FortuneBuilders.com Reviews – Legit or Scam?

Fortune BuildersFortuneBuilders.com is an online education website that teaches its members the ins and outs of real estate investing.  Run by Than Merrill, Paul Esajian, and JD Esajian of A&E’s “Flip This House,” FortuneBuilders claims to have courses available to people of all levels of real estate investment experience.

Though this may seem like an odd time to become involved with real estate investment, fans of the show “Flip This House” understand that the concept behind Merrill’s investment theory is buying homes cheaply and finding ways to quickly and affordably fix them up for a solid profit return on your investment.

How Does FortuneBuilders Work?

Fortune Builders functions completely as an educational company.  Working with professionals in every aspect of the real estate industry, their course curriculum covers a wide range of real estate related topics, including but not limited to what to look for when buying an investment property, what remodeling projects offer good investment returns, how to deal with the tax implications of quickly buying and selling property, and how to successfully market and sell your property when the time comes.

Having recently been written up in Inc. magazine, FortuneBuilders is growing quickly.  Perhaps one of the best reasons why is the wide variety of ways they handle their classes.  You can take an in person seminar from one of the three owners or many faculty members referred to as a 4 Day Bootcamp seminar, which is a type of crash course to being successful in the real estate industry.

In addition to that, Merrill himself offers a brand new webinar each week on a topic relevant to investing in today’s volatile real estate market.  They also offer eBooks and online classes, in addition to a selection of DVD series on a variety of topics.

Finally, they offer the FortuneBuilders Mastery Implementation Coaching Program to a select group of members at a time. This series includes in-depth training from a variety of professionals who have been and continue to be successful in the real estate industry.

Is FortuneBuilders Right For You?

Fortune Builders claims to work with people of all different levels of experience, but what they aren’t clear about on their web page is what sort of resources you must have at your disposal to begin a career in real estate investing.

A quick glance of their DVD training series will be enough to stop many people, as the DVD training courses are priced at $1,197.00 each.  A further investigation shows that investing in many of their coaching programs often requires investments of thousands of dollars.

Though prices in the housing market as low as they’ve been in years, you’ll still need the time and money to purchase, fix up, and a market a home.  As these figures vary widely from region to region and project to project, Fortune Builders wisely makes no promises as to what is required from you for potential success.  But it does seem fairly clear that being serious about switching to a career in real estate investing will certainly require some significant investment capital.

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Average Rating for " Fortune Builders " is 0 out of 5 based on reviews.
  • All of you that are concerned, please take time and Google "Trump University". Read up on it and you will find shocking similarities to the Fortune Builders set up. From there, use your own judgement on how to proceed, but I still believe that information discussed in the 3 day course can already be found online for free.
  • I have attended similar seminars. Knowledge is one piece of any process. ANYTHING you can make money doing you can lose the same amount.
  • I enjoyed the 3-day seminar an abundance of great information. I'm definitely not going to complain about $197,people are walking around with shoes that cost more than that and don't have money in a checking or savings account. Kick started my drive again. I'm not a plant, I am a veteran of the United States Army who's deployed twice, medically retired for a chronic condition that forced me into a new lifestyle that I didn't have a plan for. If you didn't sign up for the mastery course and failed to say it doesn't work is interesting. To those that say the seminar was a waste of money and you don't have passive income, tell me how what you've been doing is better. Kudos to the Fortune Builders team who held the recent, seminar in Norfolk, VA this past 2016 Memorial Day weekend!
  • greatest educational company and totally does whats best for the students
  • I attended the 3 day seminar with a price of $197.00. I knew going in that they would try to upsell me on the Mastery Program, so I didn't feel at all like I was scammed. I attended based on the free 2 hour seminar they had put on. I wouldn't have attended, but they showed a slide of the material that would be covered. I wanted information on all of the topics covered so I immediately signed up. Yes, I could have gotten all of the presented information for free by looking on the Internet, but it was all here, presented in 1 place all at once. I experienced none of the negative experiences that a lot of users here had. I think it mostly had to do with the individual presenter. Our presenter was Ralph Plumb. Yes, he has his own personal bias toward the information bring presented, but he was not at all pushy about it. I found him to be an excellent public speaker, he was knowledgeable and very energetic throughout the entire 3 day event. I would highly recommend this program to anyone curious about getting into real estate, especially if Ralph Plumb would be the individual presenting.
  • After attending the seminar

