Armando Montelongo – Flip And Grow Rich. And Don’t Piss Yourself.
When deciding on a place to hold their real estate seminar, I bet they thought beautiful San Francisco would be the perfect place. They were wrong.
I’ve been to real estate seminars before, but this one takes the cake on crazy. I went to listen to the one and only Armando Montelongo (of A&E’s “Flip This House”) talk about how he built his real estate flipping empire, and what has brought him to where he is today.
Others however, very clearly attended solely for the offered $250 gas card. This event, mind you, was by invitation – invitations that were totally and completely mailed to the wrong list of people. I would venture to guess that at least 10% of the people in attendance didn’t even have cars. Or permanent homes, for that matter.
During the first speaker of the day, I noticed a man and a woman take their chairs from their designated spots, and move them over to the side in front of a door leading out of the conference room. I didn’t really think much of it, and then I noticed one of the seminar people telling the couple they could not block the doorway. The man motioned towards a woman in the row in which they were previously seated and, I gathered, informed the seminar guy why they had moved. A few minutes went by before the seminar guy came back, walked past the relocated couple, and tapped the woman in the now abandoned row on her shoulder, motioning for her to follow him. As she stood and followed the man towards the back of the room, it became very clear to me – and my nose – why the couple had relocated and why this woman was now being escorted from the room. Let’s just say, I’ve been in traffic port-o-potties that have smelled better than the removed woman.
Needless to say, the seminar progressed with the soiled woman outside of the conference room.
The first speaker finished and everyone was released for a short break. It was at this time that I had to leave the city for a bit and take care of some family business, returning as the third speaker was finishing up.
The fourth and final speaker was Armando Montelongo, who was sitting in the back of room watching the audience. An audience that at this point had increased their level of rudeness and disrespect by talking amongst themselves and simply not paying attention to the speaker. But why should they? After all, they were only there for the free gas card.
This fact did not go unnoticed by Armando Montelongo who clearly saw that something was a bit off with the crowd. Bold and outspoken, he wasn’t afraid to share his anger and frustration with us all.
He called the audience rude, and unfocused, and noisy – and he was right. Armando Montelongo is blunt and honest, and I admire that in him. I hate going to things like this, with a rude audience, and the speakers just go about their speech, seeming to notice nothing. But not Armando; he made it very clear that he thought a lot of the people had no business being there. He also called them out on only being there for the gas card; which, come to find out, is not as easy to use as it sounds. I have a feeling a lot of the people there who really shouldn’t have been (like the ones without cars or even homes) thought the gas cards were going to be like an actual gift card they could sell.
All that craziness aside, Armando Montelongo had a lot of great information to share and I actually learned quite a bit – about Armando as a person, and as a business man. My previous knowledge of him was what I saw on Flip This House; he was arrogant, with a bad temper and short fuse, but he knew his stuff. Turns out, he really does know his stuff and he’s actually a normal guy with a deep love for his wife and child, and absolutely no patience for rude and disrespectful audiences. Oh, and he’s got lots and lots of money.
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August 18th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
You said in your post that the $250 gas card was not as easy as it sounds. Could you elaborate on that? I’m considering attending the seminar, but can’t spare the 8 hours unless there is a legitimate $250 compensation involved.
Thanks!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Hi Deb,
You get a voucher supplied by a company called FreeGas Central, then go online to FreeGasCentral.com and enter the Gift Code. The not-so-easy part of it all is that you have to keep all your gas receipts for the month then send them in to the company who will then send you a $25 gift card to be used at the gas station you use. You don’t have to use the exact same station, but the brand has to be the same each time. You do this month after month. For me, it was just too much work and too much to keep track of. You might be able to find out more on the website.
If you’re at all interested in Real Estate, I really think Armando is worth seeing. Hopefully your crowd will be better than mine.
