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I attended a free seminar to learn about purchasing tax lien certificates. During the free seminar the presenter gave introductory infromation about tax lien certificates and the opportunity to invest safely in the tax lien market. It was enough information to peak many of the attendees interest to know more about this investment opportunity. The speaker also very quickly presented a software system that the GTLN offered to anyone who purchased the $597 training package that streamlined the tax lien purchasing process. We were informed in additon to access to software and software training we would also receive in dept 3 days of training to teach us how to successfully invest in tax lien certificates. He did mention that they would talk some about other real estate investment opportunties.
The 3 day training was from 8:30-6pm each day. Unfortunately, the training was not at all training! Rather, this room of about 60-70 people paid $597 each to listen to a 3 day sales pitch to buy "adavnced training" that cost $29,900 or $39,900. This bomb was dropped on the first day of training about an hour before the day was to end. The facilitator very casually says " you guys do know that we are an education company and we offer advanced training for either $29K or $39K.
The $597, 3 day training class was essentially a platform for the GTLN to talk about the ROI opportunities if you purchased houses to rehab, flip, or leasing with options. They also talked in great detail about wholesaling contracts. There was very little substance in relation to tax lien certificates. In fact, I would say that they did not introduce any new information that wasn't previously presented at the free seminar. They displayed the "tax lien software" for maybe 10 minutes on day 2 of the sales pitch.
They requested that all of the attendees list their assets, bank account balances, retirement balances, credit card available credit lines, and credit scores. As such a great portion of the 3 days was spent talking about how to use credit cards for business investments. It didn't take long to realize that the use of credit cards was being pushed inorder to finance the outrageous $30K-$40K fees that they are charging in order to truly have access to their systems. They even instructed the class as lunch assignment to call our credit card company to ask for an credit increase.
I believe that I along with the other attendess were grossly mislead! We were told that we were paying $597 for training and access to software that would enable us to successfully invest in tax lien certificates. That was the furthest thing from the truth. We also learned that the "software" is nothing more than a portal to county and local governments. Although, we were told that the software would make the purchasing process easier and more conveient during the free seminar we were told during the 3 day sales pitch that any properties listed online were esentially leftovers that no one wanted. We were not provided any training materials only the opportunity to take notes. When an attendee asked about access to materials the presenter responded that materials are a waste of time and not helpful. However, a little further into his presentation he informed us that if we signed up for the grossly overpriced adavnced training we would have access to on demand materials.
Plain and simple....The Government Tax Lien Network aka Real Estate Workshops, LLC is a scam! Most people can not afford to pay $30K-$40K for the essentials let alone training that appears to be bogus! I would have never paid $597 if I was told that additional cost were in the tens of thousands of dollars. In fact, I was under the impression that all of the training that I needed to be successful with tax lien investing was covered with the $597 payment.