Hello nursebee,1. What is serious money? How much?
2. I think the issue is really more so of the students are not there. People want an easy fix. They want the book with secret sauce, the utube vid tat gives the magic formula. Nobody wants to work, reflect, have pain, grow. They only want the easy answer and are unwilling to change themselves.
3. Success get ridiculed, especially if done outside normal envelopes/standards.
4. Instant gratification it is not.
5. I think people often predetermine what investment vehicle or methods they will use and fail to consider everything available.
I have worked, saved, invested. I've busted my ass to get where I am. Nobody asks questions, gives a damn, or listens to me. Even if there is a five minute conversation that hints at the truth, nobody cares.
It is not for lack of teachers, it is for lack of qualified earnest willing students. Those falling prey to self publishers are really getting what they want through piss poor goal setting and method evaluation.
I certainly agree.