BiggerPockets

He spoke with at my club with a partner. I wasn't impressed with the quality of the presentation or with the material. It seemed quite basic. While I didn't go to their boot camp I suspect you can get much better material from other instructors.

I think Terry is one of the best Gurus out there. He doesn't skimp on information and what he has so teach is actually usable information. I bought his course and the support has been excellent, he doesn't just leave you hanging without help after you've bought his system. I have also been to one of his events and that was by far the best real estate seminar I have ever been to.

Or it is just another first post plug for someone Jon.

I attended a Terry Hale Boot Camp in Sept 2009. There are several different aspects to cover so I will break them up into 3 parts.
1. The course itself: For the most part it's pretty good. However it does focus on locating properties on the internet. While that's not bad, I did find it lacking when it comes to offline tactics. Most notably direct mail. If you're looking for ways to find properties before they're listed on the web, you're out of luck.
2. The Boot Camp: Again, for the most part the info was good, but it was 4 days long and at least 40% of the time was devoted to outside speakers who had their own products to sell. It was mostly a pitchfest.
3. He claims to partner with students if they submit deals that meet certain criteria. That was the deciding factor for me. I wanted to submit properties and let Terry and his team do the "heavy lifting" as he puts it. I have yet to meet anyone who he has actually partnered with. I personally submitted several deals that were right in the wheelhouse he described. The ones I actually got a response on were all rejected. Several more were simply ignored. No feedback, no denial, nothing.
In short, I would say if you can find one of his courses on eBay, go for it. But I wouldn't spend the money on the full blown Boot Camp hoping to do business with an experienced partner.

a few years ago I order his commercial course online. My credit card was billed and he never sent the course. I called the office to report the undelivered materials. Never received a response. I ran into Terry himself at an event. I approached him and told him what happened and showed him the receipt I printed online. He refused to acknowledge my purchase and continued trying to sell his course to the attendees at the event.
Obviously, his concern is selling courses and not helping folks.
I dont comment on gurus but this is an example of typical Guru S#$%! These gurus help you with real estate by taking your hard earned money you can use for a down payment. Especially in this market when you can get a SFH house for 30K fix up and use equity for a multi family. If you are buying a 5k or 6k+ course that is your investment property money you are throwing away. You are better off buying books on the subject, talking to local lenders and looking into traditional training like the CCIM.

Who are some guys some of you would reccomend for to learn commercial real estate investing?