The speaker was Jerry Norton.

Aaron now that you have met craig you need to come to the real estate investor meetings in fort smith, he is a new member hope to see you there. it is the 3rd tursday of the month at coltons steak house in van buren at 600 and we always have speakers.

Hey Cody, the meetings with a speaker we have quarterly.

I was recently at a meeting where the speaker stated that many investors made their seed money in other ventures such as owning restaurants, a professional career such as CPA, etc.

The guest speaker this month is Nasar El-arabi He will speak on wholesaling, i will cover quickie estimating for rehabs and How to get rich in real estate or die trying.  

After that there is usually a featured speaker on an important topic.

I still retain some great contacts there.I used to be a member if the a Riverside County Bar Association Trust and Estate Section and have been monthly keynote speaker on four different occasions. 

Eventually it requires a membership but they have a sub-group of some type every week that is included and they also bring guest speakers like Ron LeGrand, etc. for weekend seminars.

I recently attended a RE meetup event and the speaker emphasized treating real estate investments as cold, number-driven investments and actually suggested buying properties physically far away from the investor is one way to control for this to ensure that investment decisions are made dispassionately.

After that there is usually a featured speaker on an important topic.