Anybody who publicly trashes their competition in the guise of a "Guru Review"then turns around and tries to sell you their own book on a subject they obviously know nothing about has very little credibility in my opinion.
Like you said .... Reed has done a total of 11 RE deals in his life while the people he blasts like LeGrand, Bronchick, Kaiser etc.... do this many in a month.

> Adam -

> I've known you and respected your posts in
> several forums for a number of years. This
> statement is out of character for you. And
> it's simply not true. Creonline has a
> *number* of forums. Yes. There is a Carleton
> Sheets forum. And we both know that McCorkle
> and Vu were crooks. As you probably know,
> McCorkle is serving time in federal prison
> for his crimes. And I don't know what Vu is
> doing these days.

> In any case, that's an unfair stereotyping
> and characterization of those who visit
> Creonline. I will agree that there are
> dreamers on there who seem to be scared of
> doing their first deal. But there are plenty
> of others who are making it happen using
> creative real estate techniques.

> Let's also set Mr. Reed in the correct
> light. Dien Rice already pointed this out
> but I'd like to amplify it a bit more. John
> T. Reed blasts 90 - 95% of the
> "gurus" in real estate. Let's
> compare Mr. Reed's information with one of
> those he blasts, Ron LeGrand.

> Reed says LeGrand is basically a huckster
> selling "get-rich-quick" stuff.
> Yet I've met a number of people who are
> reproducing Ron's techniques regularly.
> There are many of them in my area. Mr. Reed
> has done 11 real estate deals. Ron LeGrand
> has done 1400+. And, as Dien pointed out,
> Reed sells his own real estate materials.

> I've met Ron LeGrand. He's a down to earth
> guy whose making money teaching his system
> to others. What's wrong with that? BTW, it
> might interest you to know that Ron LeGrand
> does *not* blast others in the real estate
> training business. He speaks well of many of
> them and has them at some of his events.

> I've also invested in LeGrand's materials. I
> find good information based on solid
> principles in them. I may purhcase Sheets
> information to compare. I don't know yet.

> Now, who should I buy information from? A
> guy who has done 11 real estate deals (I
> know a couple in this area who did *nine
> deals in ONE MONTH*) and blasts almost
> everybody but himself, or a guy who has done
> 1400+ deals and is showing others who to do
> it?

> Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"