I came stumbled onto a company that are in the business special if you looking at houses using alternative energy.

I just hate to see all that energy put into such a low probability strategy.  

I see long-term buy and hold as a wealth building tool (albeit slow), while flips provide a tidy sum (if successful) in a short time. 

They expect the seller to get worn out by lack of traction and eventually come down and the unethical listing realtor walks away with a tidy listing fee.Furthermore, pocket listings are rampant.  

Banks are more likely to put their time and energy into an organized entity.

Love the energy here, hope to meet some creative geniuses!

I can also get solid, 7%+ returns with a couple of oil and gas companies and bet on rising energy prices, but I'm separating stocks, REITs, and notes from real assets that I'm purchasing.

How many spend a bunch of money on getting licensed, paying desk fees, gas, time, energy, marketing, hitting up all their friends, relatives, Top 200 list, to be a wash out.

(I try to remind myself "Is it worth the time/energy?") 

Secondly, I appreciate your thoughts here and think you're right: why should I spend a big portion of my life, time and energy trying to make someone else change?