Its not a hype session, its an honest to god technical manual about how to do business in commercial real estate effectively.

Contrary to all the "guru" hype, there really is nothing new in the real estate business.

Anyway, he is still wrong for misleading others.Fortunately, I met a guy named Steve in Home Depot, he is an experienced rehabber and after telling him my story he recommended a 9 day course that has no advertisement, no website (yet they say), and no hype.

Just to be clear, you are not to come "naked" to the event (ha ha).The name comes from the owner (an investor herself) who was tired of the guru hype and wanted the "Bare Truth About RE Investing", hence the name.

Can't hurt to do both, point being is don't be sold on realtor hype - but the local realtors no doub thave great knowledge.Perhaps do it in the reverse order so that you have more petinent local questions to ask the realtor on the bus tour.Local REIA is a good suggestion as well.If by emerging you mean not in your traditional big metro hubs and areas that are growing in jobs and population, I tend to think and hear alot about Missouri, Colorado, Alabama, the Carolinas, and of course Texas (but when so many people are touting texas it makes me wonder if prices may be a bit inflated - perhaps it's just BPers that are privvy to the "Texas Train")Nothing like bringing life to an old thread..

See what similar houses in the same area, but without all the hype sell for.

So many of these high-priced courses are full of fluff and rah-rah, you can do it hype.

Research for yourselves and don't get caught up in the hype of this "you're helping people" crap.

Again, free seminar, no Armando Montelongo (or wife) and all he did was hype up the crowd and try to sell the next seminar.

Now they hype the next distraction.