When it comes to trusting someone with my hard-earned money: transparency and educativeness are the traits I look for. 

Yes it is a misuse:We teach wholesaling with honesty and transparency.

Great job providing encouragement and offering such transparency...very refreshing!!

Transparency about lease terms and the tenant’s situation is crucial.

(Another thing that irritated me about the lack of transparency by the solar company.

Quote from @Ellen Marshall: As a new investor, I appreciate the transparency.

It's kind of hard to hide money using a transparent global financial system.

Sure, the cash flow might be tight, especially in a high-cost area like Seattle, but you’re building stability and experience, which is invaluable when you’re just starting out.To be transparent, I invest out-of-state and help others do the same, so I’m incentivized to tell you the opposite.

I believe this situation was handled in a way congruent with BiggerPockets values and ethos - information was discovered, we gave the user in question an opportunity to respond publicly to the allegations, other members of the community chimed in to make comments and ask questions of their own, I made the decision to close the post because I believe many of the top viewpoints were discussed and I didn't want it to turn into shameless trolling with no additional value, that whole thread remains up for community members to view into the future for transparency and anyone who reads it can form their own opinions with the information presented.

Find GP’s who are pretty transparent with things like monthly financials, monthly summaries of operations, etc.