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Marketer Oldies
Russ Whitney
I
attended a real estate workshop run by Russ Whitney. By itself,
the workshop included a savvy two hour presentation of several
techniques that could be used to make a pretty dime from property, but
actually only scratches the surface. This is also a sales pitch
for a 3-day course by Whitney for anyone who is ready to part with
$2,000 (reduced if you booked up on the spot). I have to admit
that I almost gave into the temptation to part with my money to find
out how he does it, but decided to wait as I am not convinced that his
techniques work.
According
to an individual in Google News, he basically states that Whitney will
put you to sleep and offers no substantial real estate insight.
Not
worth a dime. Whitney appears nice on screen, but that by itself
does not amount to much. His nice demeanor does serve as a good
draw for baiting people, but it can be scary when someone appears too
nice.
I
thought that I should give Whitney the benefit of the doubt, but having
read a book of his, procured through special means, my initial doubting
impressions of Whitney were well-justified.
In
the book, Whitney spent 30 dreadful, boring and nauseating pages to
discuss the horrible life he had and then 10 more pages of absolutely
worthless positivist views. A phone book is literally more
appealing. Seriously, the first 40 pages are best used as toilet
paper. I repeat, “DO NOT GET HIS BOOK!”
Okay,
so what is in Whitney’s book any how? Simply, he got lucky with a
few properties and built an entire publication around that! That’s
it. There is no real estate golden fleece hidden away in the
book, in fact, you can find more useful information in any other off
the shelf real estate book.
His
infomercial is completely off the mark. There is absolutely no
way that you can turn $1000 into $4.7 million in 18 months without some
serious knowledge and luck. Worst of all, he believes this can be
done effortlessly. He is seriously irritating, since he
ultimately tries to sell you the idea that money grows on trees and
whatever other adage of the same concept can be implemented.
Ideas
are great, but ultimately, what is really lacking in this program along
with many others it the need to show the detailed steps to reach these
miraculous results. The scientific method preaches reproducible
results, but this program along with many others is hokey financial
science. Financial alchemists who purport to show you how to make
money out of thin air are conning you into serious misfortune.
Okay, so I got the book for $35
and it was a total waste. The only fruitful ideas from the book
were not worth the $35 I paid. Too much fluff and not enough
detail, I certainly do not recommend Russ Whitney.
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