Scott Zuckman, Wealth Intelligence Academy, Rich Dad Education 3-day training deception Cape Coral Florida

I have read many of the comments posted above and although we only stayed for 7 hours of the first day I can tell you I was utterly disappointed with the product (or lack thereof). We attended the August 21st, 2009 session in Atlanta, Georgia with Scott Zuckman only to be shaking our heads and looking at each other in a puzzling manner as to what we were being pitched. Having been to  a few of these seminars we knew there would be a sales pitch somewhere along the way. What we did not expect was for the WHOLE 1st day to be a sales pitch. After paying that much money we were willing to listen to the pitch, but expected some type of meat to be able to take away from the weekend. We are by no means sophisticated investors, but we do have 7 rental properties in our portfolio. Our goal was to learn new ways to acquire properties and investment capital , but the only thing we learned was that Mr. Zuckman has an affinity for his Masserati and Hawaii condo. Every time it appeared he would get to something of substance he would follow it up by a "we will get to that later." We were not willing to wait through 3 days of getting to it in hopes of getting to something we could actually use. The kindergarten-like hand raising and group chants were laughable. I'm sure this course is for some people, but anyone with real estate experience will be severely disappointed in the product. I applaud Mr. Zuckman for his real estate wealth building, but I didn't pay to hear about everything he has. I came to hear how to do it. That's what this course boiled down to.....much more of WHY you should invest in real estate rather than HOW you can invest. If you need a course of WHY you should invest than by all means sign up for a great RA RA session, although you can usually get these much cheaper elsewhere. But if you need the HOW......well then I wish you well.

For those who got something from the course or the additional products they sell I think that’s great. I just question paying a faceless person thousands of dollars to supposedly help you. I guess I just have a huge beef with paying an unknown person thousands of dollars when I have no idea how they are, what their skills/capabilities are and most importantly if they actually give a %^&* about anything that happens to me. The high pressure sales tactic of dolling out half of your annual income in one weekend is very repulsive to me for a company I have followed and enjoyed their reading materials. I think Robert Kiyosaki is a brilliant individual, but I do question these seminars and their merits. I do hope that Mr. Kiyosaki has not gotten so big that he has lost touch with the products under his name.

For those who have called those who raised concerns about these products  skeptics with fear dominated concerns and broken mindsets I would point out that Kiyosaki preaches not being Lemmings. By buying a product without proper due diligence because someone tells you it’s great....hmmm....sounds like that giant cliff is coming soon for you. I hope you find your "knowledge" from that faceless "mentor".

By the way everyone in our group contacted the company during the presentation on the first day and told them we wanted a full refund of the $499. The phone rep was very nice and first offered us a different training course. We informed her that we did not feel the course was worth it and we wanted the refund. She asked to speak to the presenter Mr. Zuckman, but he was presenting so she then asked for one of the 3 "helpers". She spoke with helper Jim and we were told we would receive our refund. I have heard if you don't ask for the refund prior to the second session you won't get it. I would highly discourage anyone from attending this event, but if you do be prepared for the never-ending sales pitch.

Good Luck!

My wife and I attended a Rich Dad workshop in Norcross GA. We both knew going in that this was going to be a sales pitch of some kind. However, we had very specific things we were looking for. The workshop was presented by a young lady by the name of Jesse. During the presentation we heard a few things that caught our interest and decided to spend the $495 for the seminar. The MAIN reason we opted for the seminar was because we were led to believe that we would have a one on one conference with one of the their people at the seminar. We were also led to believe this would take place on the front end of the seminar and the purpose was to come up with a course of action based on OUR interest. On the first day of the seminar Scott Zuckman also told us this would take place but it would happen the second day. It never happened. We did not attend the third day. At that point we knew the only one on one conferences that would take place was to sell you on the advanced classes. I guess that's what they consider a course of action. DEFINITELY MISLEADING AND DISHONEST.

I have read most of the blogs on here and could go on forever but I found a couple things that I found the funniest.

First: To the individual that stated Scott Zuckman did not use the newspapers because everyone didn't bring one. More people brought newspapers than people who tried to increase their credit limit after the first day. That didn't stop him from talking about that subject for the next hour. Scott also had no problem using his computer to illustrate the things he wanted to illustrate. He could have used his computer and put the Atlanta Journal Constitution's classified section on the screen. We didn't need newspapers for him to show us how to use them. I am willing to bet they have never used the newspapers at any seminar but tell you to bring them leading you to believe they are actually going to teach you something.

