Does James Smith Series Really Work?

I have wanted to get into real estate investing for years, but thought you had to do it very slow & that gradual appreciation would carry the day. These courses have given me new insight & more importantly renewed faith that I can do this!

Loved it. I just finished the 3 day real estate seminar and learned about acquiring notes, liens, and properties than 10 years of investing on my own. The rental advise was worth more than I paid for the whole course

I have attended the first two days of the Financial Success seminar and will go back for the final day tomorrow. The speakers are excellent, knowledgeable, and entertaining. The products they are selling and the returns they promise if you take their training are intriguing and designed to whet your appetite for more information. HOWEVER – the cost of the courses they are selling is very high. Go ahead and take this $49 3-day seminar, it is worth the price of admission for the entertainment value alone. (You only get about an hour of James Smith himself, but he is very entertaining. His son, Ryan Smith, does most of the training and he also is very good speaker and is more focused on delivering useful info than his dad.) You will get a lot of useful information at the seminar that may stimulate your interest in learning more about one or more types of investments. For example, the tax-lien investment program sounded interesting to me but their course costs $3,995 (the “reduced” price at the seminar). Chances are, your $4K would be better spent if you did some research on your own and invested that money (whether in tax liens or elsewhere) instead of handing it over to James Smith & Co. After that particular session, I Googled “tax lien” and found an investment-training course available for about $60. Still, whether or not you choose to drink their Kool Aid is a judgment call. Because this 3-day seminar is so well organized, orchestrated, and presented that I suspect that the courses offered will provide useful investment information that is presented skillfully. However, once you have taken one or more of the courses you will have to act on that knowledge in order to justify the expense of the training. Are you fully committed to devoting the time and money (including possibly using borrowed bucks) to working the system and to accepting the financial risks of a big deal going south? I’ve decided that I am not, but your mileage may vary. In the meantime, I am enjoying this cheap course.

I paid $7,700 for 12 weeks of 1 hour weekly phone coaching but my coach didn’t fulfill his duties. [btw, the cost is on a sliding scale - more $ you have, more it will cost you].

when I asked for refund, they assigned me to another coach. When I specifically told the 2nd coach that I’m in dispute with them, that I don’t want to be charged for this, he said no worries.

later when chase visa [credit card I used] investigated this dispute, the coaching company said since I went ahead with the 2nd coach, I should not be entitled to a refund. This is deception. Many other cases too. All this is well documented with chase visa.

don’t buy it or their services. I consider it a scam.

[chase visa voted in my favor]