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A Hard Look at William McCorkle

Hey, wassup?

I’m Paul, the Real Estate Spy.Glad you dropped by my site! Did you land on my planet for the skinny on Willy? McCorkle, that is.

We’ll get to that in a sec.  BTW, it will truly be skinny cuz the bro was no good and has a short and tragic tale to tell.

So besides the review on McCorkle, why are you here? You wanna be a millionaire? Wanna swan dive into a pool o’ cash, treadwater in Uncle Benjies, float on a sea of gold?

And you’re eyeballing real estate as your one-way ticket to the Aruba life?

I’ve got your vibe. I can read your signs. I was there too, not that many rotations ago.

Did the whole real estate thing. Picked up a few cribs, kept ’em, flipped ’em, sold ’em . . .  and then lost ’em. The economy got struck with the Cruciatus curse and writhed to the bottom of the ocean, sucking my investments into oblivion.

I kinda wished for a lil personal oblivion myself, for a while. My pool ‘o cash days were as long gone as the King himself.

Kicked and paddled my way up to the top of the water, but I tell ya, it took a long time to get my lungs full of O2 again. Along the way, I met a guy who knew his way around the internet, and he helped me see that there was life after drowning.

So–I’ll get to the McCorkle review in a sec–as long as you’re swimming through this page, check out the recommended resources before you take off.

I want you to see what else is out there, and at the very least get your head straight before you go throwing money at your dreams.  There could be a way that will be less risky than real estate investing and with just as much potential for that sea of gold.

William and Chantal McCorkle Infomercials Background and Bio

OK, while you’re letting that info roll around in your gray matter, I’ll get to the review on William J McCorkle.

So . . . I don’t make a habit of dissing people, because that’s lame and uncool.

But I also am gonna be straight up with you about people who do douchebag things. This guy is one. He went to prison for it.

McCorkle and his sidekick trophy wife Chantal were playing the role of master scam artists back in the day.

He was born in San Antonio, Texas, and went to Bishop Moore High School in Orlando, Florida. (Tansey McCorkle Soderstrom is his sis.) His first bread-and-butter jobs were busing tables and exotic dancing (maybe he shoulda stuck to the Chippendales).

In the 1990s, he ran a bunch of late-night William J. McCorkle infomercials that showed him and his wife living the high life, flying on personal jets, sailing on fancy yachts, living in luxury mansions. But come to find out, those were all just stage props and they didn’t own any of that stuff.

Other people in the infomercials that said they had struck gold because they had taken McCorkle’s training were actually just hired actors.

In the TV real estate infomercials, it looked like McCorkle had made millions of dollars because of the real estate deals he had done and the secrets that he was dishing up.

He pitched a $79 course on how to sell government foreclosures. The pitch was that the investor goes to the government auction and puts up the 10% deposit, McCorkle’s group puts up 90 % of the cash, they liquidate the asset, and then profit is split 50/50 between them and the investor.

As it turned out, dear William and lovely Chantal McCorkle were charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, laundering money, using fraudulently obtained credit cards, using a false Social Security number, and absconding with Little Red Riding Hood’s basket of apples. Well, maybe not the apples.

They were sentenced to 24 years in federal prison. Chantal McCorkle served four years of her sentence and McCorkle ended up serving eight years of his.
And that, my friend, is the short and tragic tale of William McCorkle.

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A Look At Ernie Kessler’s Offering

Hey, what’s up?

I’m Paul. Glad ya dropped by my site!

You landed here to check out Ernie Kessler, amiright? Cool. We’ll get to him in a sec.

Lemme ask you a question first: What brings ya here?

I think I’ve got the 4-1-1 on that. I’m thinkin’ you’re sick of the 9-5, of the guy in the tie, of being the slave in the cave. Amiright? Or maybe that stuff is all good, you just need a little increase in your stash o’ cash . . . like you run outta money before you run outta month and something’s GOTTA GIVE!

So here you are, checking out guys n gals who have done the real estate thing, made it big, and have the t-shirts to prove it.

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Can Scott Britton’s real estate business development techniques help YOU?

Hey, what’s up?

Glad you found my site and stopped by for this review! Grab a cold one and stay a while! There are plenty more reviews here worth visiting.

Before we put Scott Britton under the microscope, let me just ask ya . . . what brings you to my neck of the woods?

No, I mean, really?

Did you drop in by cyber accident? Hit the search bar and here you are?

Or did you arrive on purpose? You’re checking out the whole real estate investing thing cuz you’re sick of the same-old same-old . . . the job that you could do in your sleep . . . blah blah blah. You’re ready to be your own boss, ditch the guy in the tie, and have an office on the beach?

Because everyone knows that real estate is where the money is, right? You just gotta break in.

Maybe I’m driving the wrong go-cart, but lemme say here that if that’s you, it’s cool. I was that guy too, a few years back. (We’ll get to Scott Britton in a sec, I promise.)

I pursued real estate investing like a rabid dog in heat, and I did well at it for a while. Had my properties and was jumping through all the right hoops.

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A Fresh Look at Kathy Kennebrook: Magic Marketing Methods and More

Hey, welcome to my review of Kathy Kennebrook.

Glad ya dropped by!

This is a woman who started from scratch and has kicked butt in the world of real estate investing, but does that mean she is right for you?

>>She’s a 4’11” powerhouse.

Before I start yapping about Kennebrook, lemme ask you a quick question:

Why are you here?

Nah, I don’t mean anything cosmic or existential so save puff the magic dragon sh*t for anotha time and a trip to Colorado.