Second: If you are basing your decision to attend a Rich Dad workshop or seminar on information you read on here BEWARE. Rich Dad has employees whose job it is to go on the internet and look for negative comments and refute that info.  Also, Scott Zuckman went on a rant the second day of class about people who go on blogs, being crab's in a bucket and to stay away from them.  He also said if you notice these people are cowards and either don't use their name or just part of their name. So I would think that if the individuals praising Rich Dads tactics actually attended the seminar they would not be on here blogging or at least they would attach their name.

I spent 21 hours attending this seminar for 2 days. That makes up 3 days of public school. If I visited my child's class for 3 days straight and they only learned as much as I did at the seminar. I would do everything in my power to get that teacher fired. 

I have read the previous complaints and comments and wanted to add my opinion. I too attended the Wealth Building Seminar just a few weeks ago and Scott was the teacher. I went in with my own reservations and opinions of what to expect. I on the other hand learned quite a bit. Just as reading Rich Dad Poor Dad the course was enlightening on connecting the dots. Some things I knew and did not know how to go to the next step. Others were truly eye opening. (AHA).

They were able in my opinion to teach in a format to give a lot of information in a small timeframe to a very versatile group of people. Some had experience and needed to learn how to go to the next step. Others like myself were novice. I consider myself a very intellegent person. I am known by my peers to be very analytical. Although I have not attended college I have come to realize that college would not educate me on this very topic without a lot of fluff. English 101, Math 101, and so on. I want to learn about money (currency). How it works from credit to investing. I have worked in my career for 27 years and my job pays my full tuition in most subjects (job related). I dont want to continue in the rat race.

It is true that we learn finance from our families. My dad retired at the age of 45. I was 5. I have known that this existed. Living on the other side. And I am now approaching his age and I feel very ansy. Because I have had his example of living without having to report to a job. But his time was different. I have the advantage of obtaining a good education in the subject. He dabbled in real estate enough to show me a scam when it comes my way. Everything that was presented in the conference rang true. By logical methodoligy or by life examples I have seen growing up.

When we attend college we rely on the instructor to teach the subject at hand. We dont argue about what we dont know. We protest if the instructor doesnt teach it well. If we knew it we wouldnt need to attend the class.

When I was in class I so wanted to experience the Cashflow101 game. I had not played it before and wanted to see it up and running. In my first experience Scott and the mentors there had a plan. To prove the need of a mentor. At my table a bashful student whispered to a mentor 'show me how to win'. He proceeded to give her all the answers. I asked several times for help. But only on specific questions. Needless to say I was hot! But as the premise was later explained by Scott; I gradually calmed down and really did learn from that less. You see. I am very much a self directed have to be in control person. And I know that to be a flaw of mine. It is hard to share control of a task with someone. Only with a open mind could I recieve the lesson. I am now able to use what I have learned from the books and class and can say that I have progressed quickly and can get out of the rat race in a timely manner and succeed in winning the game.

With an open mind I have learned so much. Nothing of value can you get quickly that would be a scam. Yes the price tag of furthering my education was a huge jolt for me but it is still less expensive than most colleges. My comparison to the initial 3 day course is...the advanced courses are as jam packed with as much information itI will be very much worth every penny.

I have attended other short term educational programs. I see with this one that they walk an individuals though their fears by working directly with you as you learn. Example: I looked at the online forum and one of the online classes had teacher student to student dialogue. One of there assignments was to obtain several investors. They were given a script and was to report to the teacher. The teacher in turn gave feedback to what was done and given further instruction to a particular student. For me that speaks of how invested they are in our success, not just collecting fees for tuition. They could have just given the steps and said they met thier educational requirement. On all angles I see this program as costly but worth it. I also believe the cost serves the program well not just financially but a basis for weeding out those that are serious and plan on working the plan. There are many people that want to loose weight and are willing to buy the treadmill, eat fruit and salads for a month, or do lots of outlandish things but read the facts and put in the true work that will offer them the true results they are looking for. In turn by using this method they also weed out a lot more nay sayers. This is the first negative report I have come across regarding Rich Dad Poor Dad. In the time he has grown to level he has now. I believe that the positive out weighs the negative. You cant please all the people all the time but as long as you are trying that speaks volumes for me.

And I still have to come across those that were disatisfied with the advanced courses. I know they are out there. And I'll weigh there opinions too. There are lots of people unsatisfied with their college, college education, weight loss diets and more. It really boils down to what right/wrong for you. For me I'm in. Best of luck to all of you and the decisions you made that you felt was best for you.

Monica, DC 4/9/10