The Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals Conference & Expo is now over.
The event is the Canadian mortgage industry’s biggest annual convention and a place where mortgage brokers come to learn about lenders and network.
The show was fun and informative as usual. Here’s what we liked about the Expo itself:
- It’s “one-stop shopping” for mortgage product information (a big time saver)
- It’s a convenient way to cultivate relationships in person with all the lenders (good relationships get hard deals done)
- Sunday Expo hours (some brokers find it hard to take off weekdays)
- High-quality give-aways and written materials (including Filogix’s/CAAMP’s tote bag and PMI Canada’s leather portfolio)
In the spirit of constructive feedback, we would have liked to see:
- An Exhibits-only ticket (Charging people $683-$948 just to walk around the convention hall is excessive. Not everyone wants to attend the sessions and events.)
- More new product announcements (few exhibitors had anything groundbreaking to announce at the show)
- More mortgage-specific seminars (practical seminars on mortgage origination and marketing techniques would have been nice)
- Longer Expo hours on Sunday (Some people can only attend on Sunday and four hours isn’t always enough)
Overall, however, we commend CAAMP on another entertaining and well-run show. We look forward to next year’s Expo in Vancouver.
Here’s the big question.
How can CAAMP charge $800.00 for a ticket and then charge $8 for a beer!!!