-Hilary
September 14th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I thought Armando was crazy when i seen him on TV. After purchasing his course and making money i realized he definitely knows his stuff. I also had the privilege of meeting him and his wife. The fact that they are just regular people gave me motivation. I say to the haters keep hating they are just making him more famous.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Thank you for the blog, I thought it was very interesting. I can see why some people have such a negative attititude (on other sites) about this guy. He can rub you the wrong way if you let it get to you, althought the show is amped up for ratings, no doubt. HOWEVER, the bottom line is that if his information works and is worth the money, that’s ALL that matters. I take someone blunt and honest in a heartbeat instead of a some worthless smooth talker b.s.ing his/her way through. Honesty and frankness is all that matters. He seems to me ‘what you see is what what get’ kind of guy.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Hi my name is Marvin, I recently purchased Armandos home study real estate course.
It’s great but I’m having problems with locating the money needed to make the deals. I’ve talked over 40 hard money lenders, all of them give me the same story, they won’t lend you any money unless you have credit score 640 or above.
I called Armandos coaching, no one is willing to help me find another approach to try to get capital for what I’m trying to do. His words are, he will not let you fail, so why is it so hard to just get someone to answer a question. I need help, can someone out there help me with just some answers. I can be reached at 214-412-9043 anytime.
November 14th, 2008 at 9:26 am
armando is full of crap…. dont buy anything from this scam artis…. make sure you research him and his stupid “get rich quick” bull@@@@. I have flipped 5 houses the past 4 years…. its hard work…
November 14th, 2008 at 9:30 am
sandra, pull your head out your @@@…. Research him and his family public records for bandera county, tx…. he has over 10 lawsuits against him… that are active!! Marvin…. if you cant get financed through a bank…you have no business trying to get a hard cash loan… the rate alone will put you in serious debt!!.. dont you get it, you just got screwed….by him. sucker.
November 15th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I don’t know whats going on with Armando Montelongo & his Flip And Grow Rich course, but every time I go to the Armando Montelongo site it’s jacked up or isn’t functioning correctly. When I go to different pages they are all the same.
I also signed up for his affiliate program & have been getting leads but I am not getting paid & am unable to login to view my sales. I wonder if they are doing the same thing with this program as they did in Texas?
I have emailed tech support MANY times & never got a response. Appears their contact form is broken.
Out of desperation I tried emailing Armando Montelongo & his wife both via Myspace trying to get a response from him. Natta…
Last month I finally got a response from someone in tech support, they said they would look into it & get back to me the next day. Natta. Now my affiliate account is suspended…
What a guy Armando Montelongo is! I can’t believe Mike Filsaime & Joel Therien actually worked with this guy…
December 21st, 2008 at 12:35 am
You people have gotta be kidding – dudes like this greasy “Armando” buying crap properties…slamming a coat of paint over the rotten spots, and then selling them to some unsuspecting schmuck for 5x what they were worth is what got our economy in the mess it’s in. When GWB wanted every American to own a home… he was thinking “at normal market prices” .. NOT prices inflated by a factor of FIVE in some markets. That’s right.. thanks to gray-line criminals like the “House Flippers” coupled with the equally gray-line criminal lenders… we had houses in Orlando, and San Diego, and Las Vegas, and thousands of other places in the USA suddenly selling for 3-5X what they were actually worth, often with a bunch of horribly executed “repairs” by people with zero.. ZERO… trade skills. All that crap will have to be torn out and re-done once prices come back to earth. WHAT A JOKE.
January 25th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
In regards to the comments made by “BloughMee,” your ignorance is mind boggling! People flipping homes or buying any marketable products low and selling for a profit is the cornerstone of our free enterprise system. A good price is whatever the market will bear at that time and at that place, whether the product was sold for a 10% profit margin or a 200% profit margin. If someone had the know how to buy far below what you or I could acquire that product or service for resale, God bless them, so long as they aren’t putting a gun to anyone’s head to buy the product or service. As for your racist remark referring to a “Hispanic” business man, Armando Montelongo, as “greasy, be careful, its a very good way to get your redneck @@@ kicked. Why can’t people agree to disagree in a respectful manner without such offensive remarks. I can assure you that most individuals will view your comments as more relevant and worth considering if you omit your bigotted references, even if they disagree with your position. Please rethink your approach in attempting to provide your differing view in affording anyone constructive criticism. Think about it!
