Jeff Skilling, like you, can rationalize the lie.

Why would positive cash flow drive anyone to bankruptcy (unless, of course, they didn't know how to manage cash flow, which is a key skill for all investors)?

Even if that's the entire profit from the first deal, if you believe this investor has the knowledge, experience and skills necessary to teach you the business, it sounds worth it to me.And clearly he believes he can help you, as he's risking his time and energy with you for potentially no pay-off (if there is no first deal for you).

I have been involved with several investors that flip homes and seeing them be successful has motivated me to braoden my Real Estate skills.

You have skills that perhaps many Realtors do not, it's not really a Realtor's job to fix things, get job cost estimates, line up contractors and make improvements to a property and either you or those you work with do!

Even the most experienced investors can pick up tidbits of valuable information, not only that, the networking to build your network (also know as your networth) is vital and beneficial.People must understand that the main speaker should somehow be compensated for giving up their time making a valuable presentation and one of the ways to do that is to offer some sort of class or seminar at a fee.

I have the actual excel sheet I used to calculate everything out if I left out any vital info let me know and I can add more.

As competitive as this business is, I find the more skilled flippers really do get an abundance of viable deals and really do wash each other’s hands.

I just dont see to many options for me that i can control and contribuit with my skills, is there a better way?

Part of the deal with being granted a patent is that your patent must reveal enough details about the invention to make is reproducible by a practitioner skilled in the area.Patent applications can be submitted with a "do not publish" setting, and this will result in the application not being published.