My advice would be to walk on and pretend you never heard of them.  

Since you are new at this , just to let you know , the subs are going to charge you retail , just like any other customer , you are not an established contractor , they will see right thru you if you try to pretend . 

Pretend you were walking up to someone and wanted them to fund the deal.

They were using the mailing address to pretend they had physical presence as is required by the state.

Here you go Christie,Prime example:Spent time on the phone, educate, team follow's up, on-boarding, pre-qualification, company resources, etc...My time's worth per hour is between $250 - $500 based on how much I work/earn yearly...Happens daily and non stop.Not complaining and not a baby.Just is what it is and we have been eating $#@% like this from day one.Just wanted to start a thread to see feedback and seems like everyone in the RE biz eats the same lolMaybe I'll start replying like this also hehe My business partner and I had someone pretending to be the #2 at the embassy in Bahrain and he was trying to scam someone pretending to be a member of the royal family of Bahrain.

Let's pretend it's 6% on a $400,000 sale. ($24,000)  The seller's agent may (or may not) offer a portion of that commission to the buyer's agent.

Let's pretend it's 6% on a $400,000 sale. ($24,000) The seller's agent may (or may not) offer a portion of that commission to the buyer's agent.

steps to decide: 1-flush out the cash flows & sales proceeds of both scenarios, discount them based on what % of the return is likely to be realized vs "optimistic"2-find a delta in the cash flow of the risk-adjusted outcomes (pretend these are your most-likely outcomes)3-determine your time investment on the self-managed opportunity4-divide line item 2 by line item 3 and compare against how much income per year / hour your time is roughly worth5-if this figure is less than your desired income, avoid the time commitment investment; and if the figure is more than your income, buy the time commitment if you're wiling to do it.

Pretend you didn’t know this person.

But, we can't pretend that this is reality for any novice, regardless of how much they spend on education claiming otherwise.