I signed up with Todd Bockman's "Millionaire Coaching" program back in 2001. I paid him roughly $3500 for this, having found him through a well-known real estate investing website.
I talked to him on the phone, and checked with other clients of his on this web site who seemed to be satisfied. (I now wonder if they were shills). I followed his program, making contacts with homeowners and 'for sale by owner' properties.
After a couple of months, I hadn't made a deal, and began to wonder if this program really worked. Then we got into a disagreement, and he accused me of taking 'unscheduled time off' from the program. As far as I was aware, since I was paying him, I was employing him as my personal coach, and did not need to ask his permission to take time off.
He then terminated our coaching agreement.in the contract, it said that I was entitled to a full refund if the program did not work for me. So, I asked for my refund. First, he said he would send it to me minus an amount for the time he had put into coaching me. (This was not mentioned in the agreement).
When days went by, I asked him where my refund was, and he said he still had not calculated how much it would be. (This must have been an immensely complex calculation). When I kept pressing him, suddenly his cousin died, so he had to go take care of that.
A month had now gone by, with no refund. I contacted his other "client" to see if he knew what might be going on. I then received a very nasty email from Mr. Bockman for my having "discredited his business" (although he was doing a pretty good job of that himself). I heard no more from him, even after threatening him with lawyers.
Looking back, I shouldn't have done business with someone via a PO Box address in another state. Oh well, experience is a cruel teacher. If you are even thinking of doing business with Todd, run, don't walk, the other way.
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