We used to have about 250 members but we are now down to about 100 members.Most of the members that are active real estate investors run their own ads in the newspaper and get their own leads.Sometimes I wonder if the reason that Gurus promote going to local REIA groups is that they know that they have a larger audience to sell to.

Andrew,As long as you aren't promoting your own ads, it's usually OK to post links that answer a poster's question.

I get annoyed with the guru-motivational speaking-hustler types that give you half an answer and make you pay for the next half, any guru that promotes a cruise ship seminar or bootcamp for thousands of dollars, guru's who don't actually invest in real estate for their main source of income, guru's who are regurgitating the same material and selling each other's stuff through affiliate programs, and such.I would follow my mentor's guidance and direction, master it, then conquer the world.If I made $20k a month then I would position myself as owner, not owner operator.

Not sure how I got negative points probably deserved it at some point, I am more careful now in how I promote myself online at forums.I did not post rates here since if I did then I would look like I am blatantly promoting myself so, chose not to disclose for fear of negative feedback.Feel free to contact me and I will share the terms and rates, it just seems this was not the place to advertise my rates for my lenders.I am not a direct lender but am a independent financial loan broker specializing strictly with hard money, private money, and now transactional funding as I am always on the hunt for new sources of money since money has a funny way of running out with lenders, so I am always on the lookout for new lenders who will fund loans to my prospective borrowers seeking loans.

†Note: You want to know where your leads are coming from in order to ascertain where your promotional efforts are working.

It’s what you say on your business card that carries the most weight.To this end, you’re going to be using two types of business cards, and one of them hasn’t even been described yet.The first of two types of cards you’re going to use is your “advertising†card, something that will do two things for the receiver: 1.It is going to tie in and remind them of your other advertising efforts by having a card that looks like your promotional stock: same colors and similar layout2.Your card must be easy to find if under a stack of paperwork or mail, or other business cards.

The top prospect types (different audiences) you need to promote to are: Equity Owners, FSBO, Expired, NOD’s, Absentee Owners, your “Farmâ€, COI, and “For Rent†owners.

†You want to know where your leads are coming from in order to ascertain where your promotional efforts are working.

Count me as 6 and I'd happily promote this to all of the HomeVestors franchises across the nation.

I am not here to promote my program, you can look at my BP profile for a link to my site to find out more.There are a lot of misconceptions out there so I wanted to address the question directly.I have done a ton of these deals and I have lots of students doing these also.