REIAs are more speaker-based and sales-focused sometimes, with pitches, but can be great.

You owe him nothing, he isn't your friend, and he seems to dislike you based on your personal choices so I certainly wouldn't spend a single second worrying about his feelings.

We consider looking for or offering products, properties, services, referrals, recommendations, or loans to be advertising according to our forum rules.

As far as what most of them do - they set up a simple filter based on the info that you gave them, then you look and find houses that you like within the filtered range, contact them and let them know you want to see it, then they show you the house (based on their schedule around other clients).

Actually you may not even to create one, this is the output of summary using NLP based AI:Question: according to biggerpockets forum, shall LP investors participate into multifamily capital call ?

Thanks all,Preston Henman Define your buy box, which area , what price , what size , how to finance based on your risk capabilities.

@Shawn ChervinskisSee Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA for more information on this exemption.The office space or services are necessary for the establishment or operation of the plan;The contract or arrangement under which the office space or services are furnished is reasonable; andNo more than reasonbale compensation is paid for the office space or services.Regulations issued by the Department clarify the terms “necessary service” (29 CFR 2550.408b-2(b)),”reasonable contract or arrangement” (29 CFR 2550.408b-2(c)) and “reasonable compensation” (29 CFR 2550.408b-2(d) and 2550.408c-2) as used in section 408(b)(2).

Don't "make a deal work", it either does or doesn't based on your criteria. 

I don't know anything about them or their services, but here is some food for thought.

I'm planning to use VAs to help with the first part that you mentioned - qualifying homeowners based on interest in / willingness to sell.