There is no organized format or speakers.  

Make sure you know who you’re getting as well as their specialty/capability and fit to your problem.3)Don’t choose an attorney because he’s a good entertainer/speaker on stage at a real estate club (or any other professional, or guru, for that matter.

At the June Apartment Association of Orange County meeting we attended (we're vendor members), the speaker, a man who has been a broker since something like 1970, flatly stated that it is time to sell apartments in southern California.

The REA is unstructured, typically has a speaker to discuss a specific topic.In the past, guest speakers from Atlanta have come down as key note speakers. 

Ramsey and Orman are nothing but paid speakers/celebrity faces for financial firms that follow the financial strategies which they teach. 

While they do have speakers trying to do up sales if you have self-control you can get thru it without purchasing anything and still get some good information and meet other investors. 

You could have one at each site, attach a camera/mic/speaker to it and fly around to check on work.

I been burned once (those speakers and process to hook you are very polished), but not again.I really just need a little guidance so I can at least get a few things I have right now locked in. 

Big picture of the speaker and his family and little munchkins.. and how he is doing this so he can spend time with his family and munchkins .. they go on ad naseum with pulling your heartstrings.

I want to get some advice on how I could develop the meetup further, possibly creating an agenda, bringing in guest speakers, and always bringing in more investors, agents, and the like to create even more networking opportunities.