Some of their real estate celebrity endorses include Scott Yancey from A&E’s “Flipping Vegas,” Doug Clark from Spike TV’s “Flip Men,” Josh Altman from Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles” as well as Drew Levin and Danny Perkins from HGTV’s “Renovate to Rent.”
Allegations against the defendants
The FTC and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection alleged that the free seminars were sales pitches to encourage consumers to spend more than $1,100 to participate in three-day real estate training and advanced training worth as much as $40,000.
Nudge and its affiliates falsely promised that during these workshops consumers will gain access to a system for finding “lucrative” deals. The companies also misrepresented their services to consumers.
The FTC and Utah Division of Consumer Protection found that over 95 percent of consumers who attended Nudge’s seminars paid more to the company than their net profit from subsequent real estate transactions.
The defendants allegedly violated the FTC Act and the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule, as well as three Utah statutes: the Utah Consumer Sales Practices Act; the Business Opportunity Disclosure Act; and the Telephone Fraud Prevention Act.
