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2006-08-14 Home Front: Culture Wars
Al Gore to speak at real estate investing seminar
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Posted by Mike 2006-08-14 07:31|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 He did invent the Multiple Listing....right?
Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-14 07:36||   2006-08-14 07:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Tim Blair: "Gore Your Way To Wealth"

the funniest part is he's speaking about Leadership. "No Controlling Legal Authority"
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-08-14 07:40||   2006-08-14 07:40|| Front Page Top

#3 He'll be giving the lecture in front of his yacht with 2 bikini models at his side.
Posted by ed 2006-08-14 08:04||   2006-08-14 08:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Ah, yes, sucker seminars. $99 and you too can be a powerful sales machine, investing wiz, and just an all around better person! A perfect match for ol' Al, when you think about it.

I loved it when I was a stockbroker, way back when, and a client or friend would ask me about them. They never had a good answer when I would ask them, "Look, if I had a guaranteed way to make 100k with an investment of 2k in less than a month, wouldn't it make more sense for me to work that system than to waste four hours talking to you for $99 and turning you into a competitor for all these sweet deals?"

Can't wait for ol' Al to start hawking a series of books and cassettes on late night TV next. I already have a perfect one for him....."How to Make Millions in Real Estate During the Global Warming Meltdown!! Find where the next oceanfront property will be and make your fortune now!!!"
Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-08-14 08:04|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-08-14 08:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Good Lord, Swamp Blondie, is there nothing you haven't done?
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-14 08:23||   2006-08-14 08:23|| Front Page Top

#6 a guaranteed way to make 100k with an investment of 2k in less than a month

Hillary did it and so can you.

/Al Gore
Posted by ed 2006-08-14 08:24||   2006-08-14 08:24|| Front Page Top

#7 The real estate selling biz = ripe for disintermediation.
Posted by phil_b">phil_b  2006-08-14 08:50|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]  2006-08-14 08:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Hey Al, I thought you were 'carbon'neutral'? It takes an awful lot of greehouse gas emissions to build a house. Not to mention all those lovely trees you have to hack down for the lumber and the space.

Oh, I forgot... Your environmental wackoism doesn't apply to you and other liberal elites. You just want to apply it to the rest of us.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-14 09:05||   2006-08-14 09:05|| Front Page Top

#9 greenhouse....errrrr
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-14 09:05||   2006-08-14 09:05|| Front Page Top

#10 tw, there's plenty of things I haven't tried yet.

I had a relatively brief career in investment sales when my overlords realized I was reluctant to put ol' granny's life savings into penny stocks and other questionable things. Did ok, but didn't rack up the commissions like some others did, so we, um, mutually parted ways so I could explore other possibilities. Yeah, that's it!

Then I went into guvmint service and got myself into all kinds of trouble. Some of which I even had legal authority to do, others, well, not so much. But we were short-staffed and I was available, with an above average ability to bs, so....you get the idea. ;)

(I think all of that is going to be cake compared to what's coming up soon with the little guy-to-be, however. ;) )
Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-08-14 10:39|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-08-14 10:39|| Front Page Top

#11 A Baby Blondie? (Swamp Baby?)

Congratulations and good luck!!
Posted by Mike 2006-08-14 12:08||   2006-08-14 12:08|| Front Page Top

#12 That's quite a lineup of speakers.
My one question is what the hell do any of them have to do with real estate investing? It'd be like sending my kid to Steven Hawking's Football Camp.
Posted by tu3031 2006-08-14 12:21||   2006-08-14 12:21|| Front Page Top

#13 Swamp Blondie sed (I think all of that is going to be cake compared to what's coming up soon with the little guy-to-be, however. ;) )

cake and the little unit.

now thats a good investment!

ยป:-)

Posted by RD 2006-08-14 12:30||   2006-08-14 12:30|| Front Page Top

#14 Thanks, Mike & RD! Little Joey's gonna be more like a Giant Swamp Thang if he keeps this growth rate up. Latest guesstimate is 10 lbs if he goes to due date in October. Could be the future star linebacker for the Seminoles or Gators someday.

Anyway...

My one question is what the hell do any of them have to do with real estate investing? It'd be like sending my kid to Steven Hawking's Football Camp.

