I’m sure if you or anyone else spoke to Jack personally he would tell you more about the program and what their policies are with regard to payment.

As for “gray” areas, again speaking from experience, there really are none, at least from the my State’s point of view. My attorney has looked this over thoroughly and aside from some minor tweaks and adjustments has given this program his stamp of approval.

With regard to the gentleman who has said he lost a lot of money, I can’t really speak to that since I don’t know who he is or anything about his situation. All I can say is that Jack has been very supportive to me every step of the way.

However, I will say again, and I speak from experience, Jack is not about “hype”, his program does work, and I have the checks to prove it (by the way I didn’t get paid to say that, or anything else I’ve posted on this site).

I also understand your skepticism and I have the feeling that you will probably remain so, no matter what I say. That’s OK. It really doesn’t matter to me whether you buy into Jack’s program or not, and I didn’t write all that to try to convince you otherwise. I just thought it would be helpful for people to hear from someone who has a lot of first hand experience with the Buyers First program.

In any case I wish you all the best in your real estate endeavors.

With regard to what some of the others have said about his training and materials, “training subpar”, “material way below standards”, it reminds me of that old saying, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink”. Or to put it another way; you can send your kid to the best school in the world but there’s no guarantee he’ll get an education. It also reminds me of the art school I attended in my previous life. I used to hear the other kids grousing ALL THE TIME about how they didn’t like this or that, or how bad this teacher was or that teacher was. It made me sick. Their parents were paying good money for a good education and all they could do was complain, about everything. Was everything perfect, no. Did I get a good education, YES. In fact I graduated in the top of my class. So why was my experience different than most of the others? Simple, I was hungry, I was motivated, and I wouldn’t take no for an answer. It really all comes down to how much effort you’re willing to put in. You put in a little, you’ll get back a little. You put in a lot, you’ll get back a lot.

What Jack teaches and the program he’s created is incredible. I agree wholeheartedly with what Alex S said that “Jack is one of the most experienced and gifted minds in real estate that I know”. This is a great program and I can personally say from my own experience that it has lived up to all my expectations. Money aside, all that’s really required is a commitment to follow the clearly laid out plan of action and put the program to work. I emphasize “commitment” because without it the best business model in the world, no matter how good it is, no matter how great it sounds, no matter how much it cost, will never succeed without commitment, motivation, and tenacity. The world is full of “seminar junkies” who go to seminar after seminar getting all hyped up about this program or that, spending thousands of dollars on books, CDs, and boot camps who go home AND NEVER DO ANYTHING. Are all these programs flawed in some way? Is the information they’re selling worthless? In most cases I would say “NO”. I think for the most part the fault lies clearly on the shoulders of the recipient. Most of them are just too lazy to get off their butts and do something to change their lives. A sad story, but true. In fact just to prove my point how many of you have a few “programs” collecting dust in your closet . . . I’m raising my hand! I bet there are even a few people who have paid for Jack’s program and have never done anything with it, although that’s hard for me to imagine. I guess it’s a good thing these types of people exist otherwise all these seminar guru’s wouldn’t have much of an audience or a business for that matter.

Jack is one of the most down to earth guys I’ve met in the real estate industry. You’ll never see Jack being paraded across a stage or see him peddling the Buyers First program at someone else’s boot camp or seminar “event”. Nothing against the guys who do, but that’s not Jack. He’s helped me every step of the way, and has made himself available to me by phone whenever I’ve needed him. That’s rare in this industry and not something you’ll get with any of these other “gurus” like a Ron LeGrand or a Dan Kennedy (nothing against them either :-)).

But like they say, “the proof is in the pudding”. So here’s the proof. In May I closed 4 deals, 2 each in June and July (slow months) and in August I’m looking at closing 8 to 10. My average per deal to date is $13,025.58. You do the math.

Is it worth 60K? That’s for you to decide. To be quite honest with you I hope you remain a skeptic and that Jack does add another “0″ to the price as one of the other disgruntled writers suggested. You see, I know what I’ve got and I’m quite protective. If others remain on the sidelines that means more for me. :-).

Jack’s system, though expensive, is one of the most COMPLETE business models I have seen in Real Estate Investing. And there isn’t anyone I know of who “gets” REI more than Jack Sternberg.

If you ever get the chance to corner him during one of the rare occassions that he is attending a seminar, take the opportunity to try and stump him … it can’t happen.

I remember seeing him and Tim Mai talking at the first Virtual Investing Seminar. I thought for sure that Tim would have figured out Jack’s system after talking to him for that long but NOPE - Jack even had Tim Mai guessing for more!

If you think you can figure out Jack’s system then you are truly a smarter investor than me

What an AH HA moment!!

Since 85% of all real estate transactions are performed via Realtors this technique cracks that market wide open. From my perspective, just knowing how to do bettter than the standard 3-6% on listed properties makes all the difference in the world.

Maybe that’s knowledge you don’t need in your business??? That’s a business decison.

I do have to say - I got in early so didn’t pay 60K for the training but it was well worth what I did pay.

And you’re right - there is very little, if anything, new under the real estate sun.

Fortunately this approach qualifies for inclusion in the “if anything” hall of fame…

Cheers

I use it in my brokerage every day to maximize our overall profits. It doesn’t work well for every deal but for those deals it does fit, it makes a BIG difference.

While current lending conditions do make finding qualified buyers more difficult for everyone, in the hands of a skilled investor, this is a unique approach allows an individual to get great spreads using MLS listed properties(what a concept)! At the same time everything is Fully Disclosed and there are no title seasoning issues.

A final thought: A lot of investors still have a magic bullet mentality. I’ll be the first to say Buyers First is NOT a get rich quick scheme. It does require personal skill(it’s not for novices), commitment and hard work but if you work the system - I can assure you the system does work.