The professionals you’ll work with and learn from—are not only among the best in the business, they also practice what they teach. Each one of our advanced trainers is an active investor, each has passed a rigorous Response certification process.
You'll receive knowledge
You'll receive guidance
You'll receive encouragement
Our people know what it’s like to put deals (or trades) together and take the risk. Not everyone can be a Response-certified trainer, but every client can benefit from their wisdom and experience.
At Response, we have extremely high standards for our trainers.
Why? Because they are entrusted with doing what’s best for you. That’s why we put every trainer through a rigorous certification process. What’s more, they have to be an active investor who is a seasoned expert in their respective field of investing.
Call us old school, but we believe it’s important to walk the walk before we talk the talk. We have your back. Always.
National Association of REALTORS
International Association of Coaching
General Contractor
Home Inspector
Preview
3-Day
Boots on the Ground
Trade Masters Lab
Real Estate Deal Lab
Elite Retreat
Inner Circle
Protege Camp
Stock Resource Line Trainer
Derek has a passion for trading options trading and has enjoyed working side by side other traders and students. He believes the path to success starts with creating the right mindset, goals, and rules. Training with Interactive Trader and Response.com has given him the opportunity to combine his passion for teaching and for successful options trading. Derek loves being outdoors with his two daughters and has many years of experience with the stock market. Derek is a Chartered Market Technician and expert in technical analysis. Derek also loves to swim and kayak when the market is closed.
Certified Real Estate Trainer
Drew has spent many years in the business arena, both as an entrepreneur and working for other companies. He also has participated in real estate license training and is a licensed realtor. Additionally, Drew holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a minor in marketing. In his spare time, he enjoys doing mixed martial arts, skiing, fantasy football, and reading. He has mentored the same young man in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program for nine years.
Certified Stock Trainer
Chad has been involved in financial markets since 2001. He trades stocks, options, futures, and forex. He has been educating clients for over 13 years on how to invest, trade, and gain confidence in their financial decisions. Chad believes building a strong foundation of knowledge, practice, evaluating, adjusting and mentoring with a coach along your journey is a blueprint for success in life. He uses his personal trading experiences to teach clients about the markets. He hold a designation of Chartered Market Technician. Chad loves spending time with his wife and their 4 children. In his spare time he plays sports, travel and works on self-development.
Certified Stock Trainer
Eddie’s first taste for finance started out at the young age of 15 when he started delivering airline tickets to his father’s clients in the Wall Street area. During his career, he has held roles such as options trader, specialist, lead market maker and director of structured products. Today, Eddie travels the country as a presenter on options trading and sound financial advice. When not traveling, Eddie lives in Jersey Shore with his wife Monica and two children.
Certified Stock Trainer
Elliot is a Wall Street and LaSalle Street veteran with 34 years experience in the stock and options markets. Early in his career, he had roles as a firm options strategist, proprietary trader and institutional options broker. While at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, he trained public and institutional traders. Elliot’s practical, hands-on experience and enthusiasm for options trading create a dynamic and productive classroom experience.
Certified Trainer
With a B.S. in Finance, Chuck started his professional investing career as a Financial Advisor working with clients on planning and investing for their futures using asset allocation models and diversified portfolios with a buy and hold approach. Since 2004 he has been teaching others how to actively trade both stocks and options using fundamental and technical analysis. He loves to trade and to teach, and he really enjoys seeing his students "get it" as they work thru a complex trading concept together!
Certified Real Estate Trainer
Casey played football throughout college and eventually moved on to play in the NFL. After Casey ended his football career, he received his MBA and became a real estate consultant where he has had the opportunity to personally mentor some of the organization's most successful students. Casey is a very successful real estate investor and continues to buy, fix, and sell many homes each year. Casey spends his free time with his family camping, water skiing, snow skiing, river rafting or hunting.
Certified Real Estate Trainer
Craig's past experience in real estate, home building, and home inspections makes him a valuable asset to his clients. Craig loves the opportunity he has to teach others about real estate. He enjoys helping his students implement tips and information from our lessons. He enjoys seeing his clients grow, learn, and get excited about how easy real estate investing can be. Craig enjoys playing basketball, hunting, skiing, hiking and flying model planes.
Certified Real Estate Trainer
Eric has been in the financial industry for 15 years. Like most educated trainers, he got his start working with a brokerage firm. Eric’s passion for teaching pushed him into educating and teaching. With a degree in education and knowledge of the markets, Don is able to work with the beginning, intermediate, and advanced students to help them understand the complexities of trading. He is a key asset to our resource line.
