Sunday, March 07, 2004
Okay folks, so here's the deal. Have you ever received a letter in the mail to a investment seminar? You know the type. They say, "You've been specially selected" but when you look on the front of the envelope it's addressed to occupant. Well, what you've got is an invitation to a day long sales pitch. Well, National Training Conference was presenting the Financial Super Stars conference at the Music City Sheraton. Well, the link that I gave you was only one of the speakers.
First there was a stock presentation for a product to help you analyze your stock portfolio. Investor Toolbox, a search engine of sort, claims that they assist you in finding valuable stocks in which to invest. The cost of the service is about 300 dollars a month, but the training seminar is about 5000 dollars. (but wait there's more!) If you had signed up at the seminar you can save over a thousand dollars.
Actually I don't know how much it cost. I seem to have neglected to write the prices down. Okay, I'm not a very good note taker. So sue me. Well, It took a while to find them online. The presenter never actually gave an internet address for their site. In my opinion, that's a bad idea. I mean what if I want to buy it tomorrow? I mean the seminar, hasn't really come at a great time. I don't have that much dough in the bank. I just bought a car, just got back from vacation, and just bought a new computer. Most of my savings are tied up in tax deeds. Maybe next time if I had a little bit more than a months notice, I could have a little money to spend. I have plans already and I'm going towards those full force. Heck if I had four of five thousand dollars to plunk down at will, then I wouldn't need your investment seminar. I'd likely be rich already.
As many of you know, I work nights so to go to an all day seminar where I'm not even guaranteed a meal shows that I am pretty interested. After all, I actually was up for 24 hours by the time the seminar was over. And I had to go to work last night off of two hours of sleep after the seminar. Maybe that stock guy (and the others) should get together with internet guy and get a website up. Just a thought.
Next up was a seminar about total asset protection. It was a seminar to show why I need a corporation, LLC, et cetera to protect my property and investments. The website. It seems to me that this lawyer might be the one who organized this seminar. Well, he was selling a package with all the forms that I need to form my own corporation. It seems very interesting, but I was never told why exactly why I should buy his forms when I could probably buy the same thing at Staples. Anyway, he was somebody who wanted a few more thousand dollars.
Then there was a break for lunch. The hotel was selling food in the lobby. With three dollars a hot dog and the fact that I've gone bovitarian, I decide to make a run for the border.
By time I had gotten back and sat back down, William Danko, had started his speech. It was a well delivered speech, but there was nothing there that wasn't in his book. It was nice to hear him speak, and that was the reason why I came. I wish I had gotten an autograph, but "you can't always get what you want, but if you try some time, then you might find you can get what you need." You should read the Millionaire Next Door. The message is pretty simple. Live off of less than you earn, but of course the main push of the book is that a guy like Sam Walton became the richest man in the world by driving around in a rusty pick up truck with a couple of dogs in the back not by blowing his money on overpriced cars, toys, or homes. These things are nice, but most people that buy things seriously impair their ability to be wealthy by buying these things.
Next was a pitch for a Tax Lien program. Another pitch for a few thousand dollars. Want to go the cheap route? Try John Beck. Of course, you could do this yourself. The best thing about these tax investment is that you get a great return on your money. You might be able to get a house, but I question some one who promises that they can get you one every time. Of course this isn't the only game in town. The Lennox group will handle the whole thing for you for a larger fee. Actually, it's about the same price as what salesman wanted to charge me to do it myself. Oh well. The price was marked down from $2884 to $1995.
The next one was a internet package. They can help you design a website to sell things. What sort of things? Well, there's toner. They help this guy set up a website and he, according to them, does really well, but if you look at the website, they use Yahoo's shopping carts and what seems to be an over the counter website design program. Stuff that you could use yourself. For those of you in the know, there isn't even a CGI script working here. It's just pretty straight forward HTML. About a days worth of work for $3,995 They do however submit you to search engines. Something that blogger does for me anyway, but if you want a professional then look at this hypersubmit deal.. I used them with another website, and they are pretty good. I can't tell you how to use Yahoo's shopping cart program, but I can recommend a server and a website design program to do it yourself. The question is are you willing to do this yourself? But of course you need a name. Here's what I use. They will get you a name, like I got for Gunny Walker dot com, and will hide your personal info from prying eyes.
Why would I want that? Well, if you are like me, you don't want anybody stalking you because you. I would expected some people might be mad that I was the one that competed with them for a tax deed. Some people really do think that since I am nice enough to tell them info and help them understand how these auctions work, that I will just lay down and let them have what they bid on. Hey, I'm not a millionaire either, but I want to be one just like you do. Some people have a hard time understanding that. I know I did at first.
