Comments on: No Go at the Real Estate Expo http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2006/03/06/no-go-at-the-real-estate-expo/ Learn, Network, Invest Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:22:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sky Minor http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2006/03/06/no-go-at-the-real-estate-expo/#comment-2022 Sky Minor Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:52:08 +0000 http://biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/index.php/2006/03/06/no-go-at-the-real-estate-expo/#comment-2022 Went to Trump last year where my company paid five grand for a 12' x 12' foot floor booth. Outrageous. Complete hype from Trump himself. He would only talk about any thing real estate related when directly asked and then he would immediately segue into his newest clothing line addition, or who he used to bang when blah blah area in manhattan used to be hot. God the guy just went on and on about how bigtime he is. Not all the speakers were bad, but most were either upselling their courses or upselling the guy across the rooms courses. I agree that any local REI club meeting would be better to spend the $$$ on. Went to Trump last year where my company paid five grand for a 12′ x 12′ foot floor booth. Outrageous. Complete hype from Trump himself. He would only talk about any thing real estate related when directly asked and then he would immediately segue into his newest clothing line addition, or who he used to bang when blah blah area in manhattan used to be hot. God the guy just went on and on about how bigtime he is. Not all the speakers were bad, but most were either upselling their courses or upselling the guy across the rooms courses.
I agree that any local REI club meeting would be better to spend the $$$ on.

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]]> By: Administrator http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2006/03/06/no-go-at-the-real-estate-expo/#comment-1400 Administrator Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:01:49 +0000 http://biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/index.php/2006/03/06/no-go-at-the-real-estate-expo/#comment-1400 "There needs to be more focus on learning your local market from local experts rather than national speakers who would never understand your local market." I'm with you 100%! Thanks for the comments! “There needs to be more focus on learning your local market from local experts rather than national speakers who would never understand your local market.”

I’m with you 100%! Thanks for the comments!

]]> By: Tony B http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2006/03/06/no-go-at-the-real-estate-expo/#comment-1391 Tony B Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:44:59 +0000 http://biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/index.php/2006/03/06/no-go-at-the-real-estate-expo/#comment-1391 I totally agree with you. The Real Estate Expo is merely a glorified marketing event for the biggest wealth brands in the country. And chances are, they will all be trying to sell their courses, mentor programs and bootcamps. The sad thing about it is a lot of people will be buying their products with little success. In my opinion, Donald Trump is probably the worst person to take advice from when getting started in real estate investing. This is because his niche is luxury commercial buildings. Has Mr. Trump ever bought a property for less than $300,000? There needs to be more focus on learning your local market from local experts rather than national speakers who would never understand your local market. I totally agree with you. The Real Estate Expo is merely a glorified marketing event for the biggest wealth brands in the country. And chances are, they will all be trying to sell their courses, mentor programs and bootcamps. The sad thing about it is a lot of people will be buying their products with little success.

In my opinion, Donald Trump is probably the worst person to take advice from when getting started in real estate investing. This is because his niche is luxury commercial buildings. Has Mr. Trump ever bought a property for less than $300,000?

There needs to be more focus on learning your local market from local experts rather than national speakers who would never understand your local market.

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