I personally steer clear of Angie's List, Yelp, BP Vendor, Dave Ramsey Select Vendors, or any other service that charges the vendor for membership and then promotes the list to the public as if trust, excellence, and performance have ANYTHING to do with the list selection. 

And you telling me "hey DMM works" tells me and the world NOTHING.Show data and we can have an awesome conversation on lead generation and figure out ways to improve it.I am NOT selling my SEO services nor am I promoting them. 

If the speaker shows you palm trees, blue water (swimming pools or beaches) and expensive cars and promises you never ending sources of secret deals and niche investment opportunities, you probably have just discovered the promoters of the gurus of real estate.Before you pay the full annual fee, show up and check it out for one night.

J Scott isn’t just self promoting here.

I'd share it here, but Bigger Pockets will often then remove my post as being promotional, but you are welcome to contact me for more information.

. , you know self-promotion is not allowed in the forums...even when it's a legit University such as yours.

They also charge a fee to deposit the money, and manage it.I do like the fact that they do not charge a promote/profit sharing scheme like a few competitors do.As a conservative investor, I feel Fundrise has a decent debt offering, but several of the others are way too aggressive.

Lets say he buys a promoted package on "Houzz" or "angies list" - that's doesn't make him great .It could be a contractors business strategy to not talk to some one with out the house under contract - its completely up to you as the business owner .

They're in Denver this weekend so unlike the fast talking seminar promoters who ask for a credit card in just about 2 hours attendees get to spend 3 days with them.

The seminars are really just a scam for the promoter to stick his hand in your pocket.Check out this article on a guru seminar my company attended earlier this year.