Are "Property Scouts" a viable intro to the Real Esate industry?

[Anthony Brown]

Good afternoon everyone. As I have stated before in my initial request to join BP, I am a real estate novice looking to increase my knowledge in the business. My wife and I are working on becoming licensed real estate agents at the moment. In the mean time, I need some advice on a possible intro to the industry. I discovered a Craigslist ad from RX Marketing and Holdings LLC based out of CA. They specialize in Wholesale real estate and are looking to hire Property Scouts for vacant homes. They will pay around $5-$10 for qualified findings and will pay min. $500 after the acquisition of the property. What are your thoughts? Is this a "GO" or a "NO-GO"? Thanks in advance.

[David Bardwell]

@Anthony Brown. You're not going to make money fast at $5-10 per lead. Unless these companies are going to also train you on what to do with the leads, you're just earning a very low wage to make someone else rich. Why don't you do the scouting but keep the leads and work them yourself?