However, most REIAs only bring in speakers that sell programs that most of the time do not work! 

I've been a well-regarded industry conference speaker for the past 15 years.

A few things I learned:1) Stand up close so you can hear, she rattles off those parcel numbers quickly and the microphone/speaker quality isn't great.

I have used these before for speaker wires and led lights along the edge.

Check out the BP meet-up forums for Cincinnati, Ohio area and you will see "Real Estate on Tap" and can see the information for each meeting hosted and the topic based on the speaker.

Today I listened to a podcast where the guest speaker spoke upon his real estate journey and how he acquired a multi family unit property with little to 0% down in the Chicago area through a program called NACA. 

We have usually have between 80 and 100 people at our monthly meetings which typically fature an industry speaker, legal updates and networking - we have not had MTR as a specific topic yet and maybe we should!

"Ted Lanzaro: is a CPA, author and speaker specializing in taxation for the real estate industry.No, there is a three part test - do you have basis (probably yes because you put &’s in), can you qualify as a RE pro (yes), did you materially participate in the activity of the entity (no - this is where you fail the tests).

Lee Phillips is a Guru lawyer speaker.

Phill and Shenoah were the only speakers that I listened to that it clicked.