They aren't flashy but it sounds like they can get the job done.  

No, it's not as flashy as Durham or Raleigh, but there's more inventory and you can still take advantage of the upward economic and population trends of NC (and it has great renter affordability, something I think will continue to make those secondary NC areas strong in the coming years).If I haven't turned you off yet, I'm happy to go into more detail and let you know what I'm doing in the area.

I wish I hadn't "wasted" my first VA loan on my first house as it was so cheap I could have just done an FHA and saved the VA loan for future use.Final tid bit is look out for your other buddies going out and buying flashy toys they can hardly afford. 

The one thing they all don't want is to be "sold", pressured, receive unrealistic or overenthusiastic projections, lied to, or bored to death with PowerPoint presentations and flashy graphics.Some people will want to spend a lot of time with you, asking a lot of questions, etc.

And this is mostly important because you can see when the possible difference in results becomes a dealbreaker.Having said that, I stuck to Excel, most software doesn't allow for Monte Carlo scenarios, making them more flashy than useful.

I would avoid fly by night clubs or the flashy ones whose organizers seem to have all the answers and or who sell their own unrated expensive "mentoring", "coaching", or God forbid "partnering" programs (which are often schemes to make you a straw buyer in a leveraged deal where they put gobs of money in their pocket, and leave you holding the bag in an unprofitable deal.Look for a club that is a member in good standing with the National REIA, and DO NOT buy into expensive programs and NEVER do a deal your own hand picked attorney hasn't signed off on- and don't pick an attorney from the club ;)

Grab Attention (this doesn't necessarily mean being "flashy" - it just needs to look different than all the other garbage that people get in the mail every day)2.

We do not drive flashy cars.

The best part of this is all the people you know buying flashy things will need a place to rent since the sneaker investment offers minimal return.

Words are meant to convey ideas, and when someone plays fast and loose with words and makes up flashy statements that twist reality to put more money in their pocket....we call those kinds of people con artists.