Not certain how someone can pass judgement on us without walking in our shoes and seeing those situation we solve.

Am I correct that this is ridiculous or do I need to take off my princess shoes?

I am arranging it with the pastor to allow this buddy to have an open meeting type event where he can showcase the 5 wholesale properties that he has for sale.  

If you're dog fits in a shoe box you can bring them to work....

, but if you can put yourself in the agent's shoes, you may be able to understand why she didn't want to help you.Now, that said, what's the right thing to do?

If you put yourself in the shoes of the person answering the phone, it's not only annoying to get a call from a stranger but intrusive.

One house that I got was vacant for 15 years, and have everything still there, clothes, furniture, shoes, and all personal items and even a car in the garage.

I have read a few posts on the blog and a couple of member blogs here and there and it seems like people say "a guru is someone that tries to upsell you"...But doesn't anyone that's in the selling business (houses, shoes, cars, appliances, whatever) do that too?

They aren't in my shoes! 

Do your diligence - ask these companies how they get their data.All that said, for the naysayers out there, I have generated 3 mobile home leads that lead to closed transactions where I made money on just a shoe-string budget.