The basic idea of a double close is to maintain confidentiality.

They don't have to facilitate the pracitice and give you confidential or company information (guest names, phone numbers, emails, preferences for stay, prices willing to pay, etc) but I seriously doubt they can prevent you from collecting that information on your own and booking direct.

Anything you find during your tenant screening should be kept confidential.

This investigation is for resident screening purposes only, and is strictly confidential.

Ryan Wright (the Founder/Owner/CEO of is an NMLS licensed mortgage broker (also inactive)... and of course we don't post how many people purchase our system... just like you don't post how many loans you do every month... and just like I don't post my personal budget and social security number... that is private and confidential information.

I've never seen a guru course that did not treat their materials as proprietary and confidential, there is an obvious reason for that, an opinion can be formed as to what is to be taught, it becomes a disclosure allowing a consumer decision, which is avoided by gurus, they are selling sizzle, not allowing a consumer to make an informed decision.Hooking up investors and financing to programs is another popular angle.

It also means I wont take a listing if I'm not confident I can sell it.  

You have Ben Marine which actually is NOT his name he is under an alias slamming US for not turning over a personal and confidential file that is NOT his.

I am happy to speak with you over the phone and then capture the non-confidential portion of the conversation within the forum so everyone receives some benefit.

He took our personal and confidential information including drivers licenses, social security numbers, bank statements and other sensitive information we gave him to prove we were worthy to fund HIS deals and he purposely and maliciously violated the signed confidentiality agreement by putting it all on the dark internet.