Property Investment Courses I Are they Worth the Investment?

Hi All,
I'm new to property investment areas. I've done heaps of other courses and training for my work and business. Literally speaking, the courses and training are great tools to have confidence just in my opinion. However, value for the money-wise, its question marks depends on personality. As I mentioned that earlier I'm new to this area but I had attended Dymphna Bolt - I Love Real Estate seminar 7 or 8 years ago in Adelaide, but I didn't take the course. I did take a course for Amazon business 4 years later. surprisingly, I have met serval people who have done the course from D.Bolt and they were saying that the course was great but didn't work out as planned. I have always had Two question marks when I attend the seminars " how many people fail their investment after completing courses" " what is failure rate like to be". None of the course sellers would answer that question but will say it depends on.
My strategy is to find the right courses that will save my time to have my own strategy and make a profit?
BTW, it's hard to choose one out of hundreds of options these days.
I will find out only one way after I've done something, unfortunately.

 

I sometimes think that you cannot overthink an investment opportunity - go with the most current intel, consider posts on this forum, do some research on real estate websites in conjunction with property analytic tools - these in combination would be sufficient to help you make a reasonably good investment decision. If in doubt, use a local BA.

 

What does that mean Unlearning "Programs"? Such as?

 

Were you brought up in an Asian education system? If so, the things you need to unlearn are: don't question anything and look for authority figures, don't ask Why...never ask Why STFU and do what the teacher says cause the teacher is never wrong, everything that can be learned will be learned at school, and the trick is to memorise everything...the more the better.

I noticed this is how my family from Asia were raised.

Always question Why. Authority figures suck. If you're told an "answer" but not allowed to know the rationale then that person is full of it and just parroting something they heard elsewhere and never questioned it themselves.

Memorisation isn't the key - adaptability and the willingness to figure it out even if it didn't come from a text book is.

Lateral thinking, innovation, creative solutions - don't just copy.

This is what I've been trying to get my parents to unlearn for decades now.

I'm constantly hearing my dad say "they didn't teach us this at school!". So ****ing what? That was 40 years ago, how are you still using that as excuse? Figure it out yourself then move the **** on.

I remember a Singaporean guy go nuts at a business teacher saying: don't teach me principles, show me how to make money - the step by step. He was looking for a textbook to follow. The fact that you're asking for courses makes me think you're doing the same.

These education systems that are all oriented around just memorising textbooks are terrible. When I see Asian parents send their kids to cram schools I just shake my head in disgust. You're raising a great bean counter I'm sure, but not the next Steve Jobs.

 

Thanks Rolf,

I got a clear understanding now the whole picture. I wasn't born nor graduated here in AU but have been here more than 13 years now but still lots of things to get it.

 

Sure JB,
I've been living here since 2010 and still got Asian (South Korea) culture. As you mentioned above, it's not easy to unlearn systems when you are raised from different systems, but I'm sure that I'm more than a normal person. Thank you for your advanced explanation.

 

Lol no. These are basically scams.

 

I'd suggest a few good books instead.

Some of my favs in no order are

How You Could Build a $10 Million Property Portfolio in just 10 Years by Peter Spann

FROM 0 TO 130 PROPERTIES IN 3.5 YEARS Steve McKnight
or
From 0 To 260+ Properties In 7 Years

How to get rich rewards in real estate in 3 years Phil Jones

The Wealth Power of Property By Brett Johnson, Fred Johnson (old book may not be available)

Yes I read M Yardney and Rich Dad and I think they both suk.
Sure most of the info is here....scattered across hundreds of posts and many replies in between.

 

$20k sounds to me a lot of money
It doesn`t look you have big plans, probably buy another 1 / 2?

1) Make sure the plan is clear to you and family. Leaving the assets to the next gen? Riding a boom? Retire through property in 30 years?
2) TIme poor and only 1/2 shots? Use a BA
3) Lot of time, interest and passion? Learn on this forum, network with investors, read books. It`s all free and when you have a question you can search/post here, there are a lot of good and seasoned people happy to help.

 

Likewise, can be tricky discerning if it was all "worth it" as nothing to compare to except own experience.

These are the words of a wise man.

 

Good one JB.
Don't believe, question everything. I would say even the above mentioned 10 principles should be questioned too.
It's all depend on the goal and journey to achieve that goal.

 

Absolutely, but white knight away.

 

I remember when I used to think they were a rip-off back when they were priced at $3k!

 

A few years back I did a TAFE course specific to property development in Adelaide with Peter Koulizos, and for someone who had not been down the path of development it was a great foundation of the steps, traps and legislative rules.

 

Yeah, I'm three months into working in China and you've summed up almost everyone I work with.