I signed up for the Rich Dad program last summer, but could not attend the class in Jax last September, because I was at a show with Lou Brown in Atlanta. I went this weekend to pickup my books and info. In the short time I was there, I began to hear all the things that Lou, Ron, Jeffrey and others teach.

These seminars are all about control. They, the presenters, want your control, they want to put the hook in you with some topics and ideas and salesmanship. They are really nothing more than used car salespeople, with more shine on their shoes.

The ideas and concepts are FREE at biggerpockets dot com, and I agree with you, get a mentor, get on that site, save your money and learn from others locally who are doing what YOU WANT TO DO. The biggest problem I HAVE WITH GURUs is that they are here for a short amount of time, get the audience hyped up with sugar and doodads, then they blow town with the money and dreams. They are the dream stealers because they leave people with ideas and concepts, but no action.

A-ha, as Lou Brown says, that is where Connected Investors comes into play. We have groups all over the country where we help people apply what they learn from a guru (how many lease option programs do we need, really?) the topics are similar, the execution strategies are similar, but we need to help people apply what they learn. Otherwise the Gurus are dreamstealers and shysters. It is the GURUs who are giving Real Estate a bad name.

Please connect with me on BP or Google+, perhaps we can talk further on a hangout or something cool like that or Skype.

Jack

The Real Estate Guru Trap – How It Works & 4 Ways to Avoid It – http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2011/04/04/real-estate-guru-scam-trap/