Lets not forget the self satisfaction on justice with maybe a side of vengeance sprinkled in. 

@Katie Douglas  wow great post and very true on virtually every point you make.whether its BP or TV gurus  the perception that you can just pay for a course or listen to pod cast and read BP and somehow be successful in RE is really pretty silly and not realistic. the fact is this is an industry... and many if not most people need to pay their dues and work there way up.. there is some perception here that this is like sprinkling water on your new seeds and it germinates and grows to a 10 foot sunflower in 3 short months.. all with no money no credit and no experience or skills.when in fact to succeed in this business you need if not all of those a combination of them.You can definitely read BP and listen to pod cast and learn how others have done it but as you state its antidotal information at best.. and at worst some of the information is not relative in many markets and flat won't work.

Do you sprinkle them near the footings or cast them into the wind?

I understand its a numbers game, sprinkled with luck of timing.

Some feel it is too toxic, but if you sprinkle it where pets and kids can't get to it, like inside walls, the roaches don't become immune like they do to other pesticides.

Sprinkle in some higher end boring A-B class stuff in there.

Even If I never need it when I cash out to buy a better investment it will be the sprinkles to my icecream.

I did it myself many years ago and it was messy (back then, they didn't have the bag that caught the sawdust) time consuming, and smelly!

I would prefer if the broker is an investor as well, so that he/she can sprinkle some experience and wisdom on me! 

People just end up sprinkling pixie dust on their buds.