I love live events, make better connections there, I've been to so many so I know which ones are good in my area, but at first I just went to Meetup.com and based it on how many attendees.

Thanks to all the amazing speakers and all the attendees who were so welcoming and willing to share.

Our part of the country has a lot of aging housing stock so there's ample opportunity to upgrade the RI housing supply and get paid to do it (either in one lump sum by selling, aka flipping, or by buying and holding and renting out better units for higher rents).If you haven't already done so, I'd recommend checking out the RIREIG group that meets monthly in Warwick, and the Black Diamond REI group that meets twice a month in southern Mass, as it seems you're active in both areas and both groups are education oriented (not trying to sell stuff).I've personally attended both groups and found a lot of good attendees at different levels, from beginners/dabblers to full time investors.Let us know if you have any specific questions of course!

Usually a good presenter and interesting attendees.

There was a mountain of great content that was provided to the attendees of this year's Best Ever Conference and I'm curious to know what others thought about it.

I learn something new on BP every day, and from my partners and other Black Diamond attendees too.

I definitely recommend them.Their meetup info is here:http://realestate.meetup.com/1174/I am not an organizer of this group only an attendee.

I was at a meeting of a club tonight that had about 30-35 attendees some of who invest in Indiana as well.

One REIA complaint I often see with newer folks is that folks who know each other get into cliques and that it's harder for the new attendees to actually network (that of course being the actual point). 

I spoke with another attendee today who said they wanted $32K for their program.