3 Day Mega Conference opinion.

Though I have three investment properties, I am new to Steve McKnight's books, this website and the three day mega conference was the first I have been to.  I must say I was very impressed with the conference on the whole and think it was appropriately pitched at newbies like me so we can gain a wide variety of strategies and choose for ourselves what suits us best. 

Unfortunately for newbies though it can be very easy for us to get sucked into the products because the results seem so exciting.  My husband and I bought Aussie Rob's pack but gave it back an hour later because it just didn't sit right with me when I started thinking about his pitch and whether his wife was actually live trading or not.  I signed up for carly crutchfield's series because it was the frist time I had heard of options and it seemed so lucrative! Follow up research has shown me that it is not easy at all to get an option signed by a vendor so that course may lead no where.  The best thing I can walk away with from the conference is signing up to the results mentoring program.  I have high hopes for this course and believe it will be very worthwhile to help me make the most of the opportunities I have. 

In the end, now I am one conference wiser and have decided I will always do my due diligence before getting out my credit card again! I will definitely go to another conference in the future as I think there was some great information provided over the course of the weekend. Just like anything though you have to separate the weeds from the grain.

Thanks Steve for putting together a great conference, it was worthwhile to every person I met over the three days.

magbof – I didnt think it was possible and im glad I gave it back.  Im sure that you can make money from it but to be honest shares dont interest me at all and I didnt like the deception in his pitch…

I'm a first home owner and new in property investing, attending this conference hoping to know the insider world of property investing.

Sessions that caught my attention are:

1. Peter Daniels – Although I almost felt asleep on his first keynote (I think it's too late for the rthymn, 10am – 12pm will be a better slot), I still return to hear his insight on The Challenge of Change. I must say this man earns my respect alot and would want to know more about him and his Destiny program.

2. Ron White – Memory program. Who doesn't need a powerful memory in this century? I would have bought his program if I am a little more cash rich (credit is a No No to me)

3. Li Cun Xin – Another man that earns my respect and inspired me alot.

4. Peter Koulizos – Attended his workshop. Great! Straight to the point

5. Simom Buckingham – Attended his workshop. Sharp, quick, straight to the point. Another no time waster workshop.

6. Dean & Elise  – Attended Elise workshop. Thanks for Elise for sharing the transition of how she and Dean able to move away from IT professionals to running own business. I benefits from her content on how to get TIME, MONEY, Cash Flow Management etc. Dean's presentation is pretty interesting and straight-forward, not much selling which is good. I can see the benefits in getting their program if I were to look into reno projects in future.

Thumbs Down:

1. The Share Trading system – Scary~ I wonder how many people has signed up. I do buy shares, read up on Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis. Attended shares conference. It is scary to see such selling in this conference when many people appears as they trust Steve (including me). If I know what he is going to sell, I probably would have go for a longer lunch. A waste of my time.

Neutral:

1. Pat – He is funny and gives motivation but after an hour, I felt so energy drained. I skipped his second speech to retain energy for other sessions. My two other friends went tho and I think they enjoyed it.

Lastly, I don't think I need to say much about Steve. I went to his book launch last year, read his book and decided to learn more from him. That's the primary reason that I attended this conference as well. I felt that he is genuine in imparting his knowledge and hope people can benefits from it. Thanks Steve!

My damage? I signed for the Tax Liens. I am always cautious with my $$ but decided to give it a go. I have to admit SM plays a big part in this. My partner and relative got freaked out when they know I paid almost 1K to a 2 days workshop, when I spent years wondering if I should buy a 42" TV which costs the same. Then, I started hearing all these negative vibes from them and got a bit uncertain now if I have made the right choice. Well, I guess I can only hope for the best. If it does not turn out to be what I expected, I guess it is also a lesson to learn.

Back to the conference, yes, I like it. It reminds me back on dreams, vision, mission in life, gives me back motivation and got inspired by great people (Li and Peter J Daniels)

I might return to the conference next year, if I do go, I will pick and choose sessions to attend rather than sitting throughout the entire day.

Cheers~

Hi Kwanzee.
Do NOT let your friends bring negative thoughts into your head regarding the positive choice you made in choosing to educate yourself rather than turning your brain to mush by sitting in front of a t.v.
I’ll be there with you working towards our financial independence while your friends are at home turning into zombies!
Education is king!

My thoughts:

It was my first time there and overall I thought it was awesome.

Highlights and nugget gleamed:

