Last year I was introduced to Austin Davis. I was introduce to him through another real estate teacher. The teacher whose program I had bought I found very useful so I bought Austin Davis’s program. First, unlike the program I had already bought on apartment investing thi s program was just for funding. If you are a newbie grab a starter course like Monica Main’s (its cheap and broad). The one I started with was by Monica Main and I got it for less than $100 online. Since Austin was offering a 60 day money back guarantee I decided to give it a try.
His website was to the point and easy to understand and get a feel for his program. Once I ordered I was able to download the program right away. The cost was $750 but I did get 30 days to try it risk free. You can often pick his program up for half of what I paid for it now. Austin is up front that he wants you to bring him deals for his property scout program – you don’t get partnership but just a flat fee – but you can buy on your own too if you are ready. You are not required to send him deals for his property scout program though. I was set on buying my own apartment and wanted no partners.
After I read through his program I sent his staff a email for help. I got help on how to submit a deal using the forms each week from his staff. I got a year of support included for free when I bought his program which was really nice. Each time I would send a deal for help I would include my name and email and the date I bought his program to qualify for the free support. I was very lucky in getting my 3rd deal to work out and Austins team helped me structure it for funding as agreed. I was able to buy with nothing down thanks to his investor fund. While I should be able to get grants being a minority, I have never got any before so the down paymen t fund with Austin’s team was a real help to me.
It took me months to get my first deal but I got it with nothing down. Austins team did show me how to get the prefunding for up front costs too. I was able to have the seller give me a credit at closing to pay the other closing costs and I got reimbursed for the $12,000 in closing costs I had to pay in advance. I just wish I could get cash back at closing from my first deal, but I did not know how to do it then. I later learned how to get cash back on a deal with the down payment investor fund.
The free year of support expired but I got a invite for the mastermind group. His mastermind group is $99 a month and great for continued support. I am not working on my next apartment with his staff.
Over the past 10 years I have tried so many other real estate programs I didn’t think anything new was out there – until I discovered commercial real estate. I spent a lot of money on other gurus stuff.
I have to agree with other people in that the best thing about Austins program is the support – there are other funders out there but they dont help you like Austins team. I also am impressed to see Austin now offering his program for $500 or less. Austin offers the 60 day guarantee now on his program too. I have never paid for a program other than using my credit card. What I love about being able to buy with a credit card is I also got the protection of my credit card. If a merchant does not refund my money when they offer a refund guarantee I can always dispute it with my credit card to get the money back. One thing I really liked was that Austins support staff can not access my billing info direct since he outsources the billing to clickbank. I have found few teachers go to the length of using a 3rd party to audit and protect customer billing information any more. Clickbank is the internet’s largest and most respected internet billing provider. If you are not aware of Clickbank’s security and refund policy it is the best on the internet. Just google clickbank to read about the awards for security they have in place.
I would like to take the time to thank Austin in my review for all his help. When I searched for reviews on his program there were few of them. I have noticed a lot of people asking for reviews so I wanted to share this.
There are many scams online today. What you always want to look for is a money back guarantee. You will also want to use your credit or debit card for protection. You also should look for a 3rd party that protects your billing information. Clickbank is one of the largest.
You must have good support with the program you buy to do well in my opinion. This is pretty big. You have to have a good support team there to help you on your deal. The price of a program does not equal value or worth. In fact I think many times the programs costing $5,000 or $10,000 are just hype. Just think about that for a minute. Why do gurus try to charge thousands of dollars to work with them? Why even charge a grand?? I asked Austin this and I think that is why he has dropped the price to $500 or less. It just makes since more people will be able to buy your program if it costs less. I do wish it was free when I started, but now I am glad it is not – I wish he would raise the price to keep non serious investors out. I do understand though you have to charge something to help people and provide good support.
I was stunned to see people slandering Austin and standing up for gurus way over charging people for training (who I tried and lost a lot of money working with). How will you know if this really works? Other than to buy it and try it I don’t know. Use your credit card, print a copy of the website with the 60 day guarantee. I was told if it did not work for me to ask for a refund from the start which was reassuring to me. You can call clickbank direct or email support. You can use the link in the email they send you. If you are skeptical – you have the printed copy of the guarantee and can call your credit card company and they will refund it. Try it and see for yourself – nothing works like seeing something work first hand.
I do wish I found a good review when I was looking a year ago when I was doing my research on Austin. I really wish someone pointed me in the right direction of who try try so I would have saved the $10,000 I spent on other programs before Austin. Now I have time to live the life I want though. I have time to spend with my kids. I have time to travel now. That is the best thing about being a investor to me. I wish you well in your investing and your dreams.