It's usually the fine print where the PM gets the authority to gig you for living.

All I can tell you is that I went to a 3 day seminar hosted by an author I know and everything that was taught there was also taught in his $20 book.

Kids sit at desks for 8 hours a day, learn basic information by rote, are taught not to question authority, go home to do more work, and then start over the next day.

In my browsing, I came across this post by Tim Wieneke, in which he proposes the creation of an "Official Bigger Pockets Guide to Investing":http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/79/topics/35873-something-like-an-official-bigger-pockets-guide-to-investing-Such a resource seems ideal for someone in my position, but it looks as if it's either a work-in-progress or the idea has been dropped.I would consider taking an REI course, but the promotional materials for the ones I've come across seem pretty high on the BS scale, and stories of scam-artists abound, so I'm wary.

The age of privacy is officially over.Perhaps one should declare their property a "no fly zone."

Unlike the US, there is no central European authority to deal with the situation.

Read the articles, read the forums, read the blogs, and the official BP blog.

(AP) More than 1,000 people were defrauded out of about $70 million by a group advertising the dream of homeownership in what turned out to be a nightmare Ponzi scheme, federal and Maryland officials said Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090427/ap_on_go_ot/us_mortgage_fraud :cool:

So again the comp came down from $174K to a new low of $142K.It will take approximately one month for these units to officially close and for the new lower comps to register in the MLS.

., etc.So, if you are fortunate enough to persevere and have monetary success, you get deemed as the authority or expert by your colleagues, friends, the general public and so on.