A perfect person to talk to about all forms of lending (conventional and hard money) is Tony https://tonybroullire.annie-mac.com/He is a regular attendee at both reia meetings and an unbelievably nice guy. 

Join a local real estate investing association and network with some of the attendees.

Actually, I randomly got to meet @Brian Burke for the first time in person when he was one of the 4 attendees at a meetup I scheduled in Santa Rosa when I was up there for my W2 job back in the day.

But...BP has a discounted room rate for attendees.

Any webinar I have been on for any topic ( I am a Health/fitness coach and also looking at marketing webinars etc - had over 100 attendees - up to a 1000 for some!.   

Any other serious Indiana tax sale attendees, I'd love to meet.

In the case of deductible meals, I’ll note the attendees and business purpose of the expense on the back and anything else that’s relevant.

Are you collecting attendee information to offer deals you find?

I understand that the basic training seminar is mostly motivational in nature and is designed essentially to upsell the attendee into purchasing one of the "advanced training" seminars that deal with a specific area of investing, anywhere from wholesaling to large development deals.

Does the Syracuse meeting have attendees familiar with the Corning / Elmira area?