@Gene RobinsonWelcome to the site.Good luck to you & I'll see you around the forums.

@Alex Craig  most excellent advice.. flipping retail in the mid west where the cities are dominated by and large by large % of rentals is something that needs to be approached very very carefully and local knowledge is essential.I know being west coast based in PDX I learned this lesson the hard way and expensive way. 

Yes, the mineral rights ownership is "dominant" in that the mineral owner will always have his right to develop the minerals even if that means interfering with someone else's surface.

Hello everyone,My name Is Dominic Battezzato.

Thanks for the link to the meetup Gene.

@Dominic A.It's not a bad strategy.  

There's usually one or two dominant commercial company in the neighborhood.  

I did more digging and found out that yes, this so called mentor, is nothing more than a big-wig for the MLM company 'Gen-E Group'.  

You are in the right place to learn and dominate your market.

Call up all dominating listing agents in your interested market and talk to them.