The moment we sat down, this guy in a not so tailored suit and very pitchy voice spoke into a wireless mic and started with "How many of you are tired of working your 9 to 5" "What would you do if I told you that you could adapt our system and start collecting checks in just two short weeks?"

Not sure if anyone mentioned the rise in metals prices over the past 3 or 5 years, I think its topped out for a while now, but I've heard more than a few investment guru's still talking about us being in the midst of a long run up on metals prices, which besides the obvious ones like gold and silver, would also likely include copper as well.

I discuss it with my wife sometimes, as she worries about us being too heavily weighted in real estate and not enough in other things (e.g. mutual funds).One thing I come back to often is that to maximize your RoI in any investment, you have to know the market and know how to find the best opportunities and make the most of them.So, if you're buying 2/3 SFRs in B/C neighborhoods for a BRRR strategy, you eventually learn which neighborhoods are best and what's the best way to find the best properties at the best prices and get the best tenants for that neighborhood.

Example of a good deal: Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard DriveI would suggest thumb drives, but they fail more randomly and people lose/forget about them.  

You just need a mic and recording software.

Mic drop

The National REIA conference even has an open mic session where people name "the good, the bad and the ugly" speakers and gurus that they have brought to their REIA.  

If they have an open mic portion, USE IT.

Brandon and Josh constantly drop knowledge harder than Ice Cube drops the mic. 

I also found the pre-call really useless as the guy who called me told me to hold my questions for the seminar; the USB never work and after asked for a new one several times, never happened.