The monthly meetings have been great networking and good speakers.

They had Senator Wienowski (author of some of the state ADU regulations) and Greg Nickless from CA Housing and Community Development (HCD) as speakers. 

I went to BEC20 (Joe Fairless's event in Keystone) and one of the speakers made an interesting prediction.

Go to investor meetings in your area and talk to the speakers, see who does a lot of deals and ask them to mentor you.2.

Although I didn't sign up for any of their offerings, the speaker got me hyped up and I began to look for properties the buy and hold. 

It's such a strange coincidence that I was listening to a podcast earlier today (Show 127) and Josh actually asked the guest speaker your specific case.

During our monthly meetings, we share ideas, learn from one another, and host speakers who talk about topics related to real estate investment.This week, Craig Curelop, a BiggerPockets contributor and the best-selling author of "The House Hacking Strategy",  will share his story about how he got started in the real estate.Along with that, he will explain how you can use the house-hacking strategy to achieve financial independence faster than you ever thought possible.

Half those books are sold by people that are just good motivational speakers/writers that are good at marketing.

Full time educator that runs her other real estate school- Brokerage has own app where we store training videos and guest speakers from our events- Mentoring program for new agents to shadow experienced agent- Brokerage creates template personal site for me- 2 education classes/month via Zoom- 1 Sales meeting/month for education & motivation- 1 meeting/month on technology use, a staff member that deals with IT needs- 70/30 Split- $355 Annual Office desk due- 2% Transaction fee- No lead production, produce own leads, repeat & referral- 223 current & pending listings- Have had new agents close 20 homes in first year and other only 6 homes; variesBrokerage C:- This is Keller Williams, so probably pretty standard and y'all are familiar with them, I'm sure- Within my region: Own 12% of all inventory; 600 to 900 active listings and closed just under 3,500 homes last yearBrokerage D:- 21 agents in local office- Momentum Program for training- 95% commission paid on a transaction, fees included but you choose how much you want to spend (private office/shared office/WFH office,- Brokerage does not provide leads but can obtain leads from sister brokerage, no cost- Currently 82 listings, 50 active, states it is currently a seller's market- Goal is to sell at least $2,000,000 per year- Average sale price for last 90 days (8 properties) is $260,400Brokerage E:- Training videos available- Weekly sales meetings- Ninja sales training 2-3/month with Q/A's- Offer a one-on-one mentorship program for new agents- Mentor and I would split commission 50/50 first couple of transactions or when I'm ready to go solo- Lesser degree mentorship for 75/25 commission- $46.50/month Brokerage fees Plus $25/month on E's&O's- Own website on brokerage webpage for $10/month- 70/30 Commission split; 95/5 for sale milestones- Once you pass $5M in sales, you're still on 70/30 split until you pay out brokerage $20,000, which in turn split becomes 95/5- 3% broker fee each transaction with $3,000 cap- Can provide leads by signing and paying up for different things (ICC/OPCity/Buyside)- 255 active listingsBrokerage F:- Extensive 6 week onboarding process for training- No monthly fees; biz cards/signs/lockboxes/marketing all paid for- Provides leads- 2 CRMs that hold database of your clients- Usually 100 listings at any given time, lower now because of Covid- Minimal standard to remain with company is 24/year.

We had about 50 people last week and we try to bring in some interesting guest speakers so it's not just me talking the whole time.