How much to spend on education ??

[Sean Tippens]

So I have found a course dedicated towards learning how to wholesale. The course is $5500 for 90 days and an additional $800-1000 for marketing (described as optional). What are your thoughts on the amount of money for such a course, and what skills/tools you would need to be able to walk away with? Just trying to decide if the price is reasonable and if I should make sure I walk away with something other than taught material.

[Lydia R.]

@Sean Tippens Stop. Please stop! Those “courses” are total bull****! They will not teach you anything you cannot learn right here on Bigger Pockets. Courses like that churn out crappy wholesalers that have no idea what they are doing and they go out there and screw over homeowners and cause even more hatred directed towards wholesalers, making it even harder for those of us who dont suck.

There is absolutely nothing these people are going to teach you that you cant find out for free. Dont fall for the “education” pitch. Its all crap. Ive mentored people who spent 20k+ on “education” and after the first day they learned more from me than they had from the people charging 5 figures. Please rethink this decision.