Be Humble enough to make hundreds of cold calls and accept you're going to trip over what you are saying.

You didn't mention your net worth or holdings, but assett protection is most important for people that have assets to protect.Regarding insