You also gain access to his Discord group which, to me, is a huge message board that is difficult to keep up with, follow specific conversation, etc... 

Join FB groups, discord channels.

I talk with some of these connections on a weekly basis in discord, so just listening to them, I'm able to draw inferences and learn about trends in sub-markets in western PA.

LOL, you are exactly right that that discount brokerage only has 3 people: 1 broker, 1 agent and 1 TC LOL and they're all operating over discord channel only Haha LOL but some of these guys are pretty doing well in my market, if they're buyer agent they are giving back the buyer commission minus agreed flat rate to the buyer during closing.

Operational Discord: Clashing Business ModelsRealtors and wholesalers are two distinct players in the real estate market, each with their own unique approach and business model.

Other communication platforms that I've used which are very effective are Discord and Slack.For training videos, "loom" is a great platform to look into!

It does a good job of teaching the basics of flipping, and with the discord group and coaching can help give the motivation to get off the sideline and into investing.You can use resources like Bigger Pockets for free, or Bigger Pockets Pro for much less than Jake’s course, but the reality for me is I never would have taken the first step.

Throw an LLC together with a few people with $1m each, and buy it, San Francisco isn't short of folks who got lucky with this or that IPO and have the money, most of those tech companies have an unofficial employee-maintained slack/discord channel where they talk about real estate stuff.

Well, that good and all...but...then anyone who expresses any discord with his message he'd put down.

They created discord chat rooms and properties were sold out in minutes after launch.