With the industry coming here like TESLA and Switch there is some good potential.

May not be courteous, might even be against "industry standards," but she's being fair.Put yourself in her position.

In an industry where we deal with irrational tenants, a thank you from an investor can make the day of the individual who received the praise.  

Once I learn how to find deals and have enough capital, I can choose whether to wholesale, fix and flip, BRRRR, or buy and hold.I have the time, the drive, the curiosity, and what I would like to consider a working knowledge of the industry; all I need is experience.

One thing I liked about his conference was that over and over and over he preaches to follow the SEC regulations or risk trouble for yourself and maybe the entire industry. 

It’s still something to pay attention to because if this is needed to sell homes and keep occ up then you need to be confident with the demand for your product in the market but it is not abnormal for this type of strategy in our industry, especially when a high volume of lots are being infilled and leased up quickly.

I wanted to hop in here because the experience you're mentioning you had with Carrot isn't the experience the vast majority of our clients have... so I wanted to dive in and tackle this to see where we need to improve, see what went wrong during your process, and honestly take candid feedback where we can improve and continually get better.There's no other system out there that can show the results in this industry (as far as leads generated and SEO rankings held) that Carrot has helped our clients achieve... but along the way... there are bound to be hiccups and for every 1 person who didn't have a good experience we get another 100 that rate us a 9 or 10 (out of 10) on our satisfaction survey.

Thanks for all the helpful links and suggestions.Welcome and the great news about a hot Texas real estate market is that there are a TON of free networking events to meet others in the industry and learn! 

My bf and I just moved to Fort Wayne for a job in the orthopedic industry.

All they know is what they have heard from someone else, who heard it from someone else, who heard it from someone else.My advice is to discuss your real estate dealing only with people who are knowledgeable about the industry; other investors.