If you want the full flavor of the narragansett debate look at http://narragansettresidentsunite.org/ vs. https://narragansett2100.com/ They have oppossing views on the unrelated person ordinance.

If they fail to pay the Rent, you evict and their purchase agreement is now null and void.If they do not execute their purchase agreement they are in breach of contract and you keep the earnest money.Another flavor of the same thing.Also, on a land contract...  

At the end of the day we all want money to afford the things we want to accomplish and have in life.Given that no matter who you are you only have so much time in the day.You can leverage people to do more in the same amount of time but the time remains the same.I want to flip this around.A great broker will not only be working with investors but doing deals of their own.If the investor has the know how they can get licensed and do it themselves.Some investors are professionals like lawyers,doctors,cpa's and want to invest but have no time.They need a broker to help them with their goals.There is plenty of business out there for everyone and there are many flavors of investors.If I only have so much time in the day I as a broker want to maximize my return.I can sell a 1 million dollar commercial property and use the same time as selling a 50k property but my returns will be way less.

The areas I listed gives a flavor for the type of neighborhood I'm looking at: a solid B type SFR in a nice neighborhood with good schools. 

There are a lot of people, and each area has its own flavor.  

Milwaukee comes in many different flavors and matching up your investment goals with the neighborhood is key.

My mom has been a teacher in the Lakewood school district for the past 17 years and is very familiar with the neighborhoods and the flavor of the community.

Zip codes really don't mean anything here because the flavor of an area can change within a few blocks.

They are very different types of investments.Commercial RE comes in many flavors as well which further complicates the comparison.I'm starting off into commercial property investment in a small way so that I can get my feet wet.

And when you are at the "free" training, you should be able to notice that the power point presentation slides will have inconsistent background graphics - these are selected slides taken from the varying modules that are to be sold, so you get a flavor for the content of all modules without all of the meat [some of the trainers have caught onto this and gottne their background graphics to look alike between modules].My suggestion: take the free training and avoid the upsell; more training and info are available elsewhere.