The Local REIA Cost Money?

[Colin Davis]

My Local REIA cost money. I've been listening to plenty of Bigger Pockets podcast and reading a lot of real estate books, all of which have stated or written, "attend REIA meetings or become active in your local REIA". However, I never read or heard anywhere that the REIA costs money. Did I miss something?

[Christopher Phillips]

@Colin Davis

Generally, there is a per meeting payment to cover the costs of renting out the space and/or booking guest speakers. Some REIA meetings might also have food if hosted out of a restaurant space.

You can find some free ones with Meetup.com, but they aren't completely free because Meetup charges the host of the Meetup group monthly fees.