i would never buy in the city, especially a condo unless you have an ulterior motive or are buying your cash flow through down payment.

There may be an ulterior motive for their harrassment.

., I would feel comfortable going to meetups, and I feel that in some ways, being a woman is an asset because *some* men find it intriguing/refreshing to see women appear in a heavily male-dominated industry, so are more inclined to chat and help - with or without ulterior motives is another story.But what I do find concerning is the stigma that sometimes comes with a female investor... because real estate investment is looked at as a "masculine" activity which is perceived as unconventional for women to dabble.

Yet, people continue to try to disprove it, usually because they have an ulterior motive (usually selling properties at retail to newbies).However, there is no issue more important to a new landlord than operating expenses!

Otherwise they are just wasting your time as a Realtor, whatever their ulterior motives might be, hitting on you, looky loohing property, fooling you, getting out of their lonely place, etc.Pre-approvals are essential in any market.

You had many points and it's great that you expressed it all do you really think all these ulterior motives are true?

They are a business after all so I'm trying to figure out the ulterior motive.

These "gurus" all have an ulterior motive.

Free of charge or ulterior motive.

This may be what Zillow and Auction.com are doing.With court documents online and free legal notice aggregation sites, it's already pretty easy without relying on a third party's data collection accuracy and ulterior motives.