Posted by Marie on July 23, 2004 at 23:11:59:
I’m reading “Real Estate Flipping” by Mark B. Weiss and “Buy it, Fix it, and Sell it - Profit!” by Kevin C. Myers. Any opinion on these?
CARLETON SHEETS? HOW I DID IT - Posted by BRIAN
Posted by BRIAN on June 04, 2004 at 06:54:03:
OK THIS COURSE DOES WORK ITS JUST ABOUT WHAT ANGLE YOU TAKE IT FROM. BY SAYING THIS I MEAN YES ITS GOOD TO READ IT 2-3 TIMES BUT I FOUND THAT READING IT ONCE THEN GOING BACK AND FOLLOWING EVERYTHING IT INSTRUCTS YOU TO DO AND JUST DOING IT WILL HELP GET YOU INTO KNOWING WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO LOOK AT PROPERTIES AND WORK WITH DIFFRENT PEOPLE. NOW SOME PARTS IN THE COURSE LIKE THE NEGOTIATING, CRE TECHNIQUES, TELEPHONE TECH, MAKING THE OFFER,AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND YOUR MARKET SHOULD BE READ UNTIL YOU REALLLY UNDERSTAND THESES CONCEPTS BUT LIKE EVERYONE SAYS TAKE YOUR TIME, DEALS COME AND GO FOR EVERYONE THEIR LIKE BUSSES IF YOU MISS ONE, WAIT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER. AN ARTICLE I READ IN THE HOW TO SECTION OF THIS SITE REALLY HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND THIS CONCEPT ITS CALLED “FEEDING THE DESIRE TO AQUIRE” READ IT.
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Re: CARLETON SHEETS? HOW I DID IT - Posted by jeff
Posted by jeff on June 04, 2004 at 09:01:36:
What did you do other than read the material? How many properties did you purchase? Cash flow? Below market purchase? To bless the material is nice, but you put how you did it, well. What did you do, and how did you do it?
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Posted by Craig on June 04, 2004 at 09:51:08:
Good question Jeff, I was thinkinng the same thing. I’d love for someone to post the stats on how many people that take these courses and really make any money at it. I think the numbers are so low that the guru will tell us they don’t track those numbers. Lets see some verifiable numbers as to the percentage of people that actually make any money at all after taking your course.
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Do you really have to make money. How about just getting a house, that you thought was impossible? Discount? No standard loan, No job, credit, income, money,
If didn’t take any gurus courses to expose you this information, where would you be??? Where would you get the knowledge? Your local school? Your real estate school, or class? I doubt it.
You’re trying to justify things, will it work? depending on the person.
How about school? How many people went to college, and school, and went nowhere? Did they get rich? I am sure that is a small % of people. What these gurus are selling is information. It is possible if you work it. Some of the materials works, and some are out-dated. Some gurus charges more, while some are just cheaper. All I tell you about the R.Allen, Legrand, and Carlton is that they started many RE investors, and they went on to green pasture, b/c of the information they got, and applied it.
you’re saying should I, or shouldn’t I?
The truth, real estate is not rocket science. You can go to the bookstore, or local library. Pick up a book, read, understand, apply it, and you will get result. Whether it is rejection, or success, depends, if you get the right person.
Just my .03, and opinion here,
Rob
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Re: Why, Would That Stop U From Investing??? - Posted by Craig
Posted by Craig on June 04, 2004 at 15:06:11:
You are talking about 2 different things. Buying a house for yourself is easy. I’ve seen people that could not get a loan for a car, but were still able to buy a house. Banks like houses. Real Estate investment is something totally different. Most banks want a significant downpayment for someone taking risks with their money.
I don’t have a problem with someone learning all they can. I just have a problem with paying for one thing and getting something else. Especially when half the course is spent telling you what you will learn if you spend more money on another course. Most Carlton and Whitney courses can be condensed into half a day and you would get all the important info. And even that is only worth a couple of hundred. I would love to see a real guru selling courses. But they are usually too busy making money in real estate to bother with teaching.
Re: Why, Would That Stop U From Investing??? - Posted by Rob
Posted by Rob on June 04, 2004 at 18:14:10:
Craig:
I agreed with you. Whitney is charging too much for his basic materials that you can get at the library. Sheet is cool with the price, but not the mentoring. you’re right on the numbers on the price.
Anyway, there is enough people here that can mentor anyone on the net, and that is very valuable!
Re: Why, Would That Stop U From Investing??? - Posted by Rob
Posted by Rob on June 05, 2004 at 09:02:52:
Rob
We have had discussions before, agree not to agree. But the first post stated How I did it, and then gave a sales pitch for the CS program, not how to do anything. I know you love motivation and thats great! But how I did it is a step by step, not a motivation speech. Craig did not say he would or would not invest, just how did you do it? Thats like saying I drove to work, well what route did you take, what car did you drive, how fast did you go. I have been open about my investing in all of my post, and I am by no means rich (better off, oh yea). But if a person brags on a course, give some data on what you have done. Thats all.
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Re: Why, Would That Stop U From Investing??? - Posted by JOHN
Posted by JOHN on June 06, 2004 at 09:25:59:
What practical books/material do you guys recommend that would be the same (if not better) as buying any of these gurus systems?
Re: Why, Would That Stop U From Investing??? - Posted by Rob
Posted by Rob on June 08, 2004 at 09:52:36:
Flipping Properties by Bronchick
Fast Cash, Quick Turn by Legrand
They are exactly like the course, and some bootcamp, except no talking, or responding back.
There are the two that I can think of now.