EDIT: After re-reading my post, I realize that I was probably way too harsh on George W...I honestly believe that he did the best he could...he just wasn't smart enough to do any better.

In the USMC , we were quite harsh with each other, there was no racial issues there.When my oldest son came home from kindergarten and thought it was cool his friend Juan spoke Spanish, it never dawned on him that the kid was Latin.

that may be a bit harsh but atleast hear me out first. just like you i attended there first "free" course, after all these are the guys from A&E's "flip this house". ok so the first course is over(2-3 hrs), now they offer the weekend course for $200 i believe, so i figured why not its only $200 and its a whole weekend theres gotta be some great info. not knowing that there just building up for the 25K mastering program. so the 3 day class is over they pass out the booklets for mastering program and interview any1 interested, which i was. untill i found out the price. told them there would be no way i could do it. so they say ok well be in touch with other programs. so a cpl. days later i get a call, its them, asking if im interested in the mastering program yet. i said i would love to (knowing i had no intentions to, i just couldnt believe they were tying to convince me to spend 25k i didnt have) so he says ok i will get you a phone interview with my superior once i get all your info it will take about an hour, so he takes all my info, then i tell him well i dont think this is a good idea, but i would still like to talk to your boss. all of a sudden his boss was busy and i couldnt get a phone interview untill next week.

Wow a couple of harsh words.

I realize that many gurus and investors promote their use, but I'm staunchly against doing anything that can do harm to your business or to the industry in general.I realize it may sound harsh, but these tactics are what give investors a bad name.

Harsh truth: The only legal way is if you own the properties, meaning buy it, then re sell it, or if you hold an RE license and connect sellers and buyers or you already have a strong buyer list that understands you are a wholesaler and funds your entire transaction.It is illegal without an RE license to wholesale properties otherwise, no matter what you hear, not impossible, but illegal.

Maybe that last statement was a bit harsh but that's the way I see it.

Sounds harsh, but that’s the reality.The formula has always been the same: study hard, go to a good/top school, work hard, save money, invest, educate yourself, network/learn, be kind to people, rinse and repeat.

If you get judged harshly (ie crappy car, etc) then you may not get that opportunity. 

Scott (34 Cal. 2d 116, 208 P. 2d 367), that California Civil Code Section 3275 was a sufficient barrier to harsh and unreasonable foreclosure proceedings.