Jeff Kaller Vs. Scott Rister
I know this has been asked a million times before. I have searched it hear and looked on www.realestatecoursereviews.com. And I am still confused on the matter. I am looking at buying a course or two to gain some more information on the subject. My question is have any of you used Jeff Kaller's (Mr. Preforeclosure) " How to leave you JOB in 90 days" home study course? How was it? Have you read anyone elses material?
Has anyone ever used Scott Rister's "Find All the Motivated sellers you can handle?" or his "Instant Cash wholesaling houses?" Which is better of the two courses or would it be best to buy both? They seem to me that they would go hand in hand.
So my last question is which is better out of Jeff Kaller and Scott Rister? Please tell me why you think one is better over the other. Personal experiences and how many "Deals" you have done using their concepts.
Thanks,
Brandon
P.S. I know there are otheres that teach on the subject of buying pre-foreclosures/wholesaling. If you think you know of a better teacher on the subject feel free to share your experience.
I would suggest going to TCI's product area and researching courses and student replies as a guide to give you what direction to go.
http://www.thecreativeinvestor.com/Shopping_Cart-index.html
[addsig]
I saw both of these courses for sale on Ebay last night. Might be able to save some money.
A reminder that many REI courses are available at a discount on Ebay from authorized resellers or private parties. I search Ron Legrand and most of the REI courses show up.
This is a good option for investors who can proceed without the online / phone support. Also the small - mid size author may be open to help / support you directly eventhough you bought aftermarket. A wise marketeer knows that a bit of help is soon followed up by another purchase of a course from them.
We have Scott Rister's Motivated Sellers and use it exclusively for our direct mail marketing. It wasn't the most user friendly to figure out how to use, but it's working very well, now that we've figured it out.
I think Jeff Kaller's information is going to be more specific toward how to deal with pre-foreclosure properties (I believe that's his 'niche').
IMHO, you'd be better off getting Kaller's (or someone else's) program before you invested in a program on marketing.
When we first started, we had a program "The ABCs of Subject To". When we put out bandit signs, we got calls from many different buyers in many different situations. We hadn't really learned anything but 'Subject To' and didn't know what do to with these other deals that were coming our way. We had to stop, and spend some time learning a little about a lot of different ways to buy properties, before we were able to even know how to speak with these other potential sellers.
Just my experience
You can find other post on Jeff Kaller at:
http://www.thecreativeinvestor.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=28436&forum=35
http://www.thecreativeinvestor.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=26519&forum=33
You can find other post on Scott Rister at:
http://www.thecreativeinvestor.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=37314&forum=18
http://www.thecreativeinvestor.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=36236&forum=19
http://www.thecreativeinvestor.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=34643&forum=19
http://www.thecreativeinvestor.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=25622&forum=33
One can learn from any course no matter if the teacher just learned the techniques well enough to teach them, though not well enough to be successful with them themselves.
It is up to the student to make what has been learned a success! I see all the time students blaming the teacher or course material for lack of their success and even in this post this has happen.
Successful real estate investors are idealistic in nature; independent and they treat education like a dear loved one.
Most treat a real estate investing education like a cheap one-night stand.
A disposable package to be tossed into the trash once its contents has been consumed. With such an approach, it is next to impossible to spark the desire to learn.
If it cost you $10,000 to learn how to profit in real estate you can profit from it for the rest of your life.
A student of mine sold his car and cashed out his savings just to learn how to become an investor, his education cost was $7,000 he spent 4 days with me at a cost of $1,750 per day. Last year he made $300,000 and his net worth went from just under $5,000 to $875,000 in 12 months.
On the other hand I have had students that have spent the same amount and never do anything with their education and the sad fact is most fall into this category "disposable knowledge" sad but true.
I am not advocating this extreme sacrifice and no I am not advocating myself, but you have to decide as an Investor
What you are willing to do
What you are willing to spend to become a success
What sacrifices are you willing to make
Many seek opinions if A course works or not and it really does not matter, what matters is will you make it work! Consider that around 90% who take a course or read about real estate investing fail because they do nothing with it. So this will show you what kind of opinions you will get.
I allow a percent of my business budget just for education!
Start out small read all you can about real estate investing, when you have determined what direction you want to go take a course or two on the subject and than start your business.
Real estate investing is not a cheap one-night stand; it's a life long commitment.
[addsig]