Also I am highly suspect of a company that would use an endorsement on their hope page of the controversial author Regina Jackson, whose claim to fame is hosting expensive workshops and writing books that claim all white people are racists. 

DC has its own set of rules—often requiring a Basic Business License with endorsements for specific trades. 

I recently passed my MLO exam and decided to keep my real estate broker license separate from my MLO license, which means my real estate license will not be endorsed.

I definitely never endorsed him or gave a testimonial.

Having an SEC registered REIT, along with several positive reviews and endorsements from actual investors, instilled a great deal of confidence in me.

Just remember that they are listed there not because they have been thoroughly vetted and endorsed by Bigger Pockets.

When a guru says he does that, it's a tacit endorsement of the action.

They didn’t recommend or endorse any of them, but it seemed legit.

I hope all works out the best for you, but I cannot and will not allow unproved endorsements of these deals remain unchallenged. 

Well, it doesn't affect their name so they are more than happy to take the money and run.Speaking of "sales channels" and 3rd party listing platforms, etc...I've spoken to quite a few over the years and pleaded with them to keep it tight.As in, only endorse and sell in 2-3 markets max.As soon as you start getting greedy and expanding further you won't be able to tame the monster.We have done 500+ deals in Toledo and still get screwed by contractors to this day.It's hard enough keeping everyone in check locally and I wouldn't want to imagine trying to manage multiple markets.Even just selling in multiple markets without doing the full scope turnkey work is still a "no go" for us...It's just too risky from a reputation standpoint putting your name behind another product in another market.I have seen some decent sales channels, with decent ideas getting gobbled up by the monster because they didn't want to stick to just a few select markets.Just my 0.02 Aussie cents guys and I hope it helps you.Much success