ComplaintsforLand Flipping 101

• Initial Complaint

  07/22/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

  More info

  I signed up for what I thought was a mentorship program, but after 9 months, was able to figure out it was an investment scam. I contacted a lawyer, but **** and ****** are ignoring all my lawyers attempts at contact. The lawyer clearly defines how this is an investment scam in his demand letter to **** and ******, but they refuse to acknowledge any wrongdoing. The mentorship was $30k up front plus additional costs throughout the program, promising a *** within 3-6 months. The *** did not happen and now I am over $65*********** into this program with $45k currently sitting on credit cards. They lure you in with "testimonial videos" that were actually filmed by their own employees (you find that out once you meet those employees when you're in the program). They also continued to charge my credit card for their fees for a month after I asked them to stop and I had to file a chargeback with my card to re-coup that money. I even complained to them every time my card was charged and I just kept being told "We'll fix it". They tell people to "empty 401k account" or "take out a loan" or "empty your savings" to sign up for the mentorship because the "investment will be profitable within 3-6mo". Their website says if there is a monetary dispute, they would be open to negotiation, which is what I got a lawyer for, but they are ignoring that, so that's another lie on their behalf. I asked them multiple times to reach a "peaceful resolution" prior to contacting a lawyer, but I was told "just stick with it" and "a refund is not in the cards". I have been in contact with about 10 other people who are also going through the same thing I am and we all just want our money back and for them to close up shop and stop scamming people.

• Initial Complaint

  12/04/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Order Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  Transactions of $30,000 total occurred during May and June as prepayment for their "Six Figure Land Flipper" 6 month course to start mid-June. The business committed to provide to me a closing of 3 land deals, membership portal with everything you need from start to finish, unlimited transactional funding available, first ***** mailers paid (print & postage), daily live office hours, unlimited deal reviews, weekly live deal reviews, recruited & fully trained sales team (first 90 days free)m discounted sales team after 90 days, recruited & fully trained operations team ready to go, discounted operations team, professional buying & selling websites + monthly hosting, professional buying & selling logos created, ****** advanced templates & training, datatree research subscription, access to private *************** I was told this could be done in "a few hours per week". In reality this has turned out to be more than full time, I have not closed one deal and I have been in the program 6 months. I have mailed DOUBLE their required minimum number of mailers per week. On average, I have attended double to triple the required minimum of one daily office hour per week. I am currently in debt a total of about $75,000 and they don't tell you that you should really have funds for the cost of the program and at LEAST **** months because it could be that long for a deal to be closed. I didn't find this out until I started talking to others in the program and more experienced land flippers. They need to tell people this is a full time job and create a truly "plug and play" system like they claim. They don't even use a real CRM they want us doing everything manually via excel. For $30,000 and what they claim you will get this is complete scam. They also require you to split 50/50 your first 3 deals!!!

  Business response

  01/19/2024

  Please see attached letter.

  Customer response

  02/02/2024

  I do not accept the response from One Away Ventures. Much of their response is untrue and/or inaccurate. I will follow-up with a response from my attorney. 

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