When I was at the Expo, in Long Beach, this past week there was a speaker, and he spoke on tax deed's and liens.

Instead of addressing the error in the written plan (which he certainly had the position to do), Scott Rowe added another Saturday morning comp plan training - endorsing the fact that the written plan and his presentation need further support.Just an FYI: Scott Rowe himself is violating their own IMA agreement (re-signed annually) by promising "you can be making money with us next week" (highly, highly rare) and presenting the facade of offering W2 employment as "public speakers, office personnel, teachers, etc".

I attended a local REI meetup last night and the guest speaker was an auctioneer with 37 years of experience in RE investing.

They will parade new speakers in each month who will tell you just enough to get you excited and then sell you into a 3 day to teach you what to do, but not how to do it. 

And they send me alert of movement as well as allow me to talk to them over the built-in speaker. 

I am a terrible surfer, mediocre rock climber, terrified mountain biker, barely able to converse Arabic-speaker, and many others.

We've made a lot of great connections and learned so much from the speakers they bring in.Anyway, that's just my two cents worth. 

Here's a few images of what was left upon move out (could be worse)...Yes, those are holes the size of a quarter in the wall - it cost him (his deposit) $246 to have repaired - apparently the result of a flat screen TV, speakers on the ceiling mounted along the opposite wall, and speakers mounted on the opposite wall...in a 625 sq ft house.

Find a way to get on local TV to start building a brand name for yourself.I was at a real estate meeting where local TV personality Rob Black was the invited speaker (Google "Rob Black San Francisco").

Let's say the quick and dirty is, I (like so many) investors had taken too many courses from national speakers in TX, FL (and everywhere NOT in New England), and had still not done a deal.