That means that the Realtor is required by law to put the client's interests first, not their own.A legal or ethical violation by a Realtor can result in fines, license suspension or license revocation - not to mention lawsuits and termination by their broker. 

A common theme here is know what you are doing :) I've been in every spot but the number one, I still keep my 3br house even if we could upscale to larger(Let's me invest the extra instead). 

Take stuff one topic at a time and you'll start to see overlapping themes that will help accelerate your understanding.

Adding an index for themes would be of great help (similar to subreddits)... or better tools to search for a discussion on a specific theme/question.

"Leverage" has been brought up a few times, and is looking to be a common theme in people real estate strategy.

I’m not saying nobody’s done it, but if you read the success stories on the forums you’ll see a common theme.

Make it a condition in their lease that they have to have an active policy starting the day they move in and have them e-mail you the Dec page before you give them keys.

I never did, but when you take a serious look at what most wholesalers and flippers are looking for is; property owners IN DESPERATION who are;a) in debt and cannot afford to keep their properties, so they are willing to allow you  take advantage if their situation,b) in foreclosure, so you get to take advantage of their misfortune and these people are alive and they get to watch you gloat over their situation as they move out of the home they loved and worked hard to get,c) having to relocate to another city or state and they have to sell fast and cheap so you take advantage of their situation,d) ignorant and don't know the value of their property and you don't educate them,e) getting a divorce and are willing to sell below the market price and you take advantage of their misfortune, andf) near death, would love to see someone they choose get their property and UNLIKE ALL THE HORRIBLE CHOICES ABOVE WHERE YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE'S MISFORTUNE these people actually want you to have their property.Sorry!!!

However, over time, I think something got lost in translation during the quest for survival and some have just focussed on self, bringing to fruition the me-me-me culture. 

What is the central theme?