You might be real lucky and get a "cash rich" partner that complements you might be in the future and going to the local clubs and events in real estate investing and are not based on guest speakers that ask for your money.  

But originally the idea came from one of the bigger pockets podcast guest speakers who said he brings and six contractors all at the same time when he's interviewing for a new one.

Account Closed runs a great meetup monthly in Manhattan...it's during the school week, but maybe you could make it at least for the speaker and some pre-speaker networking.

They informed us due to security reasons, they could not disclose when the main speakers would be speaking over the weekend.

And the main speaker was a guy name Chris Johnson.

People Please EDUCATE yourself before [LINK REMOVED] Ask for references and not testimonials she is posting on her site, people fall for it and she uses the tactics of being a new speaker and caring and Legit.

Having been involved in HUNDREDS of seminars as a speaker, and having known a few others, I'm not a real believer in them!

See: https://www.ted.com/speakers/didier_sornette 

If you have a strategy, but just need someone to do the grunt work of calling and messaging, you should look at Qore admins - www.qorevirtual.com - not the cheapest lead generators, but you can find great quality, practically native sounding English speakers, and still get a great value on the cost!

At the 3 day seminar leading up to their more expensive programs, they have a very good speaker named Doug Clark who is a phenomenal salesperson.