They may assign the activity 'dealer' status and tax it at a higher rate.

This was despite my explaining that I would be making a cash purchase and already owned residential rentals in the area.Eventually, I found one or two agents who were enthusiastic to work with me although not after first promoting their own noncompetitive pocket listings.

Welcome to the active side of BP! 

I’m active duty Air Force with four properties.

I have every empathy for folks who are hurting especially from instances that are from outside of their control, but filing bankruptcy to get out of debt that she chose to sign up for and promise to pay for the sole purpose of getting ahead faster (her story, not mine) seems less than ethical and Bigger Pockets promoting it is questionable.

It's always smart to talk with others active in your market to get a real understanding of the local situation. 

You obviously work for the company, as your only posts have been to promote the company that cannot even prove they have associations with any of the vender partners! 

All that being said, I purchased in an area that has an active community of honest and motivated individuals. 

Scott Scheel has a good course about commercial real estate, but he concentrates more on apartment investing in his course while he is actively buying retail buildings and not apartments.The loan default rate on apartments is 58%, so before you buy an apartment building think why is it so high.Another avenue to consider is mini storages if you want to own real estate, the default rate is only 16%.

So even if there are issues, they know I am actively working to solve it and not blowing them off.