Investing in your education through reputable sources, even if you don’t go for high-priced mentorships, can lead to better long-term success in the real estate market.Engaging with local real estate investment groups or seeking out affordable continuing education programs can be great starting points.The road to success does not have a shortcut.... 

You're the fish.They often use a mix of fear, threat and urgency to push a target to act.It can be as simple as a 24 hours sale from your favorite shop that requires you to log in to your account first or your boss asking you to wire money right now or he/she/they will lose an important contract that will cost millions.So cybersecurity is important because without that, you might have an incident that can cost a lot of money, impact your reputation and might affect your credit score.

The more reputable agencies in my area will not become a buyers agent for less than 3%.

Make sure your plans are engineered from someone reputable (don't trust the builder's guy unless you can verify their trustworthiness). 

Quote from @Michael Simmonds: Hello BP Family,I am in need of a reputable builder/GC in Cape Coral who is willing to take on a partially finished new construction home. 

Note investors who think learning from people who scam others out of millions is a good idea and a way to have a good reputation in the space. 

He is also giving me a bad reputation with my bank.

I went to someone who was considered a reputable broker and he said he had a great new program.

Agents like the one who sold you this property give us all a bad reputation.

They have other nice benefits also such as not charging for appraisals if the deal doesn’t close, a great reputation amongst local listing agents with meeting deadlines/ great customer service/ getting the job done with no b.s. and they can often close in under 14 days.