So I just went to my first REIA...

[Zachary Martin]

So I went to my first REIA meeting (Traction) in my area with little idea of what to expect. However, I didn't expect there to be so much... "selling" at it. It started with a greeting, then into people sharing "success stories" of which only 2 were and the rest were people announcing things they're selling, then it was the time for members to announce things they have to sell (officially I suppose), then it was the REIA groups time to sell us the membership and going over all its benefits, then it was the main speaker to tell us all about his system and trying to sell that. (Larry Goins if you're curious) There was a part where they had a guy talk about market analysis of the DC area was the most informative part, but it was also short.

The information that Larry was talking about was pretty interesting, but it seemed a little "get rich quick"y for me to completely buy into.  That and I couldn't help but wondering that if he has all this experience and this large infrastructure to do many of these types of deals, and how easy it is to do it, why inform everyone of what you're doing?

Am I just a huge cynic or was I not far off from the mark?
While I feel as though I didn't get much out of it (other than feeling a bit discouraged), I have to admit that I didn't do any networking which may be the main purpose of these?  Being my first time with not much to offer other than cash (I know that's a large part to offer), I was a little shy, perhaps too much, and didn't want to be "preyed" upon.

I was hoping to get more out of this, and while this may not be the REIA for me, I do plan on going to others (Capital REIA and CAZA)

Sorry for the potential rambling, but I would appreciate any thoughts you may have.