NOVA Real Estate Networking Club - Little disappointed

[Anthony Reale]

I attended this meetup last night in Tyson's and was disappointed to find out it was a 2+ hour video pitch for Phil Grove's training program. I have nothing against the presenter or the training program (I'm sure it's great) but I recognized the set-up (free meet-up, pitch a $100 3 day event, pitch the really expensive training at that event.)

Anyone else in the Northern VA/DC area have other meetups they like? I really enjoy the monthly CAZA meetup in Falls Church, went once so far and just need to be less shy. Found some others on meetup.com I'll probably try, but my goal as a just-starting-newbie is to find good people to connect with and provide value or help in any way I can. Thoughts?

[Matt Schelberg]

As @Russell Brazil mentioned, our format is a roundtable discussion, which works great because our members have a ton of collective experience.  And as Russell pointed out, it's nice to get different perspectives on real estate topics.

The link to our meetup is here:

http://www.meetup.com/Unofficial-Biggerpockets-Real-Estate-Meetup-Anne-Arundel/events/230114819/