Investor Meetings

[Lisa Dugdale]

Hey there, just looking fro some advice on meeting topics. Our area does not currently have an active REIA, so I started a meetup group to network with other investors in our area. Tonight is the first meeting, and I am unsure of how I should direct the meeting, what to talk about etc...

Any advice would be great!!

[David Panzera]

Hi, @Lisa Dugdale. A couple of thoughts for you:

Why not let it be an informal meeting where you all get to know each other and learn about each other's goals for real estate investing, as well as what people are actually looking for in a meet-up group? Once you know those things you can start to craft future agendas. For instance, will there be all wholesalers there tonight, like you? Probably not, right? Get the lay of the land on your people and then go from there.

You could also look at the national REIA website and I bet they have ideas on what to talk about if you're "starting" a group in your area. Maybe BP even has something like that here. That way, even if you don't talk tonight about specific real estate topics because you're getting to know each other, you can talk generally about those ideas you found and see how people feel about expanding on them in the future.

Good luck!

-David Panzera