I have WPB properties and use diff people for each time, don't seek this core 4 ******** that's promoted.

Were they all new or you were still on the promotional rate?

Forums like these tend to open the flood gates for real estate agents to promote the cities where they sell.

The sponsor's largest source of revenue is in the promote, which in most cases isn't realized until the sale. 

Search 'pm horror stories' with one hand while your other pumps up and promotes getting one.

However this forum is not for self promotion. 

This was despite my explaining that I would be making a cash purchase and already owned residential rentals in the area.Eventually, I found one or two agents who were enthusiastic to work with me although not after first promoting their own noncompetitive pocket listings.

I will say this is a strategy that is promoted on these forums frequently. 

I have every empathy for folks who are hurting especially from instances that are from outside of their control, but filing bankruptcy to get out of debt that she chose to sign up for and promise to pay for the sole purpose of getting ahead faster (her story, not mine) seems less than ethical and Bigger Pockets promoting it is questionable.

You obviously work for the company, as your only posts have been to promote the company that cannot even prove they have associations with any of the vender partners!