This includes solicitation of donations by or on behalf of charitable organizations;"The grey area comes in the fact you are "promoting a service".The only clear-cut exemptions from the DNCR are:  Canadian registered charities;Political parties, riding associations and candidates;Market research polls and surveys;Newspapers of general circulation for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions;Telemarketing calls from organizations with whom the consumer has an existing business relationship are also exempt (a transaction has been executed within the last 18 months);Telemarketers to whom the consumer has granted their expressed consent (written form, electronic form, or recorded verbal permission). 

A family community full of outstanding and fresh information given freely on a daily basis...

They lack knowledge of the product and/or topic, they need a road map.2, That means they are newish or lack confidence of their supervisors in allowing them to speak freely.3.

Word started circulating about what various groups were thinking about pricing.  

@Brie Schmidt Thanks for the link, but  it does say this  A real estate licensee shall not publish, circulate,distribute, or cause to be published, circulated, or distributed inany newspaper or periodical, or by mail, any matter pertaining toany activity for which a real estate license is required that doesnot contain a designation disclosing that he or she is performingacts for which a real estate license is required.A license is not required in wholesaling .

You won't be locking yourself into any one particular exit and can freely make offers as best suits your needs....and theirs. 

All they wanted in return was a piece of every single deal I generated from now until the end of time.The community at BP seems to abhor the idea of paying someone for knowledge that could be freely gained from this group, networking sessions or getting out there and taking action.This is no slight to Michael, you or anyone else, but I have yet to find someone on BP that understands the intricacies and nuances of my target market (the SF Bay Area) and does a large volume of outbound marketing.

(b) For purposes of this section, "mailing list" means a written or printed list, series, set, group, or aggregation of names and addresses of, and occasionally, other information concerning persons, including, but not limited to, potential customers or donors, that is intended for use in circulating material by mail.

Word circulates in the local REIA that Ben is not a man of his word....his reputation suffers.Outcome 2: I ask Ben if he'd consider a last ditch sale price of of $102,000. 

Congrats J Scott, I can't even imagine the amount of money people have made because of the knowledge you share so freely.