Lease Option Classes Teams Up With Michael Carbonare of Naked-Investor!

Southlake, TX (PRWeb) - John Jackson with Lease Option Classes, announced today that he is teaming up with Michael Carbonare of Naked-Investor, to offer the most complete lease option training available.

“I’m extremely excited about what we’re putting together.” stated John Jackson, founder of Leasing to Buy, LLC and Lease Option Classes. “I’ve always known without a doubt that the course I offer, which is based specifically on how to duplicate my proven lease option business was unlike anything else out there. But now, by teaming up with Michael Carbonare from Naked-Investor, we offer a dramatic one-two punch, by allowing the attendees of the class to spend 4 full days with two of the best experts in the lease option business.”

“It was an obvious and natural fit to work together.” added Michael Carbonare, “With the training I have offered for over 14 years, combined with John’s ability to show people how to turn that knowledge into a full fledged, income producing business, it is a no brainer that we should combine our knowledge to help others develop their own lease option business.”

With over 14 years of experience, Michael Carbonare has trained and mentored individuals from all over the country on lease options, and is one of the most highly respected people in the field. Michael helps the members of his site www.Naked-Investor.com by answering any question they may have, giving direct guidance, mentoring and support.

With over 7 years in the lease options industry, John Jackson, founder of www.LeasingtoBuy.com, the largest lease option company in Texas, brings a tremendous amount of experience and knowledge to the table. From the growth of Leasing to Buy, came www.LeaseOptionClasses.com. John had looked to sell franchises of Leasing to Buy, but opted rather, to teach very small group of people, how to duplicate his business, so that they didn’t have to pay a franchise fee.

“When I teach someone how to duplicate my lease options business, I’m essentially giving them what you would get if you bought a franchise. I don’t sell DVD’s, or CD’s, because lease options are a business, and you can’t learn a business from a DVD.” Added John, “There’s nobody better to come in for a full day and teach the core fundamentals of lease options then Michael. Nobody. Then, for me to then come in to the class and spend three intense days giving students access to everything I have, is going to be huge for our attendees. Forget the real estate DVD’s, when you leave our class, you’ll have a business!”

The first four day class being offered by John and Michael is May 19th -22nd, and is offered at the Hilton in Southlake, TX, just minutes from DFW airport. They only plan on offering a couple of classes a year and limiting the class size to about 10 people, so they suggest signing up quickly.

To learn more or register for the classes, visit www.LeaseOptionClasses.com

To see the business you’ll be learning to duplicate, visit www.LeasingtoBuy.com

To learn more about Michael Carbonare, visit www.Naked-Investor.com

For more information on the course, contact:

John Jackson

817-980-0068

John@leasingtobuy.com

Where Have I Been?

I've gotten some e-mails from people wanting to know what's going on, and where I've been the last few weeks or so, as I haven't sent out a newsletter, or updated the blog etc.  The truth is, I've been VERY busy with Leasing to Buy.  The last 3 months of the year are historically slower for the lease option business, and real estate in general.  I usually take advantage of this, and really pound the marketing to homeowners the last few months of the year, so that by January, we have a pretty good inventory of houses.  Jan. starts the mad rush for houses, as people are past the holidays, and they are looking to get their tax returns.  I anticipate this Jan will be even busier, given the tax credit has been extended.  

So we've been very busy sending out a few thousand mailings per month, to build up our inventory, BUT, we haven't really seen the year end slow down yet, so we have just been as busy as any other time.  

If you've been through my training or a one on one class, you know this is the time to hit the mailings.  Get that inventory ready for the Jan/Feb rush!

Why I Don't Sell My Lease Option Manual

From time to time I'll receive an e-mail asking me if, rather than attending the 4 day training I offer, if someone can just buy my manual. I explain that I'm not selling a book, I'm training people on how to develop their own company that duplicates our program.
For those of you that have attended my training and received my operations manual, you can testify that my operations manual is far different than the garbage you might expect from one of those "buy my books and dvd course" gurus.
My operations manual is full of real life experiences. Real life and actual situations. My manual explains how to set up your business, mistakes I've made along the way and how to avoid those mistakes.
My operations manual does NOT make up unrealistic figures. I don't try to get people excited and pumped up about the millions of dollars you'll make, or create bogus hype about how lease options are so easy that you don't even have to work.
My manual was not written to be used on it's own. My operations manual was written to guide the licensees of Leasing to Buy, but with the understanding that they were going through intense hands on training with me.
If you tried to create and develop a lease options business using JUST the manual, you'd certainly have a huge head start, but you'd be missing at least 50% of the training. At least that much.
Keep in mind my manual offers more information than any other "book and dvd course", yet I still wouldn't want someone to try to just read my manual and try to go out on their own.
Given that, how effective and worthy do you think those book and dvds are that so many people try to sell by the hundreds?
I don't sell my manual, because my goal isn't to sell my operations manual.
My goal is to help people that are SERIOUS about starting their own lease options business, and give them the structure and outline it takes to duplicate our program.
That's why I always say that I don't teach the "theory" of lease options.
I give you a lease options business.
If you are just "curious" about lease options, feel free to e-mail me and I'll guide you on how to get some basic, yet factual, information on lease options.
John@leasingtobuy.com

Can ANYONE Make Money in Real Estate?

