I think they got caught with a bunch of loans that were priced too low with some inexperienced LO's causing some bad reviews. 

Hi everyone, I'm Tea, a new member and potential new investor from San Francisco.My fiance and I are looking to get into real estate investing.

It was a very informational meetup but not sure if it was my cup of tea.

Agents with this type of expertise are worth their weight in gold to an investor--especially when the investor is relatively new and inexperienced.

Perhaps they are unreliable, inexperienced, addicted to drugs, running a scam etc....Sometimes you get lucky & find yourself a solid handyman, other times you end up paying your actual PM company to go back and correct the mistakes your handyman made.

From when I joined the site to now, I have gone from an inexperienced high school student who read a few books on real estate, to a full-time commercial real estate agent. 

Or, if you feel short sales is not your cup of tea, at least refer them to an experienced agent.

That means we are going to have INEXPERIENCED people trying to do what it took years to perfect.

They have system in place where they feed off the new agents through profit shares.So when a brokerage charges fees for fat splits to new agents retirement funds are being fattened onthe upline.Many agents that gravitate toward lower fees are struggling agents or are investors.Investors can get you in hot water sometimes trying hair brained schemes to make money.Struggling agents either are part time working a JOB or work full time but don't have many deals close each year.Both make the agents require alot of training and time because they are inexperienced or they get rusty doing a deal.

As the no money, inexperienced, no track record partner, you bring very little to the table.