You have to see your competitors around your neighborhood.

You'll be 10 steps ahead of your competitors if you understand this and plan accordingly.Out of 100% of prospective clients (sellers in this case), only 3% are in BUYER mode (ready to sell or must sell)!

The provider that the lender recommends may charge however much in premiums each month, but that doesn’t mean a borrower can’t reach out to competitors to see what they charge.

Nobody is going to let you swipe your card for 40k to purchase a house.  

Those agents that own rentals and offer terrible advice for the specific situation “rentals” then there is 2 things they don’t want to helpTheir competitors or they are a terrible investor lol

Definitely do some research just on AirBNB and VRBO - find properties similar to what you're looking at, and find out what their rates are, how booked their calendars are, what the top-reviewed properties are doing that their competitors aren't.  

I was surprised that Larry Goins, who promotes a similar system [virtual wholesaling], hosted Cameron Dunlap, who surely must be a competitor for the same "marks."

I've been through swipe tests before (LMHA used to make us do them) and as long as you prep the house properly (don't let the tenants do it) you will be fine.My main beef with the whole thing is that the current laws and awareness campaigns are working just fine.

I'm 11 months in - my competitors are at around 3-5 years - so I'm catching up.In any case, nothing in the business is easy.  

While he is a competitor, I have had clients purchase properties from them and their property management company is probably the most organized I've worked with.