If you watch enough of the late night infomercials, you’ll start getting convinced that anyone can make money in real estate.  That it’s so easy even if you’ve had a frontal lobotomy you can make a fortune in real estate.  They make it sound like real estate investing is like using an Easy Bake oven.  

            Now for the horrid truth.  Not everyone can make money in real estate, and real estate isn’t for everybody.  Investing, whether in the stock market or real estate can be very stressful, and you have to able to remove yourself emotionally from the investments.  Not everyone can do that.  In fact, I would be willing to say that most people CAN’T do that! 

I can assure you that if you buy a house to rehab, and you’ve allotted $5k for repairs, but by the second day of work you realize you’re going to need at least $10k to rehab it, but you don’t have the $10k, there will be some very powerful emotions involved!  Or what if  you have a house that you’ve put all your money into, and are trying to rent it out, but after 4 months of it sitting empty, and another payment coming due on it?  Can you remove yourself emotionally from it? 

Real estate investing is not for everyone.  Getting into real estate because you think it’s a quick, easy way to make money is like becoming a pastor because you think you’ll only have to work one day a week.  There is a lot more to it than that.  Not everyone can be a teacher, not everyone can be a pilot or a surgeon or an investor.  I know investors that have been investing for several years, and they still get their head handed to them on a plate sometimes.  It’s going to happen.  But how will you handle it if you lose greatly on a deal? 

Fortunately with the lease option program that we’ve developed, there is almost no risk, but there have still been times where at the end of the day I ended up making nothing or possibly even losing some money on a deal.  Or maybe something happened that of course was completely out of my control, but the fingers were still pointed at me.  Those are frustrating times when you are trying to do the right thing, and you end up wasting your time and money to help someone. 

I’ve developed my program to be as cookie cutter as possible, but it still comes down to the individual.  I trained a couple about 5 years ago and they just could NOT get the program working.  It wasn’t the program, but them.  They just weren’t cut out for it, simply because they lacked confidence.  I worked with them and worked with them, but at the end of the day, they couldn’t sell a glass of water to someone in the desert, because they just lacked confidence.   There was another couple that when we tried to discuss even the easiest, simplest task of our lease option program, they both looked like deer in headlights, and would ask the same questions, over and over and over.  I don’t care what method of investing someone is looking at, it comes down to the individual.

Bottom line, if you think that you should get into real estate because you will make a ton of money with almost no effort, then you may want to stick to the lottery. 

My Beef with Gurus Part 5 of 5

Can you imagine charging someone to teach them how to build a house...if you're not even a builder?

Or how about paying someone to teach you to fly a plane, who doesn't actually fly planes?

Sounds weird huh?

Well, that's exactly what some of the guru's do when they offer their weekend bootcamp courses. 

They claim they're going to teach you how to make big money buying foreclosed homes, or buying notes, or 10 other ways to make money in real estate.  Except...they don't actually DO what they are supposed to be teaching YOU!

How would you like to pay out thousands of dollars to learn how to supposedly do something, from someone that doesn't actually do what they are getting paid to teach you?

I know, sounds confusing!

There is a book that I highly recommend called "The Richest Man in Babylon" that you've probably heard of before.  In it, there is a passage about a man giving his money to a brickmaker to invest in rich jewels, hoping for a big return on his investment.  Well, the brickmaker ends up buying pieces of glass, and the man loses all of his investment.  Obviously the man is going to lose his money, because why would you give your money to a brickmaker to invest in jewels?  The guy is a brickmaker, not a jewel expert.  

This same story relates to trying to learn real estate investing from someone that doesn't actually do it.....or that isn't successful at it!

My course is ONLY on lease options, and even more specifically, my lease option PROGRAM.  

That's it.  That's ALL I teach because that's what I actually DO.  Everyday!

If you want to learn wholesale note buying..I'm not your guy! 

There is no way I'm going to pretend to be an expert in something that I don't actively participate in, just so I can sell some books. 

And if you are looking for education and training on real estate, then you need to do your homework, and make sure the person you are about to pay to train you actively practices what they preach, AND that they are successful at it.  Don't be fooled by they pretty DVD cases, and all the glitz put on by the presenter.  You want to learn from someone that actually practices what they preach.  Make them prove to you that they are active and successful in the trade they are going to teach you. 

My Beef with Gurus Part 2 of 5

This post I want to talk about the "levels" of courses that the gurus offer.  I was looking at the site of one very well known gurus, and he offered a basic course for about $4k.  This is the course you get when you first sign up.  BUT, if you want to learn MORE..then you can sign up for the next "level", which was about $3k more.  The total cost for the whole enchilada was over $13,000!!! Holy Cow!  

What do you think you get for $13k?  A bunch of fluff and nothing is what you get!  In my opinion, which I'm sure is highly regarded by many around the world....if you see any sort of training that offers "levels" of courses, you have to realize that it's likely a rip off and waste of money.  

By someone offering "levels" of courses, that means that they are knowingly holding back information from you in order to suck more money from your pocket.  How does that make you feel?  It should make you feel like you need to walk away.   

I wonder if the $13k includes an autographed picture of the "guru" or even a Christmas card.  I can assure you, that if anyone sends me $13k, I will immediately mail you an autographed picture of myself, AND I will add you to my Christmas card list!