@Guy GimenezPeople at BP are positioning themselves as experts at  something whether it's turnkey properties experts or some other field of real estate investing and many are poorly trained in agency regulationsThere are people that hate regulations such as getting licensed so they look at ways to cut cornersThere is this new trend of "co wholesaling" where some people have buyers and some people have properties and they split dealsThere's these courses of people doing virtual Wholesaling and having these dreams of hitting a few keys on the keyboard and going surfing everydayWell,  if you learn your trade and get licensed and have a listing presentation with homesellers and give them options to list it or sell it on terms and you make either a commission or you buy it on terms or cash, as long as you're  licensed in most states you can act as a principal, there's no fiduciary duty when you're acting as a principalI think there's some people on BiggerPockets that think that if they get licensed, their hands are tied and they can't do certain things that wholesalers can doI've heard "ad nauseum" about this "held to a higher standard" stuffThe best advice I ever got was from my attorney in California and he said "if you get license in the state of California, the state allows you to actually write contracts like a real estate attorney on the kitchen table"There are some states like New Mexico and Utah perhaps that are not enforced as much as California in the west but most of the East Coast states especially New Jersey and Virginia and Maryland and Massachusetts and New York, they will come after you like a son of a ***** if you're not licensed and you're doing realtor activitiesGet your friggin license and act as a principal, end of story.

Look up Brandon Tunrner's podcast/webinar video "the 90 DAY CHALLENGE"Learn how to find deals (driving neighborhoods or surfing the web for dollars - or deals)Learn how to run the numbers from those addresses in a calculator (you can find smartphone apps to plug the numbers in, and BP offers calculators but you have to be a Pro member) to find out what the magic number is.Personally, for now, I'll be bringing deals I find to my mentor, and we will proceed together.Extra information on all those topics can be found in forums and podcasts.

We rent two out as short term rentals in Surf City, NC and 3 long term rentals.

The surfing there is out of this world and it's absolutely gorgeous.  

The "too good to be true" alarm kept me from purchasing any of these courses, but it didn't stop me from stopping and watching whenever I stumbled upon them while channel surfing.

ABC NBC CBS and fox..the reason for this placement is channel surfing.

Not to mention the countless web surfing and BP isn't the only place I ask questions.

I also think this add gives a huge amount of credibility for the site to the ones net surfing.

I have a friend I might partner with that has a home town close to Rincon which is a popular vacation spot for American's for its surfing.

I'm simply surfing the wave of capitalism while making minor course corrections.