The Learning Annex is a private corporation that uses notable celebrities to help them push their real estate investment business courses, internet marketing get rich quick schemes, and other business opportunities that are full of it. The videos above are a collection of marketing materials I gathered at the Learning Annex. Studying the marketing materials are about the only education you will receive if you attend the Learning Annex. All marketers should take advantage of attending something like The Learning Annex, not because what they are selling will profit you, but you can learn from, and duplicate their marketing materials that are clearly making them millions of dollars.

Information to take away from this real estate get riches video:

• Than Merrill uses a testimonial from the back of the room to develop credibility
• The use of lists and marketing to find good deals

This was another get rich quick real estate seminar that I walked into during the Learning Annex in Rosemont, IL.  Than sells a real estate development course (as did about 5 other presenters) that can make you rich!  Hardly, most of these real estate presenters most likely have made far more money selling their resources then actually flipping home.  I was amazed how they outright showed homes they bought for $50 and flipped for $50,000.  That’s incredible rate of return!  If your looking to make money in real estate it can be done, but purchasing a kit on how to do it will just take some of your down payment money away from you.

I hope you have enjoyed the videos I have been posting of the Learning Annex that came to Rosemont, IL around 6 months or so ago.  Instead of calling it the “Learning Annex” they should call it “Leave Your Money Here” Annex.  The Learning Annex resembles a casino somewhat - advertisements state a fortune can be made, but you end up leaving your money with the house.  The video below is of Mark Gonsalves at the Learning Annex.  Gonsalves claims that you can make millions purchasing crappy single family homes and flip them for tens of thousands in profits.  I’m not in the real estate business (online realestate though) but I doubt it is this easy.  I believe the examples that Gonsalves shows are most likely fakes, but how can you really ever tell?

I have absolutely nothing against Lisa Nichols personally, but I do dislike bullshit fluffer material that will supposedly make you rich and successful. Nichols is an amazing speaker and with her big gap teeth and large body she manages to have an amazing level of self confidence. Never judge a book by its cover. The Secret was a viral marketing phenomenom that took the USA by storm. I even had my own girlfriend jubilantly show me “The Secret” and how it can change your life. I couldn’t stop laughing when they demonstrated this amazing “secret” by having a person in a parking garage “think” of an open space - sure enough a car pulls out! Anyhow, the masses are always waiting to be entertained and “lifted up”. That’s exactly what Lisa Nichols accomplished with The Secret. As far as making money and having success in life, that is an entirely different story. Let the comments roll in; Secret devotees love to rip on people that rip on their “Secret”.

Im going to post all of the Learning Annex footage I have over the next week. A few things to take away from this video:

• Lowry builds credibility by talking about how he was an orphan and came from humble beginnings (like most of the people in the audience). Whether this is true or not doesnt matter; its a credibility builder.
• Lowry discusses how much his home sold for (10,000,000+) in value.  I wonder if the money to purchase this home came from real estate or real estate courses?  The way Canadians say “house” is very annoying.
• Koz the internet millionare gives a testimonial for Dr. Lowry and how he quit his job, bought 27 properties, all for no money down and no closing costs.  In the Koz online millionare seminar guess who makes an appearance and testimonial - Dr. Lowry!  Now whether or not this is real; I have no idea.

Please leave your comments (good or bad) on whether or not you think Dr. Albert Lowry and Koz Khosravani are legit.

About 6 months or so ago I went to the Learning Annex in Rosemont, IL and observed quite a bit.  I saw amazing marketing, inspirational speakers, an exhibit hall full of money making opportunities; and above all else - I saw desperately poor people looking for an answer.  Below is a video by David Lindahl that I recorded while attending the conference:

Two things to take away from this video:

1. The usage of testimonials - nearly all of the get rick quick schemers at The Learning Annex use testimonials, testimonials, and more testimonials. I even saw the pitch-men giving testimonials for each other! Testimonials sell products, products dont sell products.

2. When I saw him tossing out CD’s to a crowd of desperately poor people, one guy even in a wheel chair, I got rather disgusted. Though, he certainly did have the audiences attention.