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have anyone gotten into the wholesaling university with than merril?if so please contact me or let me know the program was

I went to a 'free' Than Merril seminar a couple months ago ... it had a lot of good teaser information about wholesaling but I left early when the huge upsale started ... like Christina said, you can find everything you need about wholesaling for FREE here at BP rather than waste your money at Wholesaling U. I suggest learning for FREE here and save your guru money for your own marketing to net your first profitable deal!

I am a total newbie to real estate. So with that said, I was looking for a structured program to give me steps to start in this business. I did get that with Wholesaling U. Of course, you are offerred products to help get you started. And some of them are worth it. But as I have learned on BP and thru another investor here on BP some of the programs just charge you for information that is readily available for free. And I have found that you can get the same service elsewhere for much cheaper. All in all, I would have to say that yes, it was worth it for me. I will say that I didn't have to pay an upfront startup fee. Because I signed up at the very beginning of the Wholesaling U, he offerred it for just the monthly fee. I don't know if I would have done it if there was a start up fee. Anyway, I hope this gave you a little more info to go on. The best thing you can do is spend a lot of time on BP and network with other investors in your area. The networking is hard for me, as I am really shy in person. :-) I am trying to get over that. Good luck!

I am curious as to what you think of Wholesaling U once you get started. Let me know. I am about an hour from Phoenix. We are focusing our efforts on the east valley of Phoenix. Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, etc. Good luck.

I have been a member of WholesalingU since they opened the doors and it has been great!

There are 2 schools of thought when it comes to things like this.

1. Join WholesalingU (or other training program) and get all the information in one place and organized in easy to learn format and save a lot of time.

2. Use the power of this type of forum to get most of the same knowledge. But spend a lot more time doing it.

So it really is a Time vs Money issue and what your time is worth to you.

Me personally, I'm impatient so I want everything now and I also put a high value on my time. That is why I chose their program.

BUT, I also did a lot of research on them and followed them for a while before I did. And this is because so many other programs we have taken weren't worth a damn!

You will always find a better deal, a better program or another expert with more knowledge than the next.

The best thing you can do is find a forum like this were you can get input from others!

Just my $.02. Hope it helps.

But to give some credit where credit is due at least he's learning and teaching a lot of these so called gurus don't even know what they are teaching and never done any deals.

But than again I don't know the guy I think he needs to spend some time here on the board to gain some credibility.

Jeff

Than came to speak at a local REIA here in Charlotte, NC a couple of weeks ago. The biggest thing that Than stresses (which I've learned from him) is marketing with multiple methods to keep the phone ringing with deals to pursue.

I have to admit I am taken back by the "guru" haters on this site - it really is strong.

I have no idea if Than is a "guru" or not - I saw the other thread about guru VS teacher or mentor -

But Jeff you comment is just plain silly - there are lots of great teachers out there - and frankly lots of great teachers here.

Just because someone decides to teach doesn't mean they are a guru and it also doesn't meant they are not good at real estate - some people really just love to teach and some love to do both.

I have attended Than's 1 day seminar (think it was $50 - I have also attended many other of the teachers out there and even though I had been in the biz for 8 years when I went to Than's seminar I enjoyed it and I picked up a few tips / tricks and met a bunch of nice folks.

I get it - we just see the world differently.

And I am never a fan of using sweeping generalizations as I would disagree that "everyone" does anything.

I am a fan of NLP and I have learned a lot from the "vague" tips at various seminars.

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In addition I have learned a lot at various seminars - Than's happens to be one of them - I found his 1 day to be very enjoyable and I learned somethings from it.