I highly doubt you would go to jail for the one infraction, that is even if you got caught.If you start a ring of deals where you recruit a bunch of buyers to pose as owner occupants only to flip and pay $10k fines about a hundred times, then I think you might risk jail time.So, to answer your question, yeah, you could probably buy it with the "intention" of occupying it, but then shyt happens, right?

They should be in these countries recruiting seriously.

To give you guys an update..I spoke with a recruiter from FB about a position with the organization and what I learned was this:1- FB just does education on residential investing2- I knew more about it than the recruiter 3- The position was not to educate others but to sell their products4- The recruiter did not care if I knew anything about investing in real estateTurned down further communication

You may want to recruit the help of others within your sphere to help you find what you are looking for.  

They are already recruiting as well as already have several good agents.

Many really do not want green recruits and do not have training set up for you.

My instructor wasn't kidding, the recruitment flyers have been coming in non stop for a week now.Do you have a suggestion?  

Is it better to buy in bulk (say 10 acres) and hold it to subdivide later OR can I try to recruit other like minded buyers into going into a deal of splitting up a large acreage at a lower cost/acre?

I was also told that the first 3-4 stylists recruited the other working there and there is such a waiting list for a space that the landlord is renting them all month-to-month: if someone is not working out, they can be replaced quite easily.I have not idea how well or far this would scale.  

. :)I don't think you're going to be too happy when interest rates are up and you're locked into your 30 year seller-finance investment for another 25 years at your current rates...long-term, fully amortized seller financing with interest rates at historic lows is a bad investment.You don't seem to understand why that's the case (based on previous discussions we've had about this), but given the fact that your "mentor" would rather market for other people to provide the financing other than providing it himself tells me that he agrees with me more than he agrees with you.In other words, your "mentor" is sacrificing you (and those you're attempting to recruit) to make money...