It all started with a Tuesday night seminar. With a motto like "Earn while you learn, " how could I go wrong? With an advanced education and lots of experience, I was very sure that if anyone could be successful at real estate investing, it would be me.
I spoke with CEO Charles Parrish and was assured that all the personal mentoring and assistance that I would need would just be a phone call away. They would be behind me 100%. That was all the reassurance that I needed. I signed up right away.
Over the course of several months, I started putting some deals together and wasn't sure how to proceed. I tried contacting Charles Parrish, but was told to leave a message because he was too busy. I tried to talk to several other staff members, but they also were busy. One staff member in charge of mentoring students offered to help me only if I would partner with him on the deal, basically cut him in on 50% of the profit. I didn't need a partner. All I needed was someone to answer a couple of basic questions.
I found this to be the general theme of this school. No one would help me until I agreed to cut them in on the profit. The instructors don't look for their own deals, they take them from students who are looking for guidance. I was so nauseated by the greed and lack of promised mentorship, that I left the school early. I didn't want to waste anymore of my time.
I feel like a fool. I was ripped off for thousands of dollars and there is really not much that I can do about it.
To anyone thinking of signing up for this school... Don't. Save your money. Search online for local investment groups that will give you 90% of the information you would receive here free. The rest of the information would be offered via low cost seminars through these same investment groups.
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