I have even less tolerance for bad toupees than I do for grandiose overreaching claims of having invented techniques and coined phrases.

(those phrases in quotes are directly from the Hippocratic Oath)I give you a lot of credit for holding that position...I do as well...

Not to get to off topic but I could see how someone could take this phrase offensely in certain circumstances.

It was not the correct phrase to convey my perspective.

The law makers are making it very clear that an unlicensed person cannot in any way engage in what is considered brokering, even with supposed "equitable interest" in a property (that phrase wholesalers like to use).

BP needs to coin a phrase for the opposite of irrational exuberance, where people think real estate is forever bound to fail because an artificial bubble popped a decade ago

To get more success if you are looking for this type of product you want to use the phrase "Line of Credit"...I know it sounds like we are splitting hairs but this is absolutely imperative to find this product in Texas. 

I'm looking to do something similar in rural Oregon and wondering what phrases work best.

I go into any transaction assuming both the buyer agent and the selling agent are in it for themselves and their commission, even if they are supposed to be representing me, and research like crazy to make sure I'm making the best deal I can make, not counting on their opinion or advice, especially about purchase price, multiple bids, or the phrase "... standard in a contract".

Maybe a buy and hold landlord, maybe a first time investor looking to live in it and fix it.Many of the the phrases that RE investors use, "flipping" and "wholesaling" in particular, could use an overall and some redefining, if you ask me.