Complaint Review: Women's Night Out - Nationwide

First and foremost, Women's night out is solely there to make money from you which they're forthcoming about at the beginning. First, the event is overmarketed leading consumers to believe you're going to attend a formal dinner where you will learn about the real estate market, and as a token of their appreciation you will receive gifts which include a watch and an audio book. This event is targeted towards women only, but you can either bring your husband or friend as a guest.

Upon arrival, you're required to complete a form and sign a contract (which I actually read) about not being required to purchase anything, etc. They then lead you into a room where the event is nowhere formal as marketed and illustrated on the invitation and only consists of a huge screen and chairs (no tables). The presentation begins with an introduction video by the founder of Women's night out with her motto "women helping other women."

You then sit through a hour of the guest speaker haphazardly teaching you about real estate. I'm an educated woman so everything being taught was redundant to me and simply common sense even to those who doesn't have an inkling about real estate or the economy. The next 45 minutes is where the real reason for your attendance begins (notice I have yet to mention dinner) with their promotional products. They spend their time selling you the idea of having a competitve advantage in the real estate market because they'll give you the properties to sell and it's completely risk free because you use their money to fund your investments and all they ask is 1% of the amount they fund and you keep the remaining profit from the sell. Sounds ideal, right? Wrong! You can receive this competitive advantage for the low price of $1,997 at a 3 day retreat and if you want to add a friend it's only an additional $997. 

Now, it's break time from the presentation because this is the part where they pressure you to register for the 3 day retreat and pay the $1,997 and if you can't afford that they're so kind enough to let you pay half. Not to mention there is a monthly fee of $39.95 to access a tool they have (I can't remember the name at the moment) that will also assist you. But being as generous as they are if you pay the $1,997 they will waive the $39.95 for the first three months. They enusre if you show you at least participated in a real estate transaction that you will receive a tuition reimbursement and be refunded your $1,997 so the program is at no cost to you. Well that sounds great, right? Wrong! The tuition reimbursement is given to the first 5 people that registered as part of a bonus package so if you're unfortunate you won't get your money back.

Finally, dinner wasn't dinner at all. It wasn't even the equivalent of hospital food. They give you this big box which inside is a cold turkey sandwhich, lays potato chips, and a rock (oops! I meant cookie). The cookie was as hard as a rock that I couldn't distinguished between the two. As you eat they continue marketing their products which is now an additional hour about the stock market. They give you a crash course about investing in the stock market and they asks you to pay another $997 to attend a 2 day course about the stock market. Again, being as generous as they are they discount the price to only $297 and if you already pay the $1,997 for the 3 day retreat it's $197. At the end of the presentation you receive a shower gel and lotion as a gift as well as the audio book as promised, but no physical watch. You receive a paper with the link to order your watch. 

In closing, this report is not all inclusive there were other issues with this event. I only address the most significant aspects to provide an overall idea of what to expect if you attend this Women's night out. I strongly caution if you ignore this report that you attend the event with at least $3,300 because it's the total cost of the promotional products they pressure you buy for the entire duration of the presentation which is 3 hours long. I only attended this event in hopes of learning about rental property and further education about the real estate market but was completely disasppointed in addition to my guest who attended the event with me. Please find some other conducive and inexpensive way to learn about real estate and don't feed into this rip off.