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The Infomercial

Female host: Trisha Kara. Nice-looking (of course). She interviews John.

John Burley appears to be a good-looking (no, I don't go that way, but if I did... ), well-spoken man. From my research, it appears he has number of books out there with good information. HOWEVER, now that he's joined the "Infomercial Brigade", what he's selling is a complete system.

According to the infomercial, you can get into the real-estate business without having to use any of of your own money, and can make anywhere between $5000 and $50,000 per transaction. (This is the "Quick Cash" part of the system.) Then, "progressing", you can generate cash flow, again, without being a landlord (renting real-estate you own). From what I understand, this is a leasing situation, and therefore, you are basically renting the properties from someone else, and leasing it (renting it) to someone else for their use (or you are leasing it to them for the current owner, making "finder's fees".) AND this whole system only costs $39.95 if you buy it NOW (John makes the first two payments for you!).

This sounds a LOT like Carlton Sheets' system. The infomercial, itself, has elements that almost mirror Don Lapre's "Greatest Vitamin in the World" infomercials (two people, a good-looking blonde, and a smiling "big guy" - almost with the same haircut as the guy in Don's infomercial), alternate and complete each other's lines. In fact, I had to look twice to make sure it wasn't the same people, they SOUND so much like Lapre's spokespeople.

I understand that there's a full money-back guarantee, that may be a little difficult to obtain, but you can obtain it.

John also puts on a number of VERY expensive seminars, and some of the links below discuss them.

So, get hold of his book, if you can, but be careful with this system and the seminars.

(I doubt either of the latter would work for me.)

NOTE: Trisha Kara may be recognizable to some, but I didn't... Sorry Trisha!

The Product

As with many of these Biz Opps (Business Opportunities), the owner/author/CEO/whatever has usually be extremely successful in what they are selling. In this case, xxx says he started out xxx, his business "took off". And then (of course), he learned an amazing secret that boosted his sales even higher. And he wants to share his "secrets" with us.

Again, as with others, xxx became the expert, started doing seminars, and writing books to go with them. He's expanded the books he originally wrote by adding new ones to the mix.

The package includes: Quick Start System Guide; Quick Cash Secrets; Cash Flow Secrets; Step-by-Step Action Plan; Quick Start System VHS or DVD; Quick Cash Secrets VHS or DVD; Cash Flow Secrets VHS or DVD for $39.95. Free Bonuses: One-year of FREE unlimited access to Burley's on-demand 24-hour Advisory Hotline, and a FREE one-year membership to his exclusive Members Only Website ... which will give you immediate, 24-hour access to John's latest money-making tips, tricks, resources, and online wealth building tools. (The free stuff is for a "limited time only".)

From my understanding, most of this information is incomplete. The principles, of course, are still valid, and if you've never done anything in real estate at all, it MIGHT help. However, be aware that you will most-likely be called to attend a seminar or boot-camp (see link, below).

There are also numerous sites on the internet with free articles and information to help you start a business. Some are xxx-specific, many xxx-specific. (See General Information (Real-Estate Investing) links, below for some of these pages/sites.

Product Websites

Following are links to what appear to be "main" sites for the product.

• John Burley's Progressive Profits Real Estate System
• BurleyBootCamp.com :: Chooose Your Target, Make Your Mark! (WARNING: Automatic Audio/Video) - On January 14, 2007, the homepage listed the price (with Special Coupon) at $4,995! Now, as mentioned on the page, a lot of other similar "boot camps" or "seminars" cost up to three (3) times as much, but still ...
• BurleyOnline.com - Business Acquisition Services - Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Valuations, Buy or Sell a Business - Burley & Associates
   
• LA (California) BBB - John Burley Progressive Profit - Company Report (Summary)

• LA (California) BBB - John Burley Progressive Profit - Company Report (Details) 

  

  We strongly question the company’s reliability for reasons such as that they have failed to respond to complaints, their advertising is grossly misleading, they are not in compliance with the law’s licensing or registration requirements, their complaints contain especially serious allegations, or the company’s industry is known for its fraudulent business practices.

  [July 18, 2006 - Source: LABBB (see above) -BS]

  Other DBAs: John Burley Progressive Profit, Progressive Profits, John Burley's Progressive Profits System, Progressive Profits, LLC.
   

• (Phoenix, AZ) BBB Company Report - Progressive Profits

  We do not have a report on this company. This may mean that the company is new to our area. (BBB file was opened in September of 2005)

Reviews and Warnings

This section lists the sites where I found "negative" comments about the people and company, and/or the product. Some of the terms "sham", "scam", "scams", "flim-flam", "complain", "complaints", "rip", "rip-off", "fraud", "warning", similar words, and maybe just "review" were used in searching for negative comments.

 

• RealEstateCourseReviews.com - John Burley Reviews - Lots of positives AND negatives
• JenMan - Questions & Comments "JOHN BURLEY SEMINARS"
• John T. Reed's view of various real estate investment gurus (John Burley section)
• Die Eigenheit: Index to My John Burley Posts (read and follow the links)
• INFOMERCIAL RATINGS.COM - PROGRESSIVE PROFITS REAL ESTATE SYSTEM REVIEW (2 Reviews - both negative - 01/15/2007))
• IncomeSolution - Progressive Profits ($$)
• BusinessProgramReviews - Progressive Profits ($$)
• DoublePayDirt.com - John Burley ($$)

News Articles

• The Open Press - Burley & Associates to Write Monthly Column for Inc.
• CNNMoney.com - 6 Big Flips With a Little Coin - March 1, 2005

General Information (Real Estate Investing)

It's been noted by a number of sites, much of the information you glean from xxx is available at various websites for free. In these links you can find products, reviews, and other articles that may help, whether you have bought the system or not.

Legal Problems

• None I could find 
   

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