Listen to all the podcast, read a few good books, ignore the get rich quick hype.

And again, its available free of charge, without al the webinar hype and most importantly...without the frustration of being scammed"

Super hyped and expensive areas with huge appreciation may be too hot, and hence drop a lot.

There's a lot of hype in the marketing material saying that it's easy and fast, and there are people to answer questions at the drop of a hatI have received many unhappy people as students that want the coaching but don't get it.Coaching services take a talented teacher that  can push the student into resolve roads if we quicklyMany people have very busy lives whether it's another job or children or they just have habits that just don't condone them to working a second "job" by starting a real estate investing businessMany times I will make sure before someone becomes my 1 on 1 student that they talk to their spouse about giving him-her some free time and family time to start a second business on the side I specialize in expired listings in helping Sellers sell on terms whether it's lease-option assignments, also known as Wholesaling lease-options, subject to, installments sales,wrap around mortgages, joint ventures and private lender marketingGetting licensed I think it's really important to be a cash your terms real estate investor, which is not talked about a lot in marketingAbout 12 months ago I had somebody call me though it's been over $20,000 in one-on-one coaching with a very well-known Real Estate Investing Company, and this person was an experience flipper with over four years experience; she found out within three months of signing up for her coach was a 22-year-old kid in a cubicle in Salt Lake City call centerShe was really pissed. 20 grand.I told her I'm sorry but I can't really help her get her money back.I will say this positive comment about Joe McCall, if you read all his posts on BP, and listen to all his podcast away for free you should get a very good understanding of many aspects of real estate investing.Bottom line one-on-one coaching cost real money, and just because you know how to do it doesn't mean you're a good teacher@Dev HornIs one of those patient teachers, but the coaches only as good as the player on the field. 

There are WAY too many so-called experts selling pure hype to newbies for outrageous prices in this industry.  

They want to hype you up just to sell you a program with information that you can already find right here on Bigger Pockets.

I have read a lot of posts and blogs over the past few months and this site is a wealth of information, much better than some hyped guru.

It is %99 hype and easily draws you in. 

California is an intimidating market for newbies like myself, everyone you know in Real Estate buys into the urban legends of "you can't make money in this market" hype going around unless you have lot's of CASH or A-perfect CREDIT and sometimes, the testimonials you read about contribute as well because they are short on them from this State for some reason.

The other two have so much hype but don't deliver specially on the basic stuff.