Just wanna know why you’re checking out a real estate guru.

Does your job suck?

Sick of the drip, drab, drain of the daily grind? ready to escape the cave? break out from the down and out?

>>Wanna go from poppin’ some tags on your grandma’s clothes to some real swag gettin’ bibs from Saks 5th Ave?<<

Looking to real estate investing as the possible answer?

I get it. I wanted to go Bentley style too. And I did what you’re doing. In my mind, I didn’t even have to make a fortune. Freedom money was all I was after. Ya know? The kind that says, “I don’t have to work for anyone else.”

Got into real estate investing and thought that Nirvana was a few short years away. I bought properties, fixed up properties, sold properties, held properties.

And then everything went belly-up, my properties sank, the bank hauled ’em away and just like a sad singer on American Idol, I faded into the shadows.  The music stopped. All I could hear was my heartbeat. Kinda wondered if I had it in me to try anything again.

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tyler g hicks real estate

Ahhh… the seductive search for paradise.

-Okay so Tyler G Hicks has been around for a while . . . four-score years and then some.

He’s not a new fish in the real estate pond or in the world of writing. He has managed to churn out a whole gob of books over the last twenty-plus years. You definitely can’t dispute the fact that he burns the wheels off that Selectric.

Hicks focuses his writing on a few specific topics: real estate, business and engineering-related stuff.

The review today is mostly about his real estate writing since that’s what I assume you’re here for.

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A Look at John V. Childers Real Estate Offering

Hey!, thanks for dropping by my site.

I figure you landed here to check out my John V. Childers investor review..glad you did! WELCOME!

I hope you check out my reviews on other real estate investor gurus/educators too.  I try to get the skinny for ya before you waste hours of research on a 100 different review sites.

Lemme ask you a question before we jump into the review?

What’s got ya checking out real estate investors? Lemme guess. Your life. Your job. Your finances.

Do they all suck? You’re looking for a way to turn things around, make things better, attain financial freedom, be your own boss? All that sort of thing?

Or maybe your life doesn’t totally suck, but you are tired of the same-ole same-ole, you want something NEW..different, and, oh, yes, a little more cash would be very nice.

I get it. Totally. If any of the above scenarios is you, I can relate. Some of those described me, too, a while back.

And, possibly like you, I thought real estate investing was my ticket to utopia, nirvana, rainbows and unicorns, feel me, Fred? Well, not really. That’s an exaggeration. But I did think it would improve my life, and I’d get an edge financially.

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Can Bill Bronchick Coaching Work for You?

Today I am looking at Bill Brochick’s seminars, books, coaching and advice.

Hey, hello. My name is Paul, the Real Estate Spy. Thanks for stopping by for my Bill Bronchick review.

I hope you have a full mug of your fave dark roast and a few minutes to hang here. I’d love for you to check out some of the other reviews on my site as well as the one you came for!

This site really has one purpose… prepare you for things like what happened to me in REI.

Before we jump into the review, tell me:

>>What brought you here? Are you a casual browser? Killing half an hour while your kid gets their teeth cleaned?

Or are you a serious researcher? Looking into real estate investing as your ticket out of your current station?

Your tediously taxing 9-5 . . . your 50-hours-a-week hero to zero, slaving for the guy in the tie . . . your bank account that always sucks wind by the end of the month?

If you’re the latter, I can relate. Or I should say, I could relate. I used to be that guy.

I did what you’re doing, and then I got bold and took the plunge.

I was on my way. Paul the BIG REAL ESTATE Investor with the whole “Mom, look no hands” mentality.

  • I acquired investment properties and was set to stay at it and get more. -I was on my way to financial freedom, ya feel me?

And then everything crashed, and I found myself at the bottom of a proverbial financial hole looking at a tiny piece of sky, above my head.

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Elmer Diaz’s Programs and more. Can they help YOU?

On the look-out for Elmer Diaz today!  AND…

Thanks for stopping by my site. Feel free to browse around and check out all of my reviews of real estate investor mr. miyagis of the world.

You probably know this already….but…

There are about a billion guys out there (and a few ladies) pitching their real estate investment training stuff. Some of them are for-real educators. Some are scam artists. You’re smart to do your research.  So hats off. I hope you find this review helpful.

You landed on this page because you’re looking for the low-down on Elmer Diaz. I’ll get to him in a sec.

First, I want to throw out a bit of a warning. Based on the personal experience of … me.

Mr. “I managed to lose it all in REI.”

So I bought into the whole Real-Estate-Will-Make-You-King hype a few years back. Acquired a bunch of properties . . . thought things were going to be great . . . and then the bottom fell out of everything.

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A Look at Leigh Robinson and his Offering: Can he help you?

Real estate investor Leigh Robinson has made a name for himself in the area of property owner problem solving. His specialty is property management; he is experienced in all aspects of property ownership, dealing with tenants, eviction protocols, etc.

Gonna take a look at him a minute, but first a word about my royal screw up in real estate investing. You can read my story here.

Suffice it to say that real estate investing is often deemed easy or a no brainer move when it comes to you and your finances.

I’m here to say…uh NEGATORY, AND I found a better way, and as much as Robinson has some good info out there, I say, “I’m sticking with digital property management.”

On to the Robinson Review.

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A Look at Mark B. Weiss Real Estate Chicago IL

Mark B Weiss is a real estate broker who established his own full-service real estate firm in 1988.

I have a lot of respect for individuals who make it big in real estate. That is why I am taking a look at Mark B. Weiss today. He has big-daddied the real estate world and is worthy of a mention.

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