Beware of the new breed of property experts

It seems we have become a nation of “experts.”

Just check your inbox or turn on the television and there they are. 

• Experts on politics who have never run a business, let alone a country
• Experts on football, even though they couldn’t run from one side of the field to the other.
• Experts on celebrity who can’t sing or dance themselves and..
• The new property cycle seems to have brought a whole new generation of property experts

If you’re like most property investors you’re inundated with the opinions of lots of different property “experts.”

In fact I’ve joking said there are 25 million property experts in Australia:-)

So who do you listen to? How do you choose?

Today I’ll give you my thoughts.

Yes, we are surrounded by so-called experts—people with opinions, but very little expertise.

And you know what they say about opinions?

They are like belly buttons, everyone has one, and mostly they are useless.

Here is the definition of an expert according to wikipedia.com:

“Someone widely recognised as a reliable source of technique or skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely is accorded authority and status by their peers or the public in a specific well-distinguished domain.

An expert, more generally, is a person with extensive knowledge or ability based on research, experience, or occupation and in a particular area of study.”

I’m going to share some of my thoughts on how to find a property expert to help you in a moment, but first I’d like to explain why I wrote this article.

A while ago I received an invitation in the mail to attend a seminar and learn from a group of experts

It said that when I attend I will be shown “How to make an Extra $100,000 in 36 Days.”

Sounds good so far…

So who’s going to teach me?

As I read on the speakers have proven outcomes by generating:

• Over $1 million in 7 days
• $1.4 million in 54 minutes
• And a massive $23.8 million in less than 24 hours.

Now I have no reason to disbelieve these claims (why would I?), but…

It’s just like when I received an email talking about land banking

Now this is a strategy I have been using personally recommending to clients for years, but what I read was a (please excuse the expression) bastardised version of what successful investors do.

To me a safe land banking strategy is to buy the worst house in a good street and hold onto it for a couple of years until you can afford to do a development. 

Instead what I was reading was the concept of buying an option on paddocks which are not zoned residential, and may never be, in rural Australia.

I remember reading of a swindle where a group was reportedly selling land bank options around Shepparton and that particular development has reportedly gone into liquidation, with about two-thirds of the $4.8 million in “option” fees being unaccounted for.

A year later I read that that group who suggested this more recent land banking scheme was taken to court for allegedly squandering all the investors money!

So here’s my advice on who to listen to in order to create your own financial freedom…

1. Only take advice from those who have done it successfully and significantly and kept their wealth for a long period of time

In other words find practitioners not just teachers.

There is a long, long list of people who have conducted property seminars over the past 20 years giving what sounded like good advice at the time, but who are no longer around.

Sure, there are those who can teach even if they haven’t done it, but why take the risk.

2. Don’t follow anyone blindly; instead be a student of property advice

Listen to and read the advice of several experts with conflicting opinions.

Consider their viewpoints – check out their results.

Different property strategies will suit different people depending on their income, their stage in life and their risk tolerance.

Research, learn and then do what suits you.

3. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

I know some people really, really want to get into property and many want to get started in property renovations and development so they are enticed by promises that you can come to our weekend seminar and you’ll learn all you need to give up your day job.

Or you can bypass the banks and buy property with no money. O.K. – you may need a dollar. (The spruiker who was teaching this has now been sent bankrupt by his ASIC fines)

Others are still suggesting you can buy good property on lay-by.

Now I accept that a really small percentage of people who try this will succeed, but probably 99% won’t.

I know – I see them and get emails from them every day.

Why do you need an expert’s advice?

Simply, it’s just too hard to try and do it any other way.

You see… most property investors don’t achieve financial independence, or they take much too long to get there, because over the first decade of their investing career they have to sort out what works and what doesn’t.

Of course many never survive this stage.

And the small percentage that does then have to make up for the lost time and lost money.

It’s just too hard to do it on your own, or by trial and error – there’s a huge learning fee involved – of time, money, effort and heartache.

On the other hand following the teachings and proven systems of those who’ve already achieved what you want to achieve and who’ve retained their wealth through a number of cycles, while not guaranteeing your success, makes it much, much more likely.

Now is the time to take action and set yourself for the opportunities that will present themselves as the market moves on

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