REAL ESTATE BOX COURSES - WHICH IS BETTER, BEST?

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Hi, I was looking into buying one or more Real Estate Home Study courses. There must be a hundred of these courses available right now. Can anyone recommend their top 1, 2, 3 Commercial Courses that helped them get started in Commercial Real Estate? Ones that i know of are Scott Scheel, Ron Legrand, Jason Gilbert, Russ Whitney, Karen Hanover, Cherif Medawar, Monica Main, Lance Edwards, Terry Hale etc..., Sue Nelson etc...

Which of these courses have enough or and the best material that could help jump start a newbie into the commercial field of Investing, with little money?

Thanks, George

Which of these courses have enough or and the best material that could help jump start a newbie into the commercial field of Investing, with little money?

Thanks, George

Tarik Larue · Answer

@ben

@Ben Leybovich Apologies Ben. I meant affordable not cheap. Especially when compared to those outrageous GURU seminars, boot camps, bus tours etc....

Dan Heimer · Answer

@George Keseg

I attended most of these people’s trainings through the years. The best one in my opinion as well as a few thousands of other people’s opinion on YouTube is Cherif Medawar

He has a real estate fund for over a decade he is very experienced in residential and commercial properties so his trainings are fast paced yet full of valuable in depth details. No one comes close

Sadly however he does his events mostly in California and does not do them that often! You have to reach out of his office and get on their email list otherwise it is hard to know when or where he will teach next

He also has the best JV structure to work directly with his real estate fund

David Davidson · Answer

i say that a real real estate course is the one where you find amentor who is so busy he needs to train you from the ground up..

If these course guys are so great in real estate why are they selling seminars??

James Syed · Answer

Welcome to BP,

Try ccim.com courses. They are the best in commercial real estate education. These courses are designed for investors as well as real estate brokers.

Hope it helps.

Ben Leybovich · Answer

Well, Tarik - I'll leave myself a note to increase the price tomorrow...lol

Don't want to be viewed as cheap...and stuff...and stuff :)

Tarik Larue · Answer

I would consider Michael Blank who has a great blog and was on an episode of the BP podcast. Another regular contributor is Ben Leybovich and he offers his Cash Flow Freedom university for a low price.

John Thedford · Answer

Note: the OP mentioned Hanover, and JD posted an interesting article on her. Though they aren't ALL bad, I believe one should beware of gurus. I am not aware of anything they can teach you that cannot be found online or in books at a fraction of the cost. There are threads on BP from various people who spent thousands and tens of thousands of dollars for guru help and felt they simply got taken.

George Keseg · Answer

I am new to Bigger Pockets and Glad to be a New Member.  By reading the Blog postings, I can see that this community is both professional and willing to share with others..  Thanks All for the Kind Advice !  LVGeorge

Joshua D. · Answer

I'd recommend doing research online before spending money with any of the courses. Things like this often times come up:

Karen Elaine Hanover, Who Vehemently Denied Pulling a $1.5 mil Fraud, Now Admits Guilt

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