Our Black Diamond events are free, no memberships, no selling speakers, and draw from 100-200 people at our Waltham location.

Is there a speaker, or do people just sort of walk around and chat?

I was just at the Real Estate Investors Expo in Anaheim and George Antone was one of the speakers.

This ALONE eliminates the issues some may face.We also don’t advertise “No credit check”…screw that….if an applicant is a deadbeat, we don’t’ want to deal with it…I remember when the law was first passed, the largest REI group locally had a meeting with an attorney as a guest speaker, and being the nerd I was, I had the entire freakin code printed off and highlighted and sat on the front row…He went on and on scaring the hell out of everyone, but was citing code that didn’t apply to a lease option…I raised my hand to stop him and told him that what he just mentioned didn’t even apply to a lease option….His response when he saw the stacks of paperwork in front of me…”Well…yes….ummm..you’re right…yes…ummmm….BUT..now…look at section such and such...” and went right over my question….3 days later, everyone that attended got an e-mail from this attorney stating “Want to do lease options legally?

a certain "supposed" REIA group closer to my part of the world had a speaker who went to prison for securities fraud. 

The REIA meetings here in California are organized, and usually have a guest speaker talking about a topic of interest.  

We also have 1 main meeting each month with a guru speaker, this past month we had Ron Legrand, a local in Jax.

He has save me thousands over the years in tax advice.Jeremy Veldman has done a great job so far as President and is a really entertaining speaker.

If you or anyone has any recommendations on great speakers, send them my way!

I will be there for sure next month as I am one of the speakers!