It is not something to promote my SEO, It does DAMAGE for me to tell others not to do bandit signs, because I get a LOT of my leads because of my competitors doing bandit signs.

Bird dogs are generally competitors, since they're finding properties and feeding them to investors.

Don't know about you @Dick Rosen  but do you find that the really bad "wholesalers" look at you as more of a competitor, rather than the lifeblood of their business?

So you KNOW you WILL need a website eventually and doing this first will give you the advantage over every other competitor that will start their website AFTER you start yours!

You can also go for a rental arbitrage,  rent from someone the exact same house,  make all the cash flow,  scale faster,  get a better ROI, and much more benefits. ( ofcourse put in the lease that you can sublease/do STR.)You Also must add vacancy based on your competitors it should be between 10%-60% vacancy. 

Especially skiptrace the buyers who bought from your competitor (New Western) or other wholesalers because they understand the non-refundable EMD game already.The idea that people have to give non-refundable EMD before being able to inspect the deal is also just not true.

He is surrounded by a lot of the big heavy wholesale hitters in the Arizona/Phoenix market, and what's great about those guys/gals is even though they are all competitors they still share information with each other to help each other exceed further in their business.

Those price points there are fewer competitors, but you are looking at a lot more money up front.In short, the market for fixers in Seattle is one of the most competitive in all of the United States, but remains one of the most lucrative.

It gives us the same window into what our competitors are charging as Airbnb and VRBO provide for the STR market.Personally, I don't think it is likely that STRs will convert to MTRs in any great numbers.

IE: we have a competitor that advertises they charge $50 per month flat fee for each rental with no up front "leasing fee" for tenant procurement.