At least in Vegas they give you a fun environment and free drinks as they rip you off.

If it seems they want to put in the effort required to make it work, we invite them to our networking meetup, and maybe meet one on one for lunch or drinks if appropriate.

So here I am, listening to the BP podcast and trying to drink it all in as I continue to formulate my strategy and get myself into position to get started.Here's the thing: I'm looking for the right "port of entry" into this business because I'm committed to doing this debt free.

This is just people getting together to talk about REI over food and drinks.

Exactly what your talking about, bbq, coffe, dinner, drinks, etc.

I know there are a couple RE Clubs, but at $20 a person the wife and I could have a nice dinner or drinks and snackies somewhere for the same price and skip the Guru spiel while meeting BPers.

The real entertainment was watching out-of-towners stop for lunch and take a drink of thier water!

Well, I'd love to fill this intro with rose and candy but the truth is, I screwed up, big time.Between the easy money and a serious alcohol addiction, my partner and I ran through a million plus in about 3 years.

I guess he got some flak from some big money people who were not cheap, Bud drinking types.I've known both types.

I have been drinking the digital Kool Aid for about 3 weeks now just trying to absorb as much information as possible.