they actually stand mid-project.

That is what we are getting into on September 15. REI Funding Partners is presenting. Tanner is running it, Ray is with him, and they are bringing something we built.

Tuesday, September 15 - THIRD Tuesday
The Mayor Bar, Lakeview
Doors 5:30 | Intros 6:15

RSVP: dealmakerbirmingham.com/rsvp

08/04/2026

Dealmaker Birmingham is 1 week away! Janice Gilbreath will be speaking about DSCR lending! Tuesday, August 11th and The Mayor Bar! RSVP: https://dealmakerbirmingham.com/rsvp

07/14/2026

Tonight is the night! Just us at the Mayor Bar @ 5:30pm! Come network with and build your net worth! RSVP here: https://dealmakerbirmingham.com/rsvp

07/10/2026

🚨 WE'VE MOVED!

New home, same mission — The Mayor Bar in Birmingham's Lakeview district. Full bar, Mr. West's Asian Chow Hall, free parking, AC. 🎉

📅 Tuesday, July 14 | Doors 5:30 PM
📍 2808 7th Ave S, #109, Birmingham, AL 35233

This month: networking games built to get real conversations (and real deals) flowing.

Free event. Serious investors. Real connections.
👉 RSVP:

We bring you the latest in real estate investing, expert insights, and in-depth conversations to keep you connected to the deals, strategies, and people shaping your local market.

05/05/2026

📍 ONE WEEK AWAY — Deal Maker Birmingham | May 12 @ TrimTab Brewing Company

Most investors only see two parts of a rehab deal:

The exciting acquisition. And the polished before-and-after.

What nobody talks about is everything in the middle — the funding decisions, the rehab surprises, the moments where the deal almost went sideways, and the choices that determined whether the numbers actually worked.

That's exactly what we're breaking down on Tuesday, May 12.
Parker Grissom is walking the room through a real funded rehab deal — from how the lead was found, to how it got closed with REI Funding Partners, to what happened during the renovation, to how it exited.

Real numbers. Real decisions. Real lessons.

If you're actively rehabbing, trying to fund your first deal, wholesaling to investors, or just trying to understand what makes a deal actually work — this is the room to be in next Tuesday.

Seats fill up. Grab yours now. 👇

04/28/2026

Most investors see the before-and-after.

Very few get to see what actually happened in the middle.

That’s what we’re breaking down at our May Deal Maker Birmingham meetup.

Parker Grissom with REI Funding Partners will walk through a real funded deal from start to finish:

• Purchase
• Rehab
• Sale or refinance

We’ll talk through the wins, the mistakes, the numbers, and the decisions that moved the deal forward.

Because the best way to sharpen your own investing strategy is to study real deals — not theory.

If you’re actively buying, rehabbing, lending, wholesaling, or trying to understand how deals actually get done, this is the room to be in.

RSVP below 👇

04/08/2026

“This is the kind of deal that looks straightforward… until you start peeling back a few layers.”

That’s exactly what we’re doing next Tuesday.

We’re taking a real Birmingham deal and breaking it down live with a full team of experts:
Lender — Contractor — Title — Insurance — Capital partners — DSCR lender

Each one walking through what they see —
what works, what doesn’t, and what they’d change.

Because most deals don’t fall apart on the surface…
they fall apart in the details.

If you’re trying to do more deals this year, don’t miss this one.

Reserve your FREE spot in the comments!

Join Dealmaker Birmingham on April 14 at TrimTab Brewing for a live breakdown of a real estate deal. Learn how lenders, contractors, and investors evaluate deals, identify risks, and structure profitable projects.

04/02/2026

Not all deals are good deals.

On April 14, we’re breaking down a real Birmingham deal with lenders, contractors, and investors to show what actually works—and what doesn’t.

If you’re serious about doing deals, be there.

TrimTab Brewing
April 14 | 5:30PM