Comments on: Real Estate Gurus: Be a Healthy Skeptic, Not a Curmudgeon http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/12/20/real-estate-gurus-healthy-skeptic-curmudgeon/ Learn, Network, Invest Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brendan OBrienhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/12/20/real-estate-gurus-healthy-skeptic-curmudgeon/#comment-62704 Brendan OBrien Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:19:01 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=2962#comment-62704 I should have mentioned that Bigger Pockets does do a great job getting rid of shills (and other bad guys). I think I was approaching 950 words and looking to edit!But my real concern is people who swing too far one way or another. The wide-eyed naive folks get taken every time. The curmudgeons say "they're all con artists." Neither approach is correct. I should have mentioned that Bigger Pockets does do a great job getting rid of shills (and other bad guys). I think I was approaching 950 words and looking to edit!

But my real concern is people who swing too far one way or another. The wide-eyed naive folks get taken every time. The curmudgeons say “they’re all con artists.” Neither approach is correct.

]]> By: Joshua Dorkinhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/12/20/real-estate-gurus-healthy-skeptic-curmudgeon/#comment-62694 Joshua Dorkin Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:58:30 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=2962#comment-62694 Brendan - John T. Reed is certainly in business for himself, and people need to realize that. If he wasn't selling courses, then I'd take his reviews more seriously. While he does present some important information that people need to know about, his reviews are the equivalent of a McDonalds review of Burger King -- its not going to be good.As for your last point about shills, they are everywhere. We get them on BiggerPockets and handle them when we discover them. My advice to people who are looking to learn about a guru or course is to talk to other SUCCESSFUL investors. Do it here on BiggerPockets or at your local real estate club. Find out what these people gleaned from the course in question. You're always going to have to take the advice of others with a grain of salt, but the more people you talk to, the better your information will be.NEVER rely on the advice of just one person . . . get as many opinions as possible and you'll be able to come to an educated consensus. Brendan -
John T. Reed is certainly in business for himself, and people need to realize that. If he wasn’t selling courses, then I’d take his reviews more seriously. While he does present some important information that people need to know about, his reviews are the equivalent of a McDonalds review of Burger King — its not going to be good.

As for your last point about shills, they are everywhere. We get them on BiggerPockets and handle them when we discover them. My advice to people who are looking to learn about a guru or course is to talk to other SUCCESSFUL investors. Do it here on BiggerPockets or at your local real estate club. Find out what these people gleaned from the course in question. You’re always going to have to take the advice of others with a grain of salt, but the more people you talk to, the better your information will be.

NEVER rely on the advice of just one person . . . get as many opinions as possible and you’ll be able to come to an educated consensus.

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