its most unfortunate that you had to go through this deception and theft from someone who is considered a professional in this business. we definitely appreciate you putting the warning out about this character. as hard as it is to find a reliable experienced contractor nowadays its even harder to find one that's not a crook and a liar and that's truly pathetic.   

It is really hard to make the case that if you have a full time job, you would fall under the 500 hour rule.

It sounds intriguing and like it could be a another good source from homes since the MLS has been pretty dry lately/hard to make houses pencil out for flips.Is buying from auctions a good idea?

Lots of hard working people but not white collar.

On some streets we're the only rentals, and you would be hard pressed to identify the rentals. 

No problems with rust but do have to deal with hard water; they have a chemical treatment called a pillow that takes care of that.

They have a payments 3rd party website, but it's hard to find the link from their main website. 

Even in those cases it is hard to create gap between purchase price, rehab and ARV.Investing in todays market is overall very challenging and I am finding that the BRRRR startegy is one of the worst strategies in todays market.Lets keep in mind that BRRRR became highly popular before 2020.

Finding, developing and maintaining a 'brand' is hard and time consuming work.Let me turn the question around; As a seller, why should someone pick one agent over another.

Internet is a hard place to accurately judge character.