I got that 150K limit from a successful speaker on the internet that I believed. 

I’m looking for recommendations on books/speakers/educational resources on structuring syndication deals, especially around how to appropriately structure deals

Leave your credit card in your pocket when you go to the ones that have selling speakers. 

In the last few MeetUps, I have had speakers express that there is no market for applying the wholesale strategy in Montreal specifically.

Bigger Pockets author Chad Carson will be the speaker at the Sept 20th meeting Contact me if you need info on this or other groups in town. 

Your place looked very cozy perfect for our needs and homey as well so we could visit and fellowship with others we know who will be attending the conference & guest speakers at the conference.

At our REI meeting last night, the spotlight speaker talked about this exact thing--seller financing. 

And to piggy back on @Rip Rittell's comment, this coming Tuesday will be one of the best topics and speakers you could ask for pertaining to this topic because one of our top local, investor-specialized title attorneys is speaking on lease purchase, owner finance and bond for deed, which are all strategies that can be used to facilitate step 1, the "B" in BRRRR with very little to even zero of your own money down to acquire the property.

What I meant to say was, at the seminar, there were quite a few guest speakers who were students in the program.

They have their meetings the last Thursday of every month and always invite great speakers to talk about real estate investing.