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REIN
Canadian real estate investors, from beginners through to experienced portfolio owners and joint-venture money partners
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Founding — Founded in Vancouver in 1992 per REIN's own About page.
REIN is a Canadian real estate investment education and membership business founded in Vancouver in 1992. It sells tiered access to market research, courses, events and an investor community rather than operating as a member-governed association: it is a commercial organisation, and members are described in its own copy as clients as well as members. Programming covers market research and economic analysis for Canadian regions, courses such as Real Estate Investing in Canada and joint-venture and capital-raising material, webinars, a podcast and an events calendar. Pricing is published on its membership portal: All Access at $2,395 a year or $250 a month, Associate Access at $1,200 a year and Digital Access at $500 a year. The organisation is led by chief executive Patrick Francey and states that its members have transacted more than 43,000 properties representing more than $5.4bn, and that more than 153,000 clients and members have passed through its programmes since 1992. Those are cumulative, self-reported figures.
How it works
Members buy one of three access tiers and use the online platform for research reports, market analysis and course material, plus the events calendar for in-person and virtual sessions. Higher tiers add live event access and the fuller education programme. REIN partners with a Faculty of professionals — lawyers, accountants, realtors, mortgage brokers — who provide specialist services to members.
Typical member
Members are individual Canadian real estate investors at a range of experience levels. REIN also maintains a paid "Faculty" of lawyers, accountants, realtors, mortgage brokers and other service professionals who work with members.
Membership requirements
Requirements in detail, with history →Requirements are the tests the organization itself publishes — an age ceiling, a company-revenue floor, a net-worth minimum, a role. Where a figure straddles a range, the organization's own assessment decides. Local chapters can apply stricter tests than the published standard.
| Criterion | Published requirement | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Other criterion | Open paid membership; no published eligibility test | Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗ |
| Geographic restriction | Oriented to Canadian real estate investors and Canadian market research | Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗ |
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Initiation fees are paid once on joining; dues recur. Chapter dues, retreats, travel and events are usually additional and are listed separately when the organization discloses them. Figures are as published or reported on the date shown — not quotations.
| Cost | First year | Three years | Provenance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual duesa year | C$2,395 | C$7,185 | Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗ | |
| Annual duesa year | C$1,200 | alternative tier, not added | Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗ | |
| Annual duesa year | C$500 | alternative tier, not added | Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗ | |
| Monthly duesa month, counted ×12 | C$3,000 | C$9,000 | Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗ | |
| Programme fee | Not publicly disclosed. REIN sells courses such as Real Estate Investing in Canada and a capital-raising programme; their prices were not published on the pages read. | |||
| Estimated total, disclosed figures only | C$5,395 | C$16,185 | Not counted: Annual dues (2 alternative tiers, not added), Programme fee. | |
Structure and programming
Independent context
REIN sits on the commercial side of the line that separates an investor association from a paid education programme, and should be evaluated as the latter. It is a company selling a subscription, not a non-profit governed by its members, and its headline numbers — 153,000 clients, $5.4bn transacted, 43,000 properties — are cumulative marketing figures with no independent verification and no stated current membership. That does not make them false, but they answer a different question from "how many people are in this network now". At $2,395 a year for full access, it is priced well above the local investor associations and in the range of paid mastermind programmes. The published tiers make comparison easy, which is more than most of this category offers; what is missing is any published statement of what distinguishes the tiers, and the currency is not named on the pricing page.
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Site-wide change log →- milestoneThe Real Estate Investment Network founded in Vancouver ↗
- milestoneREIN's Authentic Canadian Real Estate (A.C.R.E.) events were running; current chief executive Patrick Francey attended one that year before joining the community ↗
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Sources
- REIN homepage, The Real Estate Investment Network. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
- About Us & Contacts, The Real Estate Investment Network. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
- REIN All Access Membership, The Real Estate Investment Network. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
- Membership pricing, The Real Estate Investment Network. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.
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