Answer....not really one damn thing, tu3031, and they're not intended to, either. Here's the basic scenario.

1) You get together some marquee names to pull in the public. Sports stars are always good, high ranking former politicos aren't bad either (that's where Algore comes in). They give their little platitude laden speeches with the usual "Reach for the stars!" stuff.

A good chunk of the 72 other experts will be motivational speakers who are not as well known, but will be giving basically the same speech as the headliners. Throw in a few "financial speakers" like the fetching Ms Chatzky, and yeah, technically you *did* provide the opportunity to find out about real estate and other investments, so it's all cool.

2) Market it heavily in the local top newsrag, and be sure to show that the price has been slashed to 50% or so of the "original" cost. Title it after some current big idear/hot topic like "leadership", "sales success", "investing secrets", etc.

Real estate's gets everyone's attention right now, so that's why it's squeezed in at the top. Check in a couple of years, and if the market takes a dump and something else is riding high, that will be prominently featured instead.

And the "money back guarantee"? It's only if they didn't provide you with some kind of investment advice, not if it was any good or even relevant to your situation. That's why they have the other topics like using your IRA for real estate, vending machines as a side business, etc.

3) The promoter will probably just break even, might even lose some money based on the admission fee. Again, not the point of the whole thing.

Get the warm bodies in there and some of them will buy books, tapes, etc. None of them are cheap, either. The promoter gets a cut of all that. Also, your name goes on a sucker list, oops, I meant "list of people interested in exciting investment opportunities", and brace yourself for the junk mail and cold calls after they sell your info to every weird little "investment" firm under the sun, and motivational speaker bureau that holds seminars in your locality. That's where the bigger bucks come in to make it all worthwhile.

Hello, sucker! Don't forget to check out the wonderful educational materials our vendors have provided....many not available in stores, and priced low for this day only! Please be sure to bring a friend next year, 'mkay??
Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-08-14 13:33|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-08-14 13:33|| Front Page Top

#15 Speaking of future carbon-aholics, congrats on your upcoming "download", there SB. Of course, I, for one, would like to see lil' Joey head to Auburn if he's that large, lol!
Posted by BA 2006-08-14 13:38||   2006-08-14 13:38|| Front Page Top

#16 Nah, Blondie's already got him set aside for West Point, right?
Posted by lotp 2006-08-14 14:19||   2006-08-14 14:19|| Front Page Top

#17 Congrats Swamp Blonde on your incoming 'package' :). I take it he's a boy (guy-to-be).

Babies are great. Looks like he's going to be half grown when he comes.

Hint: Get all the sleep you can *now* :^)
Posted by CrazyFool 2006-08-14 14:50||   2006-08-14 14:50|| Front Page Top

#18 So when I see a woman driving at 80 in Phoenix with oven mits on and a baby strapped in the back seat I will know it's SB! Congrats!!
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-08-14 14:59||   2006-08-14 14:59|| Front Page Top

#19 You have to upload a baby picture when the big day comes.
Posted by Mike 2006-08-14 15:10||   2006-08-14 15:10|| Front Page Top

#20  Latest guesstimate is 10 lbs if he goes to due date in October.

Whew! That's a lot of baby!
Posted by Ptah">Ptah  2006-08-14 15:14|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]  2006-08-14 15:14|| Front Page Top

#21  Latest guesstimate is 10 lbs if he goes to due date in October.

Whew! That's a lot of baby!
Posted by Ptah">Ptah  2006-08-14 15:14|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]  2006-08-14 15:14|| Front Page Top

#22 Hey, whatever school Joey wants to go to is fine with us....all scholarship offers will be appreciated when the day comes.

And yes, will upload a pic when he arrives. Might need a wide angle lens, but we'll do it. :P
Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-08-14 16:43|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-08-14 16:43|| Front Page Top

#23  He did invent the Multiple Listing....right?

Altho ye are dawghoused that was purdy damn funny.
Posted by 6 2006-08-14 19:32||   2006-08-14 19:32|| Front Page Top

#24 So did Al end up buying the timeshare?
Posted by eLarson 2006-08-14 20:44|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com]  2006-08-14 20:44|| Front Page Top

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