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- JessW wrote:Hi everyone – well I have just had my weekend workshop with Stephen & Cherie, and it was great! Really comprehensive… Cherie is like this crazy woman who covers absolutely every single detail you can think of! And Steve – well he's just funny!!
No seriously, it was very full-on, loads of information, their Due Diligence System is very comprehensive and detailed, and makes you really get to know your target market, do thorough research, and therefore only buy the properties that are going to make you a buck. They talk about structural and cosmetic renovations – but you don't learn how to paint, or replace kitchen cupboards – you learn how to project manage and work with tradies etc.
The main topics that they cover are:
Setting up your property business; companies / trusts etc.; Finding the right team i.e. broker, solicitor, accountant; Doing your due diligence; dealing with agents; how to make an offer; getting the right finance; creative finance ideas; settlement periods and early access; managing your reno; dressing your property for resale etc.Cherie & Steve obviously know their stuff.
I would highly recommend the course if you are considering doing either structural or cosmetic reno's, or if you want to learn how to really get to know the real estate market. The things they are teaching you certainly aren't rocket science, it's just common sense. But it's the way they go about their research, and the "tight ship" they run within their property business that you can really learn from.
Plus, they are very generous with their knowledge and time, ask any question and they'll answer you. Part of the course is you receive 12 months of mentoring. So I can now ring Cherie or Steve anytime (you can call them directly) with any questions I have. Plus of course you get the Trade Card that gives you some great discounts.
I really enjoyed it, and I'm glad I did it – yes, a lot of money, but worth it in my opinion!!
If anyone has any questions please ask me!
Cheers
JessJess hi,
Sounds like the workshop was worth every penny! I bet you are ready to take off!
Thx for your feedback-its got me thinking and now i am considering doing their workshop in syd later in the year.
Can you please tell me if amongst all the goodies that you got, did they provide any software to assist with analysing and /or managing projects? Or, did they recommend any software?
Thx
Tinajess and dbliss,
the women in property next meeting is at the Geebung hotel, 85 barkers rd, hawthorn east on tue june 22, at 7pm.
there is an entry fee of $45 at the door, but cheaper if you pre-pay.
some how i have ended up on their email list and once a month i get this info sent to me, but u are right, there doesnt seem to be anything on the website.
i have not been to any of these meetings, but i am planning to attend the next one because they sound interesting.
might be an idea to email them so that they can sent u all the info.
let me know how u go,
tinaian,
thanks for the feed back.
its always nice to get good feed back like that on something that costs so much money.
please let us know how u go with your new renovating career!
jess, have fun this weekend at the melbourne workshop and enjoy! Please let us know what you think of the workshop.
jess, since u are in melb. have you ever attended any seminars that "women in property" put on once a month in hawthorn?
they sound interesting, never been, but thinking of going this month.
tina.To Rustychook
Thx so much for your feed back.
I note that you are from Perth. One concern i had was wether the information was relevant enough for the perth market. I am in melbourne and i wondered if the info. they give can be equally applied here.
You did the course in Dec. 09. Have you had the opportunity to renovate yet?
Does any body know, do Cherie and Stephen continue to renovate? Because like danviv1 said, they must be making a bucket load of cash from their workshops!!!
In saying that, I still have an interest in doing their course and geting in to renovating. We c urrently have 3 IP's, that could do with a bit of a make over, nothing structual, so that is in the plan for the next 12-16 months. We want to increase our wealth and plan to buy , renovate and sell as a strategy. I believe that getting a good education in the art of searching for the right property and excecuting a profitable renovation is utimate. When your dealing with property, your dealing in hundreds of thousands of dollars, so getting it perfect is paramount. And so that is what i am hoping that their course would help with. I dont want to run the risk of making errors. We renovated our family home about 5 years ago and I know very well how things can get out of hand very fast.
I am eagerly awaiting feedback from others who will be going in june and july.
Thx guys.danviv1 wrote:Just talked to my friend who did the workshop.She just said it's very informative, their think go out of the square to negotiat with agents, and the course include lots of templates, but won't tell me more about it. I guess when people spend so much on a course, they are not comfortable telling us everything they learnt from it, as we didn't pay for the information.
sorry couldn't find more info out of it.
Guys hi!
I am new here, and this is my 1st post.
I too, am interested to know if any body has completed the 2 day Renovating for Riches workshop with Cherie Barber and Stephen Tolle. I have seen their DVD and have also seen them do a 1 hr presentation at a propety seminar in Melbourne about 2 months ago. I found them very entertaining and inspirational and was almost ready to sign up. But the $5000 was just too much and the truth is that my time (due to young kids still at home) is very limited this year and so I felt that the timing was not quite right.I have decided to do it next year when kids are off to school. However,in the meantime I have been searching the internet for feed back, and in truth, the comment by danviv1 is the closest I have come across. Lots of people have seen the dvd but no body has posted feed back on their course.
To danviv1, i am curious to know why your friend would not elaborate. Whats the big deal? If i went to a course and found it to be worth the money I spent, I wouldnt hesitate to give positive feed back and a bit of an insight as to what the workshop entailed. Its not as if you were asking for copies of templates and notes etc.
I wonder wether the course is in fact not what its cracked up to be.
I will keep serching for feed back.
