Newbie invited to Investor expo / Buying summit

[Sierra Funk]

Hello I'm excited to be here as I'm just starting out and I'm eager to learn how to get bigger pockets. :D I just attended a 3 day seminar with Kory Thurston as our instructor. They offer an Elite Diamond member package for $25,000 and I was curious if anyone one has made this purchase and can give me a little insite on what to exspect and more so if it's worth it. This package offers life time access to things like the investor expo with exspenses paid first trip, boots on the ground access, mentor support hotline, real estate pro program and other training systems. The name of the company is Response and or ProsperLive. Any feed back would be great! 

[Ben W.]

Sierra,

Be careful. Many investors will tell you that you need a coach and that you may lose much more than the investment amount you may lay out now. I tell all beginning investors to really take a personal inventory and figure out what excites them and why they are seeking to go down the REI path. I have been investing for a long time and have made many mistakes and many would say that I probably have lost $25K along the way. That being said, even a coach (which is really what you are paying for with a system) may not be able to steer you correctly. You have to learn from others and also by doing. While this may seem like I am trying to talk you out of buying a package, I suggest that you 1) spend some time with the much less costly resources here, 2) find a local group or mentor and 3) practice actually investing (start finding some deals and tracking how you would do them). This is a marathon - there will always be good deals out there if you know how to find them. Don't let high pressure salesmen, or gurus, try to separate you from your money.

Finally, congrats for reaching out to this group for advise.  Wish there were groups like this when I started.

BTW, feel free to creep on my profile and PM me if want.  I am in your state.

Ben