I talked to the Vice President there & he told me they don't even advertise but rely on word of mouth. 

Scott, we are private lenders not HMLs.Clearly disagree Wendell, you're making it very well known you lend, to the point of advertising that you do loan in 3 cities, while explaining your methods, it's under the radar advertising, but solicitations just the same.You are a HML to your borrowers, picking up a solicited loan is not a private lender by definition.

some kind of abandoned house in a nice, B- or better neighborhood (seems to be a better alternative than a warzone).  

Do you use QR codes to advertise your rentals?

They'll draw tens of thousands of people over a few weeks and invariably a few weeks after that I'll start getting emails and phone calls from newbie wholesalers with ridiculous offers of abandoned houses, pie-in-the-sky ARVs, along with extremely low rehab estimates.  

Using the Facebook advertising for each property really helped boost the house.

Now, if you have leadership abilities and another agent follows your directions, that's different, it's not an employee/agency relationship.If you become an agent or broker and own the property to be sold, you'll need to advertise the property and disclose that you're an "owner-agent" or "owner-broker".

Probably, since members are not suppose advertise in any area besides the Marketplace.

For the quiet title action to work the plaintiff or lien holder will have to show signs of abandonment, which this property does not meet. 

In particular, the house I'm advertising is right across the street from a high school.