I have no clue about CA laws and customs. 

John Brendlinger Are you really a customer who has dealt with him many times or you got paid to write the post?

While I do believe you'd learn a lot, I think you have to think about whether you're ok with a high failure rate of your customers and your peers.

What does " . . and must treat the seller as a customer, . . " mean? 

Even Donald Trump, with a starting grubstake of $58,000,000.00 and a billionaire father consignor ( of loans "only" up to $100,000,000.00), and working in his father's real estate business since the age of eleven (collecting the coins from the laundry rooms in his fathers apartment houses, where I first met him), saw the need for a quality education and attended and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business with a Bachelor of Business degree with a major in Real Estate.So the point is that education and experience are the necessary ingredients for a successful career in real estate investing.  

Any missing ingredients?  

Anyone know how to call Bigger Pockets Customer Service?

@Broderick CampbellI am a spec and custom home builder in Houston.

But, I can't find an actual customer service person.  

It gives me a bunch of customizations that I can change by property.