Good lord, you people take things too seriously and come to people's defense as if they have been offended in some way.

I felt this year was the most unorganized conference I have been to.  

Don't be defensive but address their concern and show anyone that reads their review that the host is active and cares about feedback.

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You may want to live in a world of Wild West, anything goes business (I won't mention the orange haired political elephant in the room) but I assure you, your ignorant, uninformed, and weak defense of this sort of activity is not common.

How many real estate investor conferences have you gone to? 

Networking Opportunities: Are there local networking events, conferences, or online forums where I can connect with other investors and professionals in the Edmonton real estate market?

Nope, I unfortunately already filled up my conference quota for the year - must have been somebody else!

They are even discussing this at banking and mortgage conferences.

At that price, I suspect they don't get very many students at once. well i dont personally know. but when i was doing loans for Armando Montalongo's students and Nick Vertucci students at the 40k event there would be at least 200 paid participants. and about 350 to 400 folks in the huge conference rooms and then about 10 break out rooms to discuss other real estate niches.