There is another local group, but the owner heavily uses it as a source of self promotion to gain services, leads, Or sell his mentor program that is simply somebody paying big bucks to be his bird dog. 

He's easily making in $20-30M (with a few billion in assets) in yearly fees, etc, so he definitely has a strong financial incentive to promote certain economic ideas. 

Please help promote positivity on BiggerPockets.

It was a cheap and easy option to get the down payment - However, a couple things we ran into:- while the interest rate was low AT FIRST, most become variable after the promotional period (if one at all).

I would mention it here, but BP is strict about users promoting their services, even if it could be of value. 

Bud Crawford beat the pants off Errol Spence yesterday, a fight that was never going to be made because they worked under rival promoters.

The SEC’s complaint alleges that Motil promoted the investments on his website, inviting potential investors to “be a real estate investing badass!

A lot more active items than generally promoted. 

Absolutely doneThere is a way to do this legally and "relatively" safely, but the way it is currently being promoted does Not meet that criteria.

I've looked at what they post and there are some serious legal errors being promoted.