Anyway, the last guy was the most entertaining, he was an all around real estate investor. He preached tax deeds, foreclosures, offering your own mortgage, and anything else you can think of. He had no website, a generic name like James Smith, and wanted five thousand dollars for his course. The only reason that I sat so long with him was that he was a pretty entertaining guy.
All in all I was offered to invest over $20,000 dollars in several course that day. Of course in my opinion, it would be crazy to be spreading the peanut butter that thin. After all, how hard would it be to try to learn six new things at once? I know that I should have Multiple Streams of Income, but to do six things at once causes me to do everything poorly. No, I think it's best is to master one and then move on the other. That way, if I master the things one at a time, then I can do what comes automatic while I am learning new stuff. And I don't waste my mucho dollars, by paying for five courses, and by having do them all at once, get tired and maybe actually stick with one of them. The rest get ignored and forgotten.
Okay, I know this is getting to be a long post, I am about to wrap it up.
My verdict is this, I am very interested in all these opportunities, but I currently have something lined up to divert my interest, when I am done with that, then I will be looking for something new. Those speakers with websites or at least a business name I can search for on the internet, might get my business. Those who have no contact information, but the one that I would've left with them if I had paid them, will get none of my business. I am interested in all of them, especially the stock and tax lien info. Oh well, that's about it. I might eventually contact the ones that have stuff on the web, but those that don't have lost me. They could have at least stuck around until the end of the conference. Maybe I could have gone back to them after hearing all the speakers and bought their program because they were the most convincing. Most of them just had planes to catch though. Or weren't dedicated enough I guess. Anyway, that's it.
On another note, some folks did approach me about the fact that I have tried tax deeds. If you are one of those I say, "Hello again." (If you made it this far.) Please forgive any grammatical errors I have made in this post. I'm still pretty tired from yesterday's long day. Please feel free to e-mail me with anything you want to know about. There is some info I don't feel comfortable giving, such as telephone # address, but if you want to meet somewhere for lunch, then okay. I do have a real name, but it is rarely used, so Gunny is just fine. Just remember that it's spelled with a Y. I am picky about that. Any other way is just girly.
Also if you have a website and I enjoy it, I'll gladly place it in a post or if it's (Gasp) really useful then I will list it in my sidebar. Either way a link in one of my posts will help to increase your traffic cause that's the way a lot of search engine's work.
Well, that's a bout it. I'm still pretty tired. I have some reading that I want to do, and may take a nap before I go to work again tonight. (Yes, I frequently work weekends. Heck, you may have even seen me before. A lot of people that I don't know seem to know me somehow.) So until next time faithful reader, adieu.
First there was a stock presentation for a product to help you analyze your stock portfolio. Investor Toolbox, a search engine of sort, claims that they assist you in finding valuable stocks in which to invest. The cost of the service is about 300 dollars a month, but the training seminar is about 5000 dollars. (but wait there's more!) If you had signed up at the seminar you can save over a thousand dollars.
Actually I don't know how much it cost. I seem to have neglected to write the prices down. Okay, I'm not a very good note taker. So sue me. Well, It took a while to find them online. The presenter never actually gave an internet address for their site. In my opinion, that's a bad idea. I mean what if I want to buy it tomorrow? I mean the seminar, hasn't really come at a great time. I don't have that much dough in the bank. I just bought a car, just got back from vacation, and just bought a new computer. Most of my savings are tied up in tax deeds. Maybe next time if I had a little bit more than a months notice, I could have a little money to spend. I have plans already and I'm going towards those full force. Heck if I had four of five thousand dollars to plunk down at will, then I wouldn't need your investment seminar. I'd likely be rich already.
As many of you know, I work nights so to go to an all day seminar where I'm not even guaranteed a meal shows that I am pretty interested. After all, I actually was up for 24 hours by the time the seminar was over. And I had to go to work last night off of two hours of sleep after the seminar. Maybe that stock guy (and the others) should get together with internet guy and get a website up. Just a thought.
Next up was a seminar about total asset protection. It was a seminar to show why I need a corporation, LLC, et cetera to protect my property and investments. The website. It seems to me that this lawyer might be the one who organized this seminar. Well, he was selling a package with all the forms that I need to form my own corporation. It seems very interesting, but I was never told why exactly why I should buy his forms when I could probably buy the same thing at Staples. Anyway, he was somebody who wanted a few more thousand dollars.
Then there was a break for lunch. The hotel was selling food in the lobby. With three dollars a hot dog and the fact that I've gone bovitarian, I decide to make a run for the border.
