if you learn things on the internet you need to be beware of the people on there. 

Thank you all for the replies, I was wondering if I needed to do a advance filing of form d submitted with advertising materials 15 days before I begin soliciting because a few years ago the sec proposed a ruling that required that but I couldn’t find anywhere on the internet that said if it got passed or not

If I did not have my friend to run things thru with I would have been toast in the first year- not the internet, you need a face to face unfiltered friend. 

I will add that I have a high earning W2 that REI could never replace so I use RE as a form of diversification in my overall investment portfolio so condos and large scale multifamily investing work better for me than any other RE class.     

Most internet leads are someone looking at a ridiculous low priced home thinking they can get it.

We just deployed a new system that will allow our users to better label who they are and what they do.

If I had 15k budget to spend in the next 3-4 months I would spend it on building a top notch internet presence.

I have talked to wholesalers who say that Internet marketing works a lot better these days anyway, you just have to make sure your ad or website comes up in the results when users type in "we buy homes in <area>"... which you may have noticed is the same verbiage used on the bandit signs...

Most counties will be using web based user friendly parcel viewers.

Too many newbies think wholesaling is fast and easy money that takes no work or money.... thanks to the Gurus that have mastered the "get rich quick investing with no money" sales pitch via Internet marketing.