I'd want to know more information to make a good recommendation, but it sounds like you would have a strong argument if everything else is the same except for location.MP tasksTenant Management:Showing properties, screening applicants, and preparing leasesWelcoming tenants and addressing inquiriesCollecting rent and managing evictionsProperty Maintenance:Cleaning, repairs, and inspectionsAdministrative & Marketing:Supervising staff, purchasing supplies, and promoting rentals (ads and website)

The culture in our office is very supportive and promotes work/life balance, while still being competitive.

You initially were transparent & quick to promote these homes as part of your own personal investments, creating trust and confidence among your clients, despite the now clear conflict of interest.

Instead, they get compensated by Turnkey providers or builders with a marketing fee:“…we as the turnkey property promoter gets compensated by and only by the turnkey provider or builder that we are working with, they are essentially paying a marketing fee,” ( Link ).

I would never recommend anyone consider anything remotely similar to what you're promoting, and would also advise anyone in our community to avoid this user and his ideas.

Most billion dollar portfolio holders have there assets listed on their company website or are out there promoting their business through their assets one way or another.

I'm starting to wonder if Dealmachine is just really great at promotion of the product.

There are small communities in Texas where the 3 or 4 small brokerages in town just keep a list between themselves or have created a Facebook group among themselves to promote their listings.I have run across a few Brokers over the years that just worked with buyers in the purchase of HUD/VA foreclosures and were not Realtors and therefore not members of a Board/MLSHowever, in any MLS that I have been involved with if the Broker is a member of the MLS, all of their agents are also required to be members. 

@Paul Bogard Any real estate agent who promotes themselves as an agent who is a specialist on renting out bedrooms should be moved to the bottom of the list of people to take real estate advice from..... 

Tom Cruz promotes that naive, inexperienced investors should buy Class D rentals and somehow rent them to S8 tenants. - Won't work unless you REALLY know a market and have the proper connections!