, he's just a genuinely enthusiastic member who takes advantage of pretty much all the training available in the program, including repeating it over and over again.  

I'm genuinely interested in what value the courses/mentorship provided if the subject of raising investor funds was not taught.

But I've decided that owning and running apartments is one of the few things (if not the only thing) that's ever actually, genuinely sounded both interesting and profitable to me, and I would love to devote my time and energy into starting a company and building it up to something significant.I like the idea of being able to do this in another state as well, but one step at a time. 

A genuine learning environment won't push you to call your credit card companies and ask for an increase in your limit, and pass this off as an "exercise" to teach you how to "negotiate".THAT is the type of education that is unsupported on BiggerPockets. 

I’ve always been eager to learn and genuinely enjoy learning new things.

Its  great to run across a podcast so genuine as well as a huge forum who's members really care about helping each other.

You either need to find them yourself or work with a genuine wholesaler who finds great deals.If your contractor partner has no skin in the game they don't have much incentive to get things done and do them the right way.As enticing as this may sound, the downside is much greater than the upside.I tried partnering with a contractor on a house early on.  

He is FABULOUS with people and lives with integrity and is extremely genuine and warm.  

I'm a fellow newbie here on BP, and I've found an abundance of information and supportive members who have a genuine desire to support one another.

I am not in the business of selling these deals, so hopefully you can take my feedback as just from genuine experience.1) Meet everyone, meet references: Phone is good, and works for some people, but I always go in person and share a meal.