I'm wondering if the investors that the "broker" sends to Arnold for funding are then made to join the Inner Circle in order to get that funding.

I'd offer to pay more in commission than what you think is the "going rate" (not your exact words but what you are wondering) on my first deal or two with agents so that they are enticed to work with you.2.

My property is located in a C+/B- neighborhood has the following landmarks nearby: -1.5 miles from a major university with a popular D1 NCAA college basketball team-1.5 miles from a children's museum-1.5 miles from an art and nature museum-1.5 miles from a beautiful nature parkIt's the dead of winter, and I'm wondering who I can market and how I can best market my property to on Airbnb. 

I've wondered that myself and thought: If an investor was looking for birddogs why would the birddog have to pay the investor money before they began securing leads for the investor, that the investor would then in turn give the birddog an investor's cut on the profit end???

This can have huge tax implications.Margins are an option but they are usually given at 50% of your portfolio (in this case 500k or even less after excluding 401k).In case if anyone's wondering why I'm doing this, it's because some buyers sell it much cheaper when it's a cash offer with 15-20 days closing.

Have you ever wondered sometimes what my post has to do with real estate.

I get what you're saying because in some way we're wondering what the 'catch' is in the deal.

We were wondering if anyone on here has rentals in the area, how they have managed them, and how they feel about the overall investment.

@Bhushan Shinkre  I am wondering if the fund removal can be reported as credit card fraud.

Quote from @Timothy Franklin: This thread makes me wonder if this is a big enough problem that it would be worthwhile addressing?