What 24 Years in Louisiana Real Estate Teaches You About Investing in 2026

Calling all investors, landlords, flippers, realtors, contractors, Lenders, wholesalers and anyone with an interest in Property Investing. Come to our free meetup to network, learn or share with someone in the room to help move everyone closer to their goals.

Speaker Betsy Birdsong

Betsy has been in real estate for 24 years, starting as an investor buying and renovating houses. 15 years ago she become a Realtor full-time and build a large team and significant real estate business in our region. She was a director of New Orleans Real Estate Investors Association for over 10 years has been giving advice to investors, sellers, developers and buyers for years.

We are excited to have Emile interview Betsy about how she got started in Real Estate and how she has built an enduring career through various market cycles. Betsy has a lot of local experience and wisdom and if you are planning on doing deals in Louisiana in 2026 this is a must attend event.

Agenda as follows:

6:30 pm: Doors Open/Networking
7:00 pm: Interview with guest + Q & A
7:45 pm: Needs and Wants + Networking
8:00pm After meeting drinks at Gattuso's Neighborhood Restaurant

You are welcome to come whether you are trying to go from 0-1st deal or deal 1,000 - 1001. We will have a needs and wants section where you can tell the room if you have something to offer or are looking for something. Whether that's an off-market deal, hard money, contractors, partners etc.

Our speakers aren't selling anything and neither are the organizers. We just want to get the West Bank property investing community networking and talking as we believe that will benefit everyone.

We are grateful for the support of Lease Co and Home Buyer Louisiana that helped cover some of the costs of the event through their generous sponsorship