Maybe, but It is most likely just a fishing post from an inexperienced investor, to add to their list of deal suppliers.

The reality is that the vast majority of agents 80%) is very inexperienced and the top agents don't want to work on a house hack, they chase luxury listings.

You will need to get a local, rockstar Realtor, contractor, lender, and property manager.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea...I invest locally in Columbus, Ohio

I may be inexperienced, and thats why I need a mentor to be hard on me.

I would think very carefully about ceding control over the investment given you are all inexperienced.

One of the problems with an open forum is there are very inexperienced people giving bad advice all over the place.

Inexperienced out-of-state investors have flooded the market and are overpaying so it's not as easy to buy as some people think.

Our economy is complex, stating that a single indicator can predict the future is like reading tea leaves. 

With hundreds of people joining each month at $20k per person, the hundreds of millions of dollars should be invested into paying customers- not a fancy office and inexperienced staff that are probably getting paid minimum wage or low hourly rates. 

Unfortunately, it seems like you had a lazy/inexperienced listing agent.