However, now the implicit assuming is that they are just shills, fake accounts, marketing accounts, etc. and not actual users providing genuine (positive) feedback.  

That behavior just screams "shill" to me, but I've been wrong before.To address the OP, Martin CS, it sounds to me like you're over paying for what you get.

These are mostly shills and other bottom feeders who are on the site just to PM their links to other members, but it is something that I have to deal with every day - complaints from members about some new member spamming them.Some of these people are dumb enough to PM me with a bunch of spammy nonsense too . . .

This man, and there were a few others like him, were shills -- operatives to encourage those who might be hesitant to join up to change their minds.After the meeting, the woman who told me about Renatus (she had arrived later, again a coincidence ) suggested I talk with Steve S. about the rental property. 

I read the comments section of the article and it amounted to half of the people screaming about scams and the other half shilling for the companies named in the article.Is it too good to be true? 

His other retirement posts are good, his other general posts are good, the EIUL stuff is junk.I will say that he actually believes it - I don't think he's a shill for an insurance company, and I don't think he makes money off it.

Beware of shills -- "decoy" references paid by a plan's promoter to describe their fictional success in earning money through the plan. 6.

Then, interview those folks thoroughly to determine which are legitimate customers and not shills.

Not to shill for anyone (I’ve never been and I still don’t know if I can make it) but there is a Tacoma REIA meeting on the 11th in Redmond and they plan to discuss out-of-state investing opportunities.

The way I see it, the gurus gave up on shilling flipping and started convincing would-be real estate investors to go into owning OOS rentals with third-party management circa 2008.