February 6th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Always remember, it if sounds too good to be true- it probably is.
AND………..anyone who tempts you w/ free gas via freegascentral.com—these people are rip off artists out of Florida.
Don’t know how much they scam from the bs. that uses their fake promo, but
consumers get ripped off of $5 to set up the rebate for the free gas.
Guess who gets gassed! Anything that seems like a confidence game-it is!!!!
March 20th, 2009 at 10:55 am
It seems as if the people who have the most problems are the people who are the least willing to do the work.. I mean the only person here with a semi-valid complaint is the gentlemen with the hard money issue and even he seems content to allow others to do the work for him. I mean he has talked to 6 hard money lenders… there are thousands out there. I mean it took edison something like 10,000 tries to invent the light bulb. what if he had stopped after 6? would we still be in the dark? or would someone else have taken edison’s place? If you are looking for a way to become rich off the sweat of Armondo’s back and you fail the quite simply you have earned your results. he gives YOU the tools to make it happen yourself, you still have to be willing to do the work.. i was on the fence about this product but the naysayers have sold me on it..
March 20th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
To the author Rocky in response to your comment, you are so right, I did
find myself pondering on what I should do, Armando did give me the tools
to use and it’s up to me to find the resources that I need and use the
knowledge that I paid for to make the changes in my life that I want to
make, and that’s why I’m still at beating the pavement, I’m going to
make it happen for myself. I do appreciate your feedback.
Thanks You Sincerely
Marvin
May 19th, 2009 at 1:03 am
I have to show my appreciation to Rocky for his comments, real valid. You find a lot of negativity around, because we tend to expect the “I Dream of Jeanie” approach. Pay the money “twiggle the nose” and magically all appears. All I wont is to get some legitimate feedback, from someone who has actually got started through Armando’s program, that’s all. It seems more people have comments, but none have actually tried. I don’t need a personal bio on the man and his family. Thanks.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
To Freeman J, I’m one person who has been working on Armando’s program,
I have to say that I believe in his methods and so far things have been
working out. I have run into some challenges like with anything that’s a
part of learning, I shall overcome and I will get there.
May 21st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Tue, 19May2009
I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED!!
I ordered “ Flip & Grow Rich” with the bonus material “ The opportunity of our lifetime” back in 03-18-09.
The order was charged to my account on 03-23-09 under Armando Coaching Mat800.
It has been two full months and I have not received the material, notice of reciept or even a note saying “Thanks”.
I went into each possible website but could not find a customer service number to contact.
I sent an E-mail and it bounced back…
“The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
Armandoipaj@foxproxml.com on 5/21/2009 1:08 PM
Could not deliver the message in the time limit specified. Please retry or contact your administrator.
”
Is all this for real? or just another scam?
The cost was not much, but then, how many responses or “hits” can a single AD generate.
Senor Montelongo,
I trust you are a sensible man, a bit arrogant at times, but a man of your word.
I am from the old school where your word is heavier than your “CAJONES”.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I have been flipping houses without Armandos books or systems and have been very successfull,Now that my LLC is growing large I needed some direction on controlling the monster I unleashed, Armondos book was a real confidence builder confirming the systems and business aplications I came up with on my own were correct..I will disregard alot of negative comments used here , as far as I can tell just your comments alone show the the lack of experience and knowledge you have in the business..I may never buy armandos system, But I dont like to see noobs spaming someone who is sincerly trying to help.Maby its for you, maby its not but if your not succesfull by now and you have so much experience dont you think soemthing is wrong?
“Steve” you say you have flipped four houses the past year and its alot of work, I fiped four houses last month with very little effort, and knowing this Iam wondering if your just a remodle contractor trying to make his own work and not a true flipper, for one if your not doign the work why was it so much work? you do the work yourself. Did you sale the house yourself? My broker and auction team handle that. All Iam doing is searchin the internet and checking emails for leads driving over peeking at the property and comps haveing lunch and contracting the purchase over the phone.
Sounds liek you got a lot to learn before you go talkign smack about the big dogs..
