The Learning Annex- worth it, or bs?

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Just wondering if anyone attended the leaning annex real estate and wealth expo and what their comments are.

thanks!

[Warder]

I attended it in Boston this past December. It depends what you mean by 'worth it'. If you're wanting to go there to learn something about real estate that will help you make a lot of money, it's not going to happen.....without dropping an extra $3000. The guest speakers there all really good, but they give you a little bit of info and make promises to you and then at the end of their session ask you to buy their product for $10,000.... but miraculously reduce the price to $3,000 for a "one time special offer that's too good to pass up". I did not buy any of these packages so I can't comment on them. I actually imagine that it's very good info that could make you a lot of money, but for the average person it won't because people just tend to buy things while they're in state and full of emotion and then once they leave the conference they lose their drive.

The real gem of the Learning Annex is that you're around a bunch of people in the same "wealth building" mindset. I made a lot of connections there and everybody there who has already had success in real estate are very willing to tell you how they went about it. Also, the keynote speakers were amazing with the exception of George Foreman who didn't even make sense. I've always wanted to see Anthony Robbins live and felt that his 3 hours on stage was easily worth the money I paid alone... which was $99 for VIP passes by the way. The prices vary all the time, so keep checking.

So to sum it up I'll say this. The information you get from the conference is not worth the price you end up spending including your food and hotel. But if you can take the 'high' and positive mindset you'll get at the conference to take action immediately following then I'd say it's definitely worth it. I had such an emotional high and then failed to do anything for a week after the conference and eventually lost it.

Hope this helps your decision.

[otis_nixon]

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The real gem of the Learning Annex is that you're around a bunch of people in the same "wealth building" mindset.

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Really? I find this interesting, after seeing all the ads I figured it'd mostly be a bunch of MLM/Kiyosaki spouting chumps.

[spex x]

If you're interested in this type of thing, you should check out your state Real Estate Investment Association. The Georgia REIA convention costs a total of $30 for 3 days, and its huge, and most of the big names go to it. You will learn much much much more by getting involved with other investors in your local community. Most cities have a REIA, and many investors are involved. My advice is to save the money and try to get several experienced people in the type of investing that you want to do that you can call on for advice.

The thing is that RE investing really isn't very difficult. Start with rental properties and once you've participated in three or four transactions you'll be pretty comfortable. Then you can start to think about moving into rehabs and short sales. Once you've mastered those you can move on to lease options. At any point in there you should start learning about commercial RE - thats where you start to move from pennies to dollars.

[Tien]

Great fair analysis Warder.

[hanster]

Yup Warder. Exactly how I felt after the one I went to in Nov. in Anaheim.

[Haunted Ghost]

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So to sum it up I'll say this. The information you get from the conference is not worth the price you end up spending including your food and hotel. But if you can take the 'high' and positive mindset you'll get at the conference to take action immediately following then I'd say it's definitely worth it. I had such an emotional high and then failed to do anything for a week after the conference and eventually lost it.

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In other words, we're better off listening to Anthony Robbins tapes (there are dozens of them in my local library for free), reading Kiyosaki books (also free in the library), and watching the Apprentice (free as well on NBC).