John T. Reed

Andy Blue   Boston

It is so sad to read a man like John T. Reed downgrading other men. It is unreal the amount of time, energy, efforts and research that Mr. Reed does in order to "show the ONLY truth", his!!! He is able to write a lengthy envious article/review on all the real estate gurus around today.

Many of these gurus are a scam, and we know it, but many are honest, professional and well intended business people, just without the selfishness and jealousy highly displayed by John T. Reed. I tried several ways of write this comment on his website, but of course, I couldn't. John T. Reed, negatively criticizes every single real estate investor out there, but he, himself, is the ONLY real and honest one. He talks about how many of these gurus used their books to promote other sales, but he does the same by promoting his own books and products on all of his reviews!!!!

Mr. Reed, please Sir, stop acting immature, and stop your hate, selfishness, jelousness and start living a life of happy investing!

Robert Wheeler   Springfield, Virginia

I don't know if John Reeds books are worth the bother. His slamming a best selling author, Robert Kyosaki just shows that he is a petty negative, jealous type. Oh by the way, the book he says is pretty much worthless" is the all-time leading best seller in personal finance. I am sure Robert Kyosaki isn't printing his own books in the basement or garage like John Reed is. Oh by the way, some very rich people wouldn't give you a list of properties they've owned , it's too long a list.Sure it's more than 10, I own ten houses and I'm not a guru.

Nicole johansen   San Francisco, Ca

I was looking for John T Reed's comments about my favorite speaker, teacher and investor Mr. Cherif Medawar. But Reed has never commented about Medawar maybe he is a real competition and he could not find anything bad about him. I have enjoyed Medawar's teachings and philosophies and was hoping to get Reed's view points.

rick   houston

I find critiques a little suspect when the critical reviews are generated from a potentially biased source. John T Reed is an author and competitor of Kiyosaki, Sheets, and the like....Why should I expect him to say anything objective? Would you listen to McDonalds reviews of Burger King products?

I have read some of Kiyosaki's work and it is incredibly simple, but it does have some basic truths in it about the management of ones finances. I am a small time real estate investor and found very little fault with his books. They lack specific strategies for investment, but they do provide very basic systems for managing personal finance.

Egoist   Midwest

I give John a true thumbs up for providing intelligent and rational advice in his ratings of the gurus. His books, while not glamorous looking, contain actual case histories and solid advice.

Several years back I sent him an email regarding my review of the most recent (at that time) Kiyosaki book and soliciting John's opinions of it. (Kiyosaki's fact checkers must have been educated at public schools, especially when Kiyosaki states that Medicare came into existence in 1955, ten years before it actually did).

John responded by saying, "There is nothing to update." Which, when you really get down to it, is the absolute truth: Nothing Kiyosaki said was worth the effort to respond.

So what if John only owned 10 properties? Does that mean his experiences are worth less than those that only exist to pitch overpriced boot camps and CDs? Check your math: Someone that has owned 10 properties is infinitely better qualified to coach you than someone who has zero.

I only disagree with John on one point: the use of professional property managers. I swear by them and could not effectively manage my properties without them since I am in a different part of the country. He raises the issue about them being in bed with overpriced contractors, suppliers and handymen. My response is that they do not proceed with any repair without my express consent and that I have veto power over that estimate obtained. In many cases I search for someone else to do the repair or replacement; or, if the cost is reasonable, I ok their recommendation. Since they manage most of my properties, I have considerable leverage with them to begin with.

Dan Reed   Fairfield CA

Mr. Ball, explain how the following is "slander" or a "straw man."

"I always make offers with escape clauses. In real estate, I make an offer with the words “subject to the approval of business partner.” Most people do not know THE PARTNER IS MY CAT." (from Kiyosaki's book, Rich Dad Poor Dad)

Explain to me the value of that "metaphor." He is advocating fraud by listing a house pet as a partner.

What is disgusting is "gurus" giving bad or illegal advice to people who don't know better, unless they read reviews at johntreed.com.

Attacking the "tone" of someone's rhetoric is done when the substance is sound. There are over 600 pages on johntreed.com and only one is about Robert Kiyosaki. The page was created before I or John ever knew what search engine optimization was.

Mike Ball, you don't know what you're talking about.

-Dan Reed
webmaster of johntreed.com

Mike Ball   Saginaw MI

John T Reed-

John may have good information but he uses a nasty style of slandering others for the profit of himself. While he does reviews on Richard Kiyosaki author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad" and other popular books he often takes stuff out of context and nit picks at what are metaphorical ideas. John reviews books in a often "Straw Man" approach where he attacks another person in order for him self to look better. Its rather disgusting. I am glad that I read some of Kiyosakis books before I read his reviews.

Kiyosaki offers alot of advice that will be very helpful to anyone who wants to become financially free. His books build vocabulary and offer knowledge not available in a class in high school nor even sometimes in college. He helps you understand a basic formula to acquire wealth.

Haven't read any of John T Reed's material but I am sure that I already don't like his approach of selling his books. (remember someone is always trying to sell you something).