Than Merrill or REIA Meeting?

[Javon Varona]

Okay, so I've been going through this forum for a few days now. Some of the most important information I have gotten was from Mr. Joe McCall. Just genius information that has assisted me with the information I have been studying. Thank you Mr. McCall.

At this point I am pretty much ready to hit the ground running and build a buyers list. I've watched a lot of videos, have a out of state mentor, and have read some things, but I am still having trouble with the concept of finding buyers.

With this said today I was scrolling through FB looking for a buyers group, but couldn't find anything when I stumbled upon a retargeting marketing ad by "Than Merrill" for a 2hr seminar about a mile away from my home. I had never heard of Than Merrill so I googled him, and saw that he had been successful in "Fix and Flipping" properties. I then entertained the thought of maybe I should request more information, so I did. I called a 1-800 number and was greeted by a young lady who asked where I had wanted to go for my free seminar. I immediately stopped her and asked if this was a seminar where buyers would show up, or would it be a bunch of people who are interested in making a so called "Quick buck" (which we all know that this is not a quick buck industry)? The young lady replied with there will be all sorts of people there. To me that does not say much. No disrespect I am someone who feels that I can never learn enough so I am willing to go and learn some new things, but at the same time, I don't want to waste time for 2 cents of information and 118 minutes of time for that 2 cents if there will be no buyers in whom I can network with.

On the flip side there is a REIA meeting tomorrow night that is held once a month. So the question is this. Has anyone attended a Than Merrill seminar in the past 9-12 months in the New Orleans/Greater New Orleans area? If so were there buyers there? If not in the state of LA than any other state.

At the end of the day I am trying to network and meet buyers, should I do this at the Than Merrill Seminar or the REIA meeting tomorrow night?

Thank you all and your responses are much appreciated.

Best,

Javon