{"id":102515,"date":"2018-09-23T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/renewsblog\/?p=102515"},"modified":"2021-03-16T14:50:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:50:28","slug":"must-attend-real-estate-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/must-attend-real-estate-conferences","title":{"rendered":"The Two Must-Attend Real Estate Conferences for Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of real estate conferences out there\u2014but which ones are actually worth your time?<\/p>\n<h2>IMN<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are two conferences that everyone should attend. The first one is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMN (Information Management Network)<\/a>. It\u2019s held in Scottsdale, Arizona and Miami, Florida every year. It\u2019s a single-family residence-geared conference that is very high end. There are a lot of hedge funds, institutional money, and institutional buyers and sellers there. That is pretty much where you want to go if you\u2019re a more experienced investor and do anywhere from five to 10 deals per month. You\u2019re doing volume, you\u2019ve got various companies, and you\u2019ve got a big team. That is where you go to shake hands and kiss babies because the who\u2019s who of the real estate world is at this conference. Keep in mind it is very expensive to attend, around a couple grand a ticket. Now, if you can schmooze your way into being a speaker, you may get your ticket comped\u2014and they are always looking for content and great speakers. So make sure to check that out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i1SUS5l8HpA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Think Realty Conference<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Another one that you should definitely attend, especially if you are a beginner, is the <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkrealty.com\/event\/think-realty-conference-expo-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Think Realty Conference<\/a>. They run about four to five conferences every single year and have an amazing team based in Kansas City. I know them very well\u2014they are awesome people. My experience from that conference is that there is no pumping products and services. They don\u2019t like &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/spruiker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spruikers<\/a>&#8221; as we refer to them in Australia. Yes, there are products for sale. Yes, there are services for sale, but there are insightful panels, interesting speaking presentations, and good content. There is a lot of great stuff that you can learn there, and you can meet a number of good people. So I strongly recommend and encourage you to attend that conference. It is not that expensive, and you can sign up online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em> <strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/18\/3-reasons-must-attend-real-estate-conferences\/\" target=\"_blank\">3 Reasons Why Attending Conferences Is Essential For Your Success In Real Estate<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I want you to know that I get nothing from either one of these conferences for mentioning this to you. So again, the IMN is awesome and so is the Think Realty Conference. Google them and check them out. Personally, I think you should attend them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So that\u2019s about it. Post below about any real estate conferences that you attend that are great and do not sell products and services. I don\u2019t want anyone shoving crap down my throat. I just want good content and want to meet some great people and awesome investors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/webinars?utm_source=newsletter\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"85\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Which conferences do you attend?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">Please comment below.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of real estate conferences out there\u2014but which ones are actually worth your time as an investor? Here are two conferences that offer true value, not just gimmicky sales pitches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1672,"featured_media":78233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-business-management"],"acf":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1672"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}