In my view, the Marketplace has become indistinguishable from Craigslist, LinkedIn, Connected Investors, and the like.

I have spoken with him but If there is anyone on BP who can provide additional input about turnkey provider in Bridgeport and/or reference about Dawud and his company, it will be greatly appreciated.His Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawud-bey-009a8254His company page: http://investinbridgeport.com/what-we-do/

I found a few on LinkedIn I think but none mentioned Phil's program.

Some are from here on BP, others are investors I've met over the years through this business and others, and some come from the NVREA network (I got linked in with them through some other investors years ago and my name has traveled in that circle through satisfied investors.)Now, once an investor has told me they're interested in the deal, the structure works like this: as a real estate agent, I keep any commission paid out by the seller on our purchase of the house.

Would be nice to see his score lower when I look versus when a flipper looks... or even just when he posts in the landlord forums versus the flipping forums (btw, I like J Scott, the fact I remember his name off the top of my head means I read and respect his stuff, just using him as an example of specific knowledge base).Joshua Dorkin, have you looked into what LinkedIn did with their forums (not sure if they still exist)...

The key is to post something of value each time you read a discussion or article.I make it a habit to either respond in the comments of a blog post that I read or share the post on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Google+ -- every time I put in the effort.

Borrowing from Bryan Hancock's Linked In post:"If you want to reach your full potential, start getting uncomfortable.

We're also reserving prizes for those users who help promote BiggerPockets on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, and on their own blog sites.

If even 10% of the people reading this or any other great thread/article on the site would share it via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and so on, we'd see almost immediate growth in the number of people getting involved.

Tell everyone what you want to do.Join the local RE groups for Austin in linkedin.