We just finished a seminar this weekend for a speaker named Dave Lindahl who teaches how to buy and sell apartment houses. Even though I have heard that he is good - I always wait until I see a speaker in action before I decide if he is a worth while speaker.
Dave Lindahl indeed delivered a very educational seminar. Well worth the price of admission. Before this seminar, I had not considered buying and selling apartment houses as part of my investing plan at this time. And even though he makes it sound easy (don't they all?), I am still not going to go down this path for a while. One thing that I don't agree with is when investors get involved in every strategy out there and try to do it all. Right now - I am focusing on just a couple of strategies for the next year or two. However - I will say that the one thing this seminar did do for me was open my mind up to the idea of buying apartment houses. I just didn't know enough about the subject to even consider it before and now that I have learned that it is possible for me- I am actually looking forward to learning all about it and then I'll add it to my investing in the next year or two!
So - yes - I give Dave a thumbs up. Good news too! The pool of great "gurus/speakers" seems to be dwindling. People who know me know that I cannot stand speakers who sell bullshit or care more about selling the product then truly teaching. While making money is important for seminar promoters - it is just as important to actually teach people something. The golden egg for a promoter is when we have speaker that educates and has a great home study course that actually helps us when we leave that seminar, then follows up with a great bootcamp - where they are the ONLY speaker! (Arghhh - on those "bootcamps" that have "guest" speakers!)
