Kelsey Bourdon did not walk into a futures trading class expecting to feel supported. She expected to feel lost, the way most people do when they encounter a subject they have never studied before. What she found was something different. “He’s incredibly caring, and you can truly tell he wants the very best for his students,” Bourdon wrote in her SurgeU Google review, describing her instructor, Jaromy. “The environment was supportive, engaging, and encouraging, perfect for building both confidence and skill.”
Her account is one of several SurgeU reviews that go beyond describing course content to capture what it felt like to be inside a classroom where the instructor’s investment in the student was visible. For an educational platform built around the conviction that courses are designed to equip students with the tools they need to generate Kingdom impact, that distinction matters. More than 15,000 students are currently enrolled in SurgeU. What they say about the experience covers the courses, the community, and what they are walking away with.
What the Courses Are Actually Like
SurgeU runs two main educational tracks. Trade Surge covers futures, options, cryptocurrency, asset management, and charting, with a proprietary strategy that its instructors say works across different market conditions and timeframes. Real Estate Surge covers the property investment side: foreclosure strategies, commercial investing, creative financing, wholesale assignments, and capital raising.
Kaden Carbajo, who took a trading course, kept his SurgeU Google review short and direct. “It was so great! I loved it so much! So many great insights in the world of trading!” Students new to the subject tend to write this way, with the kind of energy that comes from absorbing material they had no framework for before. Carbajo’s review lands alongside Bourdon’s in a consistent pattern: people who arrived uncertain and left with something they could use.
SurgeU Vice President of Education Steve Albin has described the teaching structure that produces those responses. “It’s the lecture and then the lab,” Albin said. “The lab is where learning actually happens.” Students attend live virtual sessions, access recorded versions of those sessions afterward, and work through on-demand modules at their own pace. Free retakes are built into every package. A broader collection of student accounts is documented at lifesurgereviews.com.
What Real Estate Students Are Taking Away
On the Real Estate Surge side, the SurgeU review pattern reads a little differently. Students are older in many cases, often couples, often arriving with a specific goal they have been carrying for a while. Margarita Pearson captured that in her Google review after a real estate session. “Much to learn about advancing the Kingdom through Investing in Real Estate,” she wrote. “Our speaker Pip was Funny and Informative. We clearly learned far more than I anticipated. What a great experience!! Looking forward to us all advancing the Kingdom, looking forward to seeing how God grows our knowledge and Financial Independence for our Family.”
Nancy Boerner’s SurgeU review covers similar ground with more specificity. “What an amazingly educational and informative experience taught by Pip Stehlik!!” she wrote in a SurgeU Google review. “Real Estate Surge is highly recommended to anyone wanting to make a better life for not only themselves and their families, but also for the opportunity to help others. My husband and I are so excited to start our next journey as Real Estate Investors!”
Both reviews name the same instructor and describe the same session. Two students writing independently landed on the same details: the quality of the teaching, the feeling of learning more than expected, and genuine excitement about what comes next. That consistency says something about what is being delivered in the classroom. Verified reviews on Trustpilot reflect similarly consistent feedback across the program’s student base.
How the Community Functions
The SurgeU review record says as much about the community as it does about the curriculum. Albin has said that mentorship is “almost everything” in terms of separating students who absorb material from students who actually apply it. The platform structures that mentorship in multiple directions: from instructors to students, and from experienced students back to newer ones in deal review sessions where live cases are walked through in real time.
Student surveys are collected after every class. Instructors are measured against them. The sessions are recorded and available for retaking. One-year, two-year, and lifetime access packages are offered, each carrying the same commitment: “As long as you’re here, we’re here for you,” as Albin put it. Connect with the broader community on Facebook for program updates and student engagement.
Building Toward Something Bigger
Pearson closed her SurgeU Google review with a phrase that appears in several different forms across the platform’s student accounts. Her words reveal a student who sees financial growth and Kingdom impact as connected goals, not separate pursuits. “Looking forward to seeing how God grows our knowledge and Financial Independence for our Family” is the language of someone who brought a larger purpose into the classroom alongside her notebook. Boerner described the same dual orientation, saying Real Estate Surge is for people who want a better life for their families and “also for the opportunity to help others.”
SurgeU does not promise outcomes. The courses are designed to equip students with the tools they need to generate Kingdom impact, and the results belong to the student, shaped by how they apply what they learn. The reviews describe people who understand that and came ready to do the work. To learn more or enroll, visit LifeSurge.com.