    I did not realize nor did I see the above reviews I paid the money I need to see as they promised with in 2 weeks if we are not satisfied with the course will they as promised refund your money back .Does anyone gone thru this If it is a credible organization that would not be a question

    some one help in this matter
    • This is Than and I am one of the founders of FortuneBuilders.

      We have been in business for over ten years coaching and training thousands of real estate investors from around the country. We have a return policy for our workshops and we have always honored that policy with all of our customers.

      If anyone ever has any questions or concerns please call us or email us. We will always make sure we answer your questions and or resolve any concerns.

      Our main customer service phone number is: 1-888-807-9964

      Our main customer service email is: [email protected]
  • Is there anyone who had signed up and was pressurized into signing up and you did fall trap for it and recovered their money As some say it is a genuine company and they claim if you are not satisfied with the program with in 2 weeks of signing up you can opt out and get your money back

    Please send in any note on this

    HELP
    • never heard of anybody having a problem getting there money back i got mine back 6 months later and as falling for the trap is ridiculous
    • call the company and ask them for proof it might be faster go straight to the source. anyone can say anything here. even yeah the gave it back to me. Call ask and place the response here
    • I highly doubt that Than Merril actually responded, it's most likely a bot generated response.
    • This is Than and I am one of the founders of FortuneBuilders.

      We have been in business for over ten years coaching and training thousands of real estate investors from around the country. We have a return policy for our workshops and we have always honored that policy with all of our customers.

      If anyone ever has any questions or concerns please call us or email us. We will always make sure we answer your questions and or resolve any concerns.

      Our main customer service phone number is: 1-888-807-9964

      Our main customer service email is: [email protected]
  • I really liked the 3 day seminar.. and am deciding to go for mastery. I do feel it is expensive to set aside so much for mastery education at my age since i am single. But I am open minded and have no experience in it. I liked the 3 day seminar a lot and think it was all worth it for 2 people which was $197.. and if you are at a point to start your career it is all worth to go for mastery program where they give you guidance...Hopefull that i will gain more with it..
    • Would be curious to see your experience with mastery. I attended the 3 day seminar and thought it was beneficial. I am contemplating the mastery currently.
    • I think you might be mistaking them for another company. FortuneBuilders Inc. has an A rating with the BBB in San Diego.

      I did notice there are a couple non-related businesses with the name FortuneBuilders in the name.
    • This is a foolish way .Look @ all the reviews that is A Redflag BBB rated them an F
  • I just signed on with Fortune Builders. I want to see how they mentor me in their program.
    • I signed up on March 6th 2016 and I am very pleased with the training so far. I have taken training with several other firms and Fortune Builders is the best I have experienced. Real Estate is not for everyone but if you have a passion for it, Fortune Builders will be a good resource for you.
    • According to the Federal Trade Commission, Global Resource Network Seminar was implicated in the report entitled: Operation “Show Time” Targets Seminars Selling Fraudulent Business Opportunities and Investments FTC, State Law.

      This is what is telling they are not credible
    • Please let me know if any one paid this company and could get their money back as they claim that IF you are not satisfied with in 2 weeks they will return the money
  • Beweare!!!

    It starts as a fairy tale and down the road you will find

    the hints of the SCAM.

    I've been in the marketing business for some time and one

    of the principles and rules is NEVER put pressure on your

    clients at the time of the sale, especially the first time

    you talk to them.

    Over one hundred individuals attended this presentation in

    New Haven, Connecticut and maybe half of them signed up.

    $9750 dollar they made in 2 hours.

    Regardless where you go for the seminar, always do some research

    about the company.
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