Sadly we are one of those people who brought those program recently. Myself and my wife read many books and my wife came across a real estate program host by Hilary Farr's representatives here in West Virginia. We were both excited about it because nothing much happens here in West Virginia, and thought it is a great opportunity to learn more about real estate. We are young and thought all the old timer here who are doing real estate would careless about us, nor do we know how to get to know these people. My wife has been interested in real estate since 2013 after she read "Poor Dad and Rich Dad", I myself didn't get to it till last year when I wanted a change in my life. With my wife influence, I read many books on real estate and stocks but real estate seems to be the most stable investment. We were both motivated and ready to take the world on.
For people like ourselves, the first boot camp was eye-opening. There was so much information we never knew before but all this was before we found Bigger Pockets. My wife actually found Bigger Pockets by accident on YouTube and click on one of Brandon's videos. We debated if we should do the mentorship program and we end up doing it because we thought having a mentor can guide us better in our journey. The mentorship program is $9,000 and the mentor is not easily reachable and not much of coaching. We are embarrassed to admit we had them help us fund the class with credit cards and completely ruin our credit score (which we slowly try to build up early in life to 720 now 600). We have a deal under contract but there is no way we are able to get any form of loan because of our credit score. We reach out to a few people about investing with us but most of them said aren't willing because we don't have any experience. We have been trying to reach our mentor but it so happen he is sick currently.
This is one of biggest mistake we ever made and do not wish this to happen to anyone. We wish we done better on online resources like Bigger Pockets before doing this mentorship program. We have been going to few real estate investments groups and it has been wonderful. We learn so much during those club meetings and we recommend anyone to go to their investment club in their area. I firmly believe things happen for a reason, whatever the reason I hope this will help someone not fall into their trap. We will have to start all over again from our credit score to saving some money to invest again, but we will be back stronger. We can't control nor change what has already happened, so now our responsibility is to use those negative energy and change it to positive. We fall down hard, but it can't keep us down. Best of luck to you in your real estate investment journey.
