Good ATL Networking Events on Evenings or Weekends?

[Kreg Thornley]

Looking for good ATL networking events on evenings or weekends (outside of normal work hours).

Preferably free and not sales pitches for paid programs/seminars.

Thanks!

[Curt Smith]

There's events on meetup.org , but I mainly go to gareia.com events myself.  Its my main local group of investors I hang with.  I learn there and also do some teaching of buy and hold and a few other areas.  

Ramping up to actually making money in real estate is like getting a masters degree the higher the quality of the learning situation you will be paying.   At my level we have a 4 digit annual education budget.  To get started you will benefit more by focusing on quality vs free.  

FWIW my time tested view of what makes for a successful new person:

- tenanacity

- is structured uses time blocking to get things done

- networks and learns from others in their local env

- invests heavily in their own education, value, depth of their network.

- lives below ones means, saves for down payments, direct marketing etc

...

Nothing is truely free.  There is a cost to not reaching critical mass and then wondering off which is what happens to most new folks, to be honest.   I quit my day job 3 yrs ago, whew!  Now I enjoy helping others mainly via buy and hold but all the other deal types like creative etc as my "give back".

Best of luck.