Sean Whalen, CEO of P23, changed the name of his company in an attempt to beat the bad press he rightfully received when his company's name was Empower Group.

In a nutshell, the company lures unsophisticated inventors to call their toll free number where an army of high pressure sales people are waiting to sell toxic real estate. These sales people -- former LDS missionaries trained to close the deal -- tell you that their pre-selected properties are similar in risk to mutual funds but with returns in the 20 to 25% range. What they neglect to tell you is that with real estate, you are responsible for the management, marketing, taxes etc. More importantly, you are responsible for upkeep, damages caused by renters, and finding people to live in your run down former crack house that is in a bad neighborhood.

If this is a scary proposition for someone with limited income, look at their return policy... the company wants nothing to do with you after you've taken on the liability.

P23, has a high paid PR firm to write up phony press releases and submit fake articles to low grade business magazines that will publish just about anything.

Please read all the bad press on this site for Empower Group (the same company owned by the same scam artist -- Sean Whalen). Real estate is always high risk... Sean and team make it look easy, even in this economy where a turnaround is ten years or more out. If you insist on investing in real estate, listen to what educated real estate economists are saying; it is the polar opposite of claims made by this company.

Simply put, if it sounds too good to be true, make sure Sean Whalen isn't trying to scam you.

Bought an overpriced house from Empower group. I was lied about its location and condition. This was a lesson of how corrupt and evil people can be. Mr. Whalen is harming this nation.