By time I had gotten back and sat back down, William Danko, had started his speech. It was a well delivered speech, but there was nothing there that wasn't in his book. It was nice to hear him speak, and that was the reason why I came. I wish I had gotten an autograph, but "you can't always get what you want, but if you try some time, then you might find you can get what you need." You should read the Millionaire Next Door. The message is pretty simple. Live off of less than you earn, but of course the main push of the book is that a guy like Sam Walton became the richest man in the world by driving around in a rusty pick up truck with a couple of dogs in the back not by blowing his money on overpriced cars, toys, or homes. These things are nice, but most people that buy things seriously impair their ability to be wealthy by buying these things.
Next was a pitch for a Tax Lien program. Another pitch for a few thousand dollars. Want to go the cheap route? Try John Beck. Of course, you could do this yourself. The best thing about these tax investment is that you get a great return on your money. You might be able to get a house, but I question some one who promises that they can get you one every time. Of course this isn't the only game in town. The Lennox group will handle the whole thing for you for a larger fee. Actually, it's about the same price as what salesman wanted to charge me to do it myself. Oh well. The price was marked down from $2884 to $1995.
The next one was a internet package. They can help you design a website to sell things. What sort of things? Well, there's toner. They help this guy set up a website and he, according to them, does really well, but if you look at the website, they use Yahoo's shopping carts and what seems to be an over the counter website design program. Stuff that you could use yourself. For those of you in the know, there isn't even a CGI script working here. It's just pretty straight forward HTML. About a days worth of work for $3,995 They do however submit you to search engines. Something that blogger does for me anyway, but if you want a professional then look at this hypersubmit deal.. I used them with another website, and they are pretty good. I can't tell you how to use Yahoo's shopping cart program, but I can recommend a server and a website design program to do it yourself. The question is are you willing to do this yourself? But of course you need a name. Here's what I use. They will get you a name, like I got for Gunny Walker dot com, and will hide your personal info from prying eyes.
Why would I want that? Well, if you are like me, you don't want anybody stalking you because you. I would expected some people might be mad that I was the one that competed with them for a tax deed. Some people really do think that since I am nice enough to tell them info and help them understand how these auctions work, that I will just lay down and let them have what they bid on. Hey, I'm not a millionaire either, but I want to be one just like you do. Some people have a hard time understanding that. I know I did at first.
Anyway, the last guy was the most entertaining, he was an all around real estate investor. He preached tax deeds, foreclosures, offering your own mortgage, and anything else you can think of. He had no website, a generic name like James Smith, and wanted five thousand dollars for his course. The only reason that I sat so long with him was that he was a pretty entertaining guy.
All in all I was offered to invest over $20,000 dollars in several course that day. Of course in my opinion, it would be crazy to be spreading the peanut butter that thin. After all, how hard would it be to try to learn six new things at once? I know that I should have Multiple Streams of Income, but to do six things at once causes me to do everything poorly. No, I think it's best is to master one and then move on the other. That way, if I master the things one at a time, then I can do what comes automatic while I am learning new stuff. And I don't waste my mucho dollars, by paying for five courses, and by having do them all at once, get tired and maybe actually stick with one of them. The rest get ignored and forgotten.
Okay, I know this is getting to be a long post, I am about to wrap it up.
My verdict is this, I am very interested in all these opportunities, but I currently have something lined up to divert my interest, when I am done with that, then I will be looking for something new. Those speakers with websites or at least a business name I can search for on the internet, might get my business. Those who have no contact information, but the one that I would've left with them if I had paid them, will get none of my business. I am interested in all of them, especially the stock and tax lien info. Oh well, that's about it. I might eventually contact the ones that have stuff on the web, but those that don't have lost me. They could have at least stuck around until the end of the conference. Maybe I could have gone back to them after hearing all the speakers and bought their program because they were the most convincing. Most of them just had planes to catch though. Or weren't dedicated enough I guess. Anyway, that's it.
On another note, some folks did approach me about the fact that I have tried tax deeds. If you are one of those I say, "Hello again." (If you made it this far.) Please forgive any grammatical errors I have made in this post. I'm still pretty tired from yesterday's long day. Please feel free to e-mail me with anything you want to know about. There is some info I don't feel comfortable giving, such as telephone # address, but if you want to meet somewhere for lunch, then okay. I do have a real name, but it is rarely used, so Gunny is just fine. Just remember that it's spelled with a Y. I am picky about that. Any other way is just girly.
Also if you have a website and I enjoy it, I'll gladly place it in a post or if it's (Gasp) really useful then I will list it in my sidebar. Either way a link in one of my posts will help to increase your traffic cause that's the way a lot of search engine's work.
Well, that's a bout it. I'm still pretty tired. I have some reading that I want to do, and may take a nap before I go to work again tonight. (Yes, I frequently work weekends. Heck, you may have even seen me before. A lot of people that I don't know seem to know me somehow.) So until next time faithful reader, adieu.
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