Over the years we've had dozens of complaints from members who posted their contact info and were then harassed by others and spammed by email because their information was then available to anyone with a computer.

You will find it much more active here than any accounting board because good ole Josh keeps you accountable for your influence while learning about the RE stratagies of several investor types while not spamming them.Any way welcome aboard, from another accountant type (auditor actually).

However, for those of you that aren't Realtors, it can't hurt to partner up with one (I'm in Charleston SC if anyone needs a Realtor) :)I have been running my listings on craigslist, but haven't been getting much action except for A LOT of spam--emails from investor websites that buy houses.I haven't started contacting them yet, but I am getting a nice collection of buyers.

After belonging to several forum sites on Real Estate and Stock Trading, this is the only site that has members willing to share great knowledge and ideas without all the spam and negative comments...Kudos to Josh and the BP family.

I was unclear about how someone got a negative influence but after reading the post (thanks for the hyperlink Ralph) about how the influence system works it's pretty clear.Someone with a high negative influence had to be spamming quite a bit and not really participating on the forum to get to that point.

It is certain tools, the power of networking, the balance of personal use and business, definition of spamming in Social media, video, live streaming, proper etiquette, people, facebook, twitter, tumblr, bam, bam, bam!

And you will frequently come across real estate related debates raging between these knowledgeable folks; I encourage you all to pay extra close attention to both sides of those discussions, because you'll learn both sides of the issue.Users will challenge posts that seem questionable, and try to extract some better evidence to support these suspect posts.The site is moderated, and there is a management commitment to prevent / eliminate 'spam" posts, and to properly deal with those who choose to not pay attention to the rules.

This way you are not spamming people with information that they are not asking for.

There is no way to send a Mass PM beyond a few people to prevent members from sending SPAM.

Using the broadcast feature ("mass mailing") is appropriate for this as once a buyer's needs have been met, then your emails don't have any value to them so make sure you have an unsubscribe button for them and this will help you keep some idea as to which buyers on your list are still active and which aren't.Autoresponders are great for sellers because it keeps your presence before them further down the road until they finally come to terms and realize that they need help.Use common sense, if you feel you might be spamming then you're probably crossing that line... so make sure that everything you send out is relevant.