QUOTE (thejules @ Jan 6 2009, 07:58 AM) Well I have to stand up for Darren a bit here.
I started with this crazy idea of investing after reading books & listening to tapes of Robert Kiyosaki`s & a few other American based courses. And at the time, Darren Weeks was the only one of his kind that was running true Canadian finacial educational seminars that I was aware of. This would`ve been about 6 to 7 years ago. So I traveled down to Toronto from Orillia to go to Darren`s seminars. And he actually made me feel that I had something to contribute to the investing world & that was my ability to do real estate investments. At the time I met some people there that became really great friends & in a couple of cases, real estate joint venture partners.
Then in August of 2003, Darren told me that I had to be at a seminar put on by Raymond Aaron in Mississauga. At that seminar Darren introduced me to one of the speakers, Don Campbell. He was doing a Quick Start to Real Estate Investing course for Mr. Aaron, but I knew that I was there to see this Canadian Specific Real Estate Investing Speaker. Well, at the time things were really not going well for me, and then I was Yelling & Cheering for the first time in a long time when I heard the Top Ten Ontario towns to invest in. At the time Barrie/Orillia was # 1.
So I don`t know what kind of experiences that you guys had with Darren, but for me it was a very life enhancing experience.
Now I know to date, Darren has branched out to doing investing with his audience. I don`t know about that. I have my own apartment buildings that I am trying to raise capital for. But I know one thing for sure, I can`t think of any one else who is a more qualified Apartment Building Expert Investor than Thomas Beyer!
I hope that helps...
I have had a similar experience as Darrin Weeks was the one who really convinced me that I can raise capital and own real estate. It was the evening after one of his events in Richmond that I proposed to my first JV partner. Saying this, all of his investments seem super sketchy and he is making great profits by promoting costa rica real estate, 3DH, Webnet Global etc etc. He is the "run to the back of the room before they sell out" kind of promoter.
It is also true that the technology company that he promoted (3DH and Webnet Global) in the fraser valley have gone under and have not paid back any investors!!! Thankfuly I went with my gut and did not buy any investments, however, I did buy the cashflow game from him which is great, thanks Darrin.
I would be very careful.