Just back from Vegas

Hi, I just got in from the week spent in Las Vegas. I was there for the CRS Training, which was so-so, and also the "secret" Vegas conference put on by AVM (Asset Valuation and Marketing), CalREO, and Atlantic Pacific REO. I have done some BPOs for AVM (probably a couple of dozen?), and long ago I signed up with CalREO but never heard a peep back out of them.At the conference, we got to meet the boss of CalREO. I asked him if they did any work in Santa Cruz county, where I am based. He said yes, absolutely, and that he had just fired his agent there. I asked him who that was, he hesitated, and said the agent's first name.I know all the big REO agents in the county, and of course, there are not very many of them, perhaps a dozen that do any volume, and this guy he fired was indeed a big one. Of course, this agent has lots of clients, so his business won't just dry up and blow away, and I'm sure he'll be fine. Sounds like he had a bit too much work to properly service CalREO's listings.Anyway, I hope I can pick up the business. The conference itself was OK, I didn't really learn a lot, but that's not why I signed up to go - it was all about the chance to meet the decision makers. Will it pay off? Time will tell!
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  • i agree! i also attended & hope something will come out of it! im ready to do some REO's.... & BPO's afet what i learned at the Confrence....
  • Actually, it was just $125/head. And although they said they would limit it to 200 people, actually there were 300. That's $37,500 - so yeah, they made some bucks on it, but nothing's wrong with that (and lunch was the best conference/seminar food I've ever had). I'd say about 75% of everyone there was from southern California, so it would definitely have been hard to stick out in the crowd.
  • Jesse, it didn't work out for me to go since it was my son's eighth grade promotion the next day and my nephew's graduation from high school. Definitely keep me posted on whether or not you think the training conference was a payoff or not. Some colleagues on AR were skeptical when I mentioned the conference in a blog stating the mathmatics of such a "invite only" conference at only $200 a head. Anyway, thanks for the update and I'd love to hear more about your experiences and better yet results of the conference. Best, SM
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