carly crutchfield

Hey! While I'm not the moderator of this forum, it seems to me that two people are attacking a person who was making an offer to swap info in an effort to broaden his horizons.

FWIW, I've met a few quiet investors who hold similar amounts of property at similar ages, so why is that so implausible if this person wants to share her experiences? That's just good business, not financial advice.

While I can't speak for Ms Crutchfield's credentials in property development, I saw Carly talking about personal presentation from a practical point of view (job interviews, business etc) at a free womens forum last year, and she was very good. She walks the walk, as well as talks the talk, and her tips have been a big help to me in achieving better business/negotiation/etc results since then.

Robbie: I don't have Carly's homestudy, but I am all for swapping information, including books to broaden my own horizons (that's how I got started – that and the library). I might have one of the others that you need. Contact me offlist where you're not going to get sniped.

Robbie that was shameful the way you were responded to.  Good luck with your endeavors.

Feel the same way

I have done Carlys course, I have also followed her work and results in her charity work and Say No to Drugs campaigns.
I dont think age or sex matters and you dont need a financial planners license to do deals or obtain results, or provide information on how to do some of the things she does do. A lot of it has to do with attitude, action, learn by doing, mistakes, and getting out there and doing the hard yards, of which she has done.

To date I havent found any financial planner that is really experienced in property, their courses are lucky if they cover property for 1 day- so what does this really qualify them to advise you on? and there is no way I would take my finances, equity, subdivisions, deals and equity to them to advise on, as they would only put me into shares, or managed funds and draw a huge mgt fee from me, and gather a huge commission for achieving less results than I can myself by hitting the streets and finding opportunities.

Most earn their money by dumping your savings/ super into shares or managed funds.

Our financial planner 9 years ago put us into 50k worth of Great Southern Trees with every prospectus, fact, due diligence and approval from ATO / ASIC under the sun. I was only 29 and thought these guys are super qualified, and older than me, Ill listen to them. Now Gt Southern and my 50k has gone into bankruptcy and your lucky if you can get hold of any financial planner or company solicitor on the phone.

Our trees are probably wiltering away and dying, so wont be worth much anyway to harvest.  Most of the financial planners have now ran for the hills, are selling real estate, working at ATO , Aus Post, or have became mortgage brokers. So I dont have much faith in Financial Planners. So cant see why Carly would want to get her financial planning license as the license and course has nothing to do with property and her focus at all.

Results must speak for themselves regardless of age. I'm young also and have been doing property since 20- so 18 years now full on, and would guarantee that I would have more equity, assets, and results than most financial planners/ accountants nearly double my age.

Before I did Carlys course I really did check out her deals, assets, results, some of her mentors, and business contacts she uses in her developments, and I knew one of her architects very well. She is a credit to young people, has a heap of energy, attitude and will stop at nothing to learn, listen, increase her knowledge, she gives a lot of money to her family, and differnt charities and whilst some are at home at night resting, she is out at dance parties handing out Say No To drugs books, brochures, helping young kids, and talking to those that need guidance.

The problem with our country is that we like to knock people down, judge people on age, etc rather than productivity, results, and attitude and I guess this is why most of our really good management, academic and business talent heads off overseas as they are pulled down here instead of encouraged.

A comment above from one of the posts is that real education doesnt come with reading books/ courses- This was an interesting comment- "Why are we all striving or going to uni then, and parents/ employers pushing get a degree, study, etc"?
as I went to uni for 4 years, have a honours degree, and didnt see many of my teachers taking much action in the business world and I seemed to be loaded down for 4 years with books, courses, seminars, conferences etc

I think you have to follow and learn from those out there doing it, not just talking about it or financial planners sitting in a comfy chair in an office all day and making money by commissions of things they do not really even understand and will not back up if it stuffs up.

Bye