Stay away from Lifestyle, they make their money by recruiting people for the $500 yearly membership.

:)Jeffrey Smith - thanks for explaining the legal consequences in the case that the tenant/buyer can't make the payments on the option premium.Sounds best to just do them completely separately...so is there a good way to make money on these or are they mostly for recruiting good tenants (since they would hopefully be buying the property, they would treat it better)?

I've found that was a great way to "recruit" prospective attorney's that you've been impressed with and ask them for advice in your particular case.

You know, Joshua Dorkin should recruit her to speak about her experience at the summit.

Please note: ANYONE found using BiggerPockets to recruit for any MLM will be removed from the site.

Daniel Fisher:We have a couple of "Johnny Houses" {named after "Johnny Canuck", who was the soldier featured on the Canadian Government's WWII recruitment posters.

Newbies need more knowledge and they need to make money, that makes them vulnerable to be recruited, we will teach you to make money kind of thing!

Call around, most larger companies will have a professional career day for the company to recruit new agents and explain the possibilities and thier company....take advantage and go see what they have to offer. :)

Keller Williams is recruiting all over.

One thing to remember is that running a brokerage is often a full time recruiting job.  90% of agents fail in the 1st year or 2 so you have to continually recruit and train and replace them to stay in business.