Course weary need insight on hotel course from podcast guest

[Allen Berrebbi]

So I heard a podcast with a delightful person Named Brittany Aranson who now invests in hotels. Of course when I go to find out its another expensive course. 

Has anyone gone through this course or have any insights on it? A little tired of course sells. Why the need to sell expensive courses when you are making millions in hotels?

[Evan Polaski]

@Allen Berrebbi, take my comments with a grain of salt, because I am certainly biased here.

First, I agree with Clayton about guru's in general.

But, everything with this scares me.  The link provided goes to a landing page with a form.  No real information about anything.

When you go to her linkedin page, it does not mention anything about her professional achievements; purely sign up for her newsletter or get more info on her courses, of which, she is apparently well versed enough to teach both hotel and self storage investing.  

Trying to take my cynicism out of it, I would consider a course from someone that has real experience to teach. If you are not finding news articles, corporate websites, etc with the guru named, and their linked profile doesn't link to an actual company, I would be skeptical.

Before I would sign up for anything, I would talk to her (or any other guru) to understand first: are they even competent enough to teach what they are, and second: the logistics of the course: is it pre-recorded content or live?  Is it with the actual guru or one of their people?  What access do you have to the actual guru?  How long does that access run?  What are they going to teach you?  What resources will they actually provide?  What outcomes do they anticipate as a result of this course?  Referrals from more than a few students?

And lastly, cost.  A $500 or $1500 course is more likely to be "worth it" than a $25,000.  Based on what I have seen from MOST internet gurus, they are offering very basic, table stakes type in info that they regurgitate from some other guru online who offers it for free.  Not to say there isn't value in consolidating your learning (which is essentially what college is), but any guru will present what they feel is most important.  That info may be very valuable or common sense to you, and you won't know until you pay.