Online Gurus - Tom Cruz (Section 8) and Nate Barger (BRRRR Invest)

[TJ Woolum]

I am very interested in joining a mastermind or online group that can help spur creativity, learning, and motivation to go all in and scale up.  I'm embarrassed to say I paid $5k to join Tom Cruz's Section 8 Secrets group a year or so ago.  I unfortunately didn't find any value in the program.  The online course was simply Tom reading through a PowerPoint he made.  You also gain access to his Discord group which, to me, is a huge message board that is difficult to keep up with, follow specific conversation, etc...  So unfortunately I feel like I completely wasted $5k as the whole thing was very impersonal and I didn't learn anything he doesn't already discuss in his TikTok's.  

Now I am thinking about joining Nate Barger's BRRRR Invest Academy. I belong to the Facebook group and have found the community to be pretty valuable. I've searched the Bigger Pockets forums and it seems many people speak highly of the academy and say it is worth every penny. I'm just afraid I am making another mistake and will waste another $5k.

Ultimately I'm looking for a cohort of people with a wide range of experience in real estate.  Some who are on my level (~10 units) and some who have done much more.  People who can share their experiences in different markets or with different investment strategies.  And at the end of the day, a cohort of people who will motivate one another and hold each other accountable to their goals on a weekly or monthly basis.  

What has been your experience?  Has anyone wasted money on some of these programs like I did?  What programs or masterminds have you found to have the biggest impact on your real estate career?  How did you find them?