I saw this video courtesy of a Canadian television website regarding an expose of Real Estate Investing Seminars. Really interesting stuff! The video focuses on a Rich Dad/Poor Dad type seminar with Robert Kiyosaki’s rebuttal at the end.
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I have not been to one of his seminars, but what I saw in the video is typical of some of the other “Free” seminars I’ve attended in the past when I first got interested in real estate investing. The worst one was one from a foreclosure guru (it was so long ago, the dude is long since out of the business) who used intimidation tactics to force you to run down to the end of the room to buy his course “before they’re all GONE!” And, if you didn’t run to the back of the room with your credit card in hand, basically they called you a LOSER. Really sad.
I have heard that the Rich Dad/Poor Dad seminars are now run by Russ Whitney’s company, and Robert Kiyosaki doesn’t really have much involvement in them anymore, but he does license his name to Whitney. I do like the Rich Dad/Poor Dad books and think there’s a lot of value to what he promotes. The seminars, on the other hand, sound like many others that are on the market. I have made it a practice not to attend these “Free” ones anymore…since they usually result in really big upsells to other programs or mentoring.
Check out the video and let me know what you think!
Happy Investing!
Tags: Real Estate Investing, real estate seminars, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, Russ Whitney, scams
