What should I expect from my first REIA meeting?

[Benjamin Williams]

I'm going to my first REIA meeting tomorrow. I've been listening to lots of podcasts, I'm currently enrolled at YouTube University, and I keep on hearing about attending a REIA meeting so I am taking that step. I don't know what I am walking into though. The only thing I know is that it is at one of the nicer hotels in my city. I am currently trying to find my first wholesale deal. So far my only goal of this meeting is to try to network the best I can and find out who the top-dog investors are in my area. Hopefully they will be there.

I'm thinking that it will go down in a simliar way a church service does. It will be a big auditorium type room with a stage. Some guy will get up there and talk while everyone is sitting down listening, and eventually everyone gets up and starts talking to each-other. I'm sure every REIA meeting is different though.

Does anyone have any helpful words for me? Thank you