Certified Real Estate Trainer
Jerry got started in real estate in 2004 while attending the Harmon Real Estate Academy where he was introduced to real estate investing. His favorite part of real estate investing is negotiating and being able to create win-win deals. His experience and belief in the principles of personal development are what motivates him to help others through these same principles. Jerry enjoys spending time in the mountains with his family.
Certified Real Estate Trainer
Matt has worked in several capacities in our organization, including working as a consultant, a real estate team leader and as the director of consulting. He has extensive experience in the mortgage, lending, and finance industry. His background and experience in real estate and lending help him more fully assist his clients in finding success. Matt’s favorite part of working here is the opportunity to work with clients and to learn from other trainers.
Certified Real Estate Trainer
Shah Bahadur got his start in real estate specializing in luxury properties and working with investors. In 2004 and 2005, he ranked among the top five out of 120 agents in his brokerage. Shah’s wide range of experience adds a wealth of real estate knowledge to our organization. In Shah’s free time, he enjoys learning about new cultures and loves to travel. He loves watching the Food Network and raising his daughter and being around family and friends.
Certified Stock Trainer
Bryan’s far-reaching investing experience extends back 15 years. During his career, he has used a variety of vehicles to further his investing goals, including stocks, options, FOREX and real estate. For the last 9 years, Bryan has been working in the education sector training individual investors about stocks and options. Being able to share his knowledge with others is deeply gratifying for him. He loves watching those he trains succeed.
Certified Trainer
Over the past 22 years, Dennis has been trading options and equity markets and has traded thru several stock market cycles. Dennis has taught thousands of students as a financial trainer and has been doing it for 10 years. Market trends tend to make or break traders, as for Dennis, he trades the prevailing trend, whatever that happens to be. As a paragliding enthusiast, Dennis knows how to have fun!
Certified Stock Trainer
Don has been in the financial industry for 15 years. Like most educated trainers, he got his start working with a brokerage firm. Don’s passion for teaching pushed him into educating and teaching. With a degree in education and knowledge of the markets, Don is able to work with the beginning, intermediate, and advanced students to help them understand the complexities of trading. He is a key asset to our resource line.
Certified Stock Trainer
Joel started teaching people how to trade options in early 2008. His experience in trading and in the brokerage industry includes time spent with firms such as Morgan Stanley, TD Ameritrade, E*Trade, OptionsXpress, and OptionsHouse. Joel is passionate about helping people to perfect their own approach to the market. The combination of passion, knowledge, and experience has helped Joel guide many traders to solidify their approach to the market.
Certified Real Estate Trainer
“Wake Up - Be Amazing - Go to Bed!” this is Karen’s philosophy. Karen’s love for real
estate has led to her ability to organize,
motivate and achieve success. Karen has over 18 years experience in real estate. Karen
makes
it a point to first gain an understanding of exactly what her students intend to
accomplish
which she then guides and builds to their next goal. When Karen isn’t running her
businesses
or mentoring, she is likely to be found enjoying the outdoors or reading.
Certified Stock Trainer
Steve has been an active trader for over a decade. His focus lies with both stocks and options. He loves teaching new students and helping them gain mastery of the financial markets. Prior to his role as a trainer, Steve trained clients for a major software company. His experiences working on the front lines became excellent preparation for introducing others to the world of online trading. Steve holds a BA in English and has developed curriculum for students learning to trade using automated processes.
Certified Real Estate Trainer
Dallin is an active Real Estate investor, and a professional speaker, author, coach/mentor, and trainer on real estate, business development, and natural health topics. He is an international keynote speaker on Real Estate investing. Author of two books, Dallin has provided training in Real Estate investing and business development through seminars, groups and one on one. Dallin has written over 120 hours of training curriculum for presentation to training groups. He was a project manager for a nationwide investing group, was president of the UCREIA Real Estate Investors Group, and had a featured column for 7 years in “Creative Real Estate Magazine,” a national publication, as well as doing his own Real Estate investing projects. Dallin was dubbed “Mr. Creative Real Estate 2” by the founder of Creative Real Estate, and awarded Master Coach Certification by Premier Mentoring.
Certified Real Estate Trainer
Peggy started her investing career 18 years ago casually investing in tax liens and deeds. Since then, she and her husband purchased numerous properties and participated in various real estate ventures. Peggy has extensive experience in owning and managing rental properties (in particular section 8 housing), buying, fixing and selling properties, and land development. In her spare time, Peggy loves spending time with her husband, hanging out with her sisters and adoring her grandchildren. Peggy enjoys sewing and is an avid quilter.
