I helped start/develop one a few years back in all the major markets in Texas and have maintained them for the most part to date.The format we use is : Introduction - Go around the group and let everyone  briefly (<10 seconds) introduce themselves and why they are here.Topic - here we either introduce a topic or speaker relevant to the group.. 

Our local rental association meets once a month for a dinner meeting and speaker.

So I attended this free financial seminar last night at my local church and the speaker mentioned on many accounts that he invest in RE.  

In the past the events have been a great place to network and there is normally a special guest speaker. 1) have you considered moving to NJ?  

Almost all his savings were wiped out.This included money for his family, two schoolgoing children and holiday plans.Mr Kenneth Ng, 43, never imagined himself to be a real estate investor, but after listening to a speaker at a property seminar, he invested almost all of his $80,000 savings.The supply chain executive, who earns $8,000 a month, bought a "fixer-upper" in the US city of Memphis for US$55,000 (S$74,500).A fixer-upper is real estate slang for a property that needs maintenance work, such as redecoration, reconstruction or redesign, before it can be lived in.That was in 2013.Mr Ng never got the promised returns.The property guru who made the sales pitch?

Market updates, and educational speakers.   

15 minutes of networking30 minute guest speaker with q&a15 min networkingCould do zoom breakout rooms for the networking portions.

I remember listening to a bp speaker about how he converted a deserted mall into storage facility. 

We just had a great virtual meet up and speaker last night actually. https://www.facebook.com/Harri...It’s lead by Mattias Clymer and Chase Louderback.

I heard a NAR speaker the other day say that only 10% of agent actually follow up long term with clients after closing > hence the huge nurturing marketing opportunity to capitalize on.Cheers!