This not only is required, but makes it much easier for someone to determine whether they might want to deal with that particular advertiser.

@Steve Vaughan  I think the reason they do is for some reason they believe what they hear that the way to buy rental real estate when you have no money.. is to wholesale first get some money then buy rentals.when in fact wholesaling or buying and selling deals quickly in any volume takes a lot of skill.. significant marketing capital.. and most of the time they are breaking the real estate laws.And you have all sorts of HOW TO trainers selling their boot camps and of course they lead with you too can get rich with NON of your own money..theoreticaly that's true.. but not really reality in the real world..not to mention some areas simply do not have enough distressed real estate to make it viable at all.other areas like urban cores and cities that have seen hard times much easier to at least snag low value assets no one wants.. much of this is done is rough areas.Granted there are always hoarder houses and other fixer types in the nicer areas but its uber competitive for them.. and generally there is not enough profit in them to feed all the mouths.the wholesaler the buyer the buyer having to use hard money the contractor sales cost etc.. that in my mind is why you see so many post about HEY wholesalers don't know what they are doing..

Hope this makes sense.It allows the investor to qualify easier for future loans

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It's much easier than after the fact.

If you have full time job, it might be easier for you to get a property.You can start by investing in Baltimore, it could  be less risky and you might end up learning more that what you will learn in any of the meet ups.

@Heather Mills ,Since it appears you're wanting to do this debt free, would you be acquiring and rehabbing all out of pocket?

It's actually easier than you think.

I prefer to have all tenants on M2M and find they are far easier to work with then trying to inforce a term lease.

I viewed the website and found a form that appears to be for rental income but it looks like it is for residents (or maybe both?).