May 29th, 2009 at 3:06 am
Thanks TCI, your opinion helped i just watched a show with him but im still not sure if i should order his book and cd. Its free so if anyone has an opinion on if i should try this please share your opinion
July 19th, 2009 at 4:35 am
Wow TCI, from the amount of spelling errors in your post, I now know that you don’t have to pass 5th grade English in order to own your own business. Thanks, I’m going to drop out of middle school and use my parents money to start flipping houses!
September 24th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Wow, so much negativity. So let me clear some things up. I purchased Armando’s program last year from this infomercial. Got it, and was very excited about doing deals and learning from Armando. A few months later, Armando announced he was coming to Houston, So me and my daughter came and after 5 minutes of hearing the pitch purchased the offering and a chance to be featured in his next infomercial. Well, we had to leave before the seminar was finished and once home I looked at the receipt and agreement and realized that it was the same program as the infomercial. The next Monday I immediately called and left a message, while the very nice representative took my information and guess what. They gave me a full refund and canceled my order.
So, Hell no Armando is not a rip off. You get out what you put in. Stop doing the least and expecting the most. In this current market if you can’t do any deals then maybe real estate is not your deal.
Peace and God Bless the Montelongo’s
October 8th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Wow so much agressivity here!
Ok here’s a tips for everyone…
REAL ESTATE ISN’T FOR EVERYONE!
You got it now? Do you need a picture?
More free tips…
1- When you’ve got a bad credit or no cash down… GET A JOB AND PAY YOUR DEBT!
2- When you are close to depression because you bought a house to flip… Maybe you should re-consider your future in this business.
3- Relying only on a book is close to suicide! Get your hands on a team of experienced professionals! (Brokers, Contractors, etc…)
4- Find an association of real estate investors in your area that will offer REAL LIFE COACHING, helps, support, network, etc…
Finally, don’t jump into real estate business if you think that BUYING A DAMN BOOK/COURSE IS A SCAM. It would probably be too hard for you to manage your own business if you’re not even able to read the damn book!
October 29th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
What a joke.
I’m betting every person here calling Armando a scam is making less than $50k/yr.
I haven’t bought his stuff…so I can’t speak to it…but I do own my own business, and ANYTHING worth doing takes work. A lot of it.
So if you are looking for an alibi to blame your failure on, don’t start a business, and don’t buy someones info product. In real estate…or anywhere else. Simply go to work, @@@@@ about your boss, and resign yourself to a mundane, unremarkable existence.
If you want to start a business…and you’re starting from scratch (no money, no experience) then you’ll need to work your @@@ off in addition to learning what you need to succeed.
You need both. It’s totally worth it…but that’s what it rally takes.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
If you want to try the program, do a little research on line, and download it for free from torrent sites. I am sure it exist somewhere. If he rips people off rip his @@@ off. If you can’t find a torrent then lets create one. If someone already has the whole system google “how to create a torrent” then create one, and let people download it for FREE. Eye for and eye my friends. Yes it will hurt for the $1000 you got hit with, but if people download the package for nothing it will hit him harder in the long run.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Some advice from a grandma to old to start another new business: I spend my winters in San Antonio and TODAY the economic situation here is offering one great opportunity after another. But this is also true in other places. I have watched Armando and his wife since they first appeared on A&E and I thought from the beginning they were doing it right. You do not have to be in love with the teacher to learn from them. I have had three businesses that I enjoyed a great deal. Made some money and did not starve but I worked hard; very hard. Sometimes my hourly income actually came down to less than a dollar an hour. But if you don’t go out on the limb for the fruit you do starve. Armando is a person who can give you the tools you need to reach out on that branch for the fruit. You don’t have to like him.
KariG
November 11th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Please take precaution against this company (Armando Montelongo Flip and Grow Rich)….! In the course of one yr., though I did not keep delivery of the course and did return in the allowed time, company sent my bank what appears to be an order by me, and have been taking out of my account automatically. They failed to send the cancellation papers…! In any event they are impossible to deal with and force me to shut down my account..
Stay away from these free trials and unethical companies….!