Appraisers are necessarily independent. 

I have used him in the past with a punchlist and he is independent, skilled and reasonably priced.

It’s because the guru’s are NOT selling a real estate program, strategy or technique - they’re selling the American Dream of wealth and financial independence.   

Example: "I want to build financial independence through real estate investing.

You can learn to do this independently or get a rockstar REALTOR to lead the way.

Which you may need to verify yourself independently when it disagrees with what others are telling you...

Most people are doing it incorrectly, so do your own independent research and don't follow the crowd, because right now--as least with respect to this particular topic--the blind are leading the blind.I just wrote a client advisory on this subject yesterday but can't post here.

Deciding to be a stay home mom from being an independent career women was a big change for me.

You can learn to do this independently or get a rockstar REALTOR to lead the way.

The loan officer may look at it and use the comps and data in a dispute, just as they could independently look up that same data and use it in a dispute.