She gives really valuable info and the most she tries to sell is a membership to the local REIA and a $197 ticket to the OREIA convention.  

Connecting with members who have a pro membership have a higher tendency so be more serious and provide you a good recommendation.3.

Lous, KC, Indy I highly suggest jumping on a plane and surveying the neighborhoods yourself.

Number of vehicles per household might be getting too specific for a national survey.

I actually am a huge advocate of for paying for education and for things that add value to you and your business (hence why I recently started paying for the biggerpockets pro membership, for example).With that being said, there are a lot of gurus out there who give gurus/mentors a bad name because they sell a dream which ends up really being a bunch of expensive smoke and mirrors and up-sells (and not a ton of real value).Start by spending a bunch of time here on the forums, listening to the podcasts, and watching YouTube videos.

Sure, enough got it for 525k including the 15k golf membership, realtor made 15k for DOING ZERO work.

I cannot speak for Texas, but usually it requires an approval vote by two thirds or more of the total membership.

https://www.centralohioreia.co... is offering $25 monthly membership, which will give you access to attending online meetings and focus groups 5 days a week.  

The home sits on 2 parcels and we plan to survey and adjust the lines to build a duplex on the second parcel.

There are a number of resources here on bigger pockets that could be valuable for you with a paid membership (no I do not work for bigger pockets).