Or the various starving agents who come on BP in search of getting some transactions and strongly engage in the "fake-it-to-make-it" doctrine. 

I’ll have to check into Xfinity and see if they are also engaged in the “race to the bottom” price war that Cox and AT&T are waging in our area.   

While it’s possible engaging in one of these programs can shorten the time required to become a “power” agent considerably, it also may be a gigantic waste of money if marketing efforts are engaged without waiting for the all important test results.One popular career tract being offered in collegiate business programs across the world right now is marketing data analytics - analyzing the results of test marketing campaigns and applying/interpreting these results to form an effective and profitable marketing program.The other choice is to engage one of the many companies that will set up a generic real estate agency website for you, with the usual stock photos as well as MLS feed, create a blog and tie it to the new website, and start posting information and answering questions are various social media sites.After getting your feet wet, you can purchase services such as SEO, or a PPC campaign, on a a la charge basis, and track the results using one of many analytical programs available online.

I'm playing the long game. Rents

Overall wholesalers are not held to any standard so you need to be careful and engage an attorney or realtor to ensure you're not getting scammed.

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