* Set a life mission statement (tick, now done)
* Li wrapping up his speech talking about a scenario where we’re marking our own life score card on our death bed. How bitter a pill it will be if on our death bed we look at our lifes report card and realise it says: “Could have done better”.
* Li: How much are you prepared to sacrifice?
* Li: When obstacles appear (and they will), you have to believe in yourself even more. How much courage do you have?
* Pat: If you fail once, keep going. If you fail twice, keep going. If you fail three times, keep going. If you fail four times, keep going. If you fail five times, keep going YOU’RE ALMOST THERE!!!!
* The auction of “a day with Steve” (and quick thinking Steve converting it from a single $21K plus bid to two £20K bids). $40K for charity – how awesome. Did you see the director of the charity’s face! Priceless!
* WWW doesn’t stand for world wide web – it stands for Wizdom Without Waiting (get a mentor people and surround yourself with property like-minded people). I joined the RESULTS programme. Glad people are saying good things about it.
* Steve praying for everyone. That was great because he’s not ashamed to hide his beliefs.
* Lawyer dude was good and knew his stuff. He wasn’t selling DVDs or a system – just getting it out there that he’s smart in this area by sharing his knowledge with his audience. I will be calling him next time I need quality documents (so his silent selling worked – so what!). Steve you can definitely invite him back.
* Steves Q&A and final wrap-up. Motivational.
* Networking was great. I started a friendship with a bloke I met who is much like me (45, married, kids etc) starting out in PI etc. We’ve decided to keep in contact and try to motivate each other.
* Splash marketing: Good presenter. She made digs at both men and women (not sure why someone didn’t like her). Keywords “imagine” and humour.
* Pat M: Wow. What a personal story. What an live wire! He deserves a place in the conference. Guy was awesome (and very funny). He made each of his “points” very powerfully (name written on that kids stomach: “where you focus your thoughts is where your future is”). I couldn’t afford his stuff because I joined RESULTS but I may buy some of his stuff next year.
* Mr Daniels: Man he had so much good stuff to say. Encore!

Neutral-lights
* I actually bought the memory system from Dan White (great demo of memory). He ran out of time and had Peter Daniels (I think) coming on after so I filled in the form while thinking about whether I was going to actually hand it in. I intended to pause and give myself 45 seconds to answer this question: “Are you actually going to make time to use it”. Then they really ran out of time and demanded the forms off everyone really quickly(Steve: lesson is, a soft sell becomes a really hard sell when under time pressure). I was OK ish with this but the next day I went to talk to Ron (and he remembered my name!). He was very decent about it and gave me a full refund. Good bloke!

Low-lights:
Aussie Rob was a really good at presentation. I don’t know what his wife did on stage (got nothing against her). He said she was trading and then asked us to decide if she’d done well but I couldn’t see that she’d actually done anything (except look at some graphs – did she trade?). I only went to his presentation in the main hall. I spoke to someone who went to the 2nd presentation in the smaller rooms. I’m told that he explained a 2nd system that was more complex and allowed daily(?) trading. What happened if you’d already bought the monthly one!

I can’t see how you can possibly trade by only looking at your trades once a month (sounds insane – they could be down at zero by then!). The thing I have against the system I saw presented was that he made it look so simple that even a 6 year old can trade. Maybe it is that simple but this is also a simple trading system “roll a dice each day and only sell if you get a 6” (what’s the risk verses how good the system is). Steve: I’d suggest you investigate this (the bit I just wrote in brackets) before getting him back.

Overall
Way more Pros than Cons. Well done to Steve, his partner and the rest of the team for bringing it all together. I’ve already booked for next year. I’m feeling motivated and have already taken yesterday off work to visit my targeted suburb for the first time and will go back at weekend for inspections.

On your marks, get set. GO!!!!!

Hey Kwanzee

I agree with what you're saying, and with the support katchw and Dwolfe give too.

I signed up also for the tax liens thing, a big deal as I'll be travelling down from Bris (so there's another couple $100 in flights and accom) but you know what, you never get anything if you don't try.  And its easy for others to knock what we learned – they are coming at it from ignorance, not education.  When I get those knocks, I remind myself – the people who are making these comments, are they financially free?  Have they made wise investment choices?  And the answer is always the same… sadly, no.

So what if I lose 1k in trying to find out a better system to put myself ahead – 1k is better than 10k, or 50k… and who knows, I just might make some money…

Thanks for all your hard work Sue !

Good on ya!

Hi Judith,

I understand that we need to provide a photocopy of our passport. Is there a concern in providing such important document that is going to fly all the way to US? I might sound skeptical but it does concern me who is holding this document and if there is any control mechanism that addresses this.

Thanks.

Regards,
kwanzee

 Hi DWolfe,

If I remember correctly, if you are giving birth certificate, you have to provide a copy of driver's license too (photo). Your handsome or beautilful face will still be seen

Regards,
kwanzee

Hi all,

When I first opened this topic, I was shocked by a lot of negavie comments.  I'm glad I can see many positive ones I can share with now.

I was not keen to go to Melbourne being away from home for three full days leaving our teenage sons and a dog.  Luckly we found the house was not trashed when we came home, just leaving three days of washing…

I am very happy with the presentations and workshops.  Yes, the sales pitch was a bit too strong.  but we were not forced to purchase.  We had all rights to say yes or no.  We had a choice.  Actually we had a great opportunity to find what we can achieve by which product/support we could receive.  

I was so impressed keynote speakers.  They were in absolute hardship and made themselves millionairs with their own strong will.   They believed themselves whatever other people said to them.   Not only they made millions but they are now helping others.  Just impressive.

I also learned a lot about property investment strategies we could take.  Yes, we were like kids in front of cakes we had to chose.  

We bought Aussie Rob's system and Carly's program.  Different people have different opinions.  Let's see how it goes.  I can tell you one year later about the products we bought.  They may work, may not work.  It's up to us. 

I thought tickets were so cheap as I did not expect self-motivation aspect of the conference and this gave us a lot of courage and inspiration.  You imagine, if there's no marketing there, tickets to attend those seminars would have been so expensive.  

Thank you so much Steve and all the people helped to run this conference.   We will see you next year.

Let's try to make dreams come true.