just a couple of reasons:No one can buy ALL the deals themselves.Many monetization feeds on a highly ranked site (book sales, pro membership, etc) Trust through notoriety can have a high return on investment (see M.I/oceanpointe for negative example)None of these are good or bad in and of themselves.

I'm in a very similar situation and just started my Bigger Pockets membership.

Yet in google type in Biggerpocket with the same search term, and you'll get results.I don't know whether the difference has to do with the type of membership you have in Biggerpockets. 

Ok here's the link:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/57...There's also a website you can go to for the REIAs, here's salt lake city's:https://slreia.comAnd the Utah one:https://www.utahreia.orgI think the REIAs have a membership fee though, but I haven't been to one yet so don't quote me on that. 

Thanks Curt I will be reinstating my GaREIA membership soon.

Then I became a pro member mostly to gain access to the BP calculator's (if you attend a webinar you might receive a discount code for the pro membership at the end).

I actually upgraded to Pro membership primarily to be able to ask this one question in the Pro forum -- that's how important it is to me!

Also, the 20% off discount you get on paint at Home Depot alone is worth the membership.     

Pay the $200 for the yearly membership.

Maybe the office could purchase a Pro membership and have a computer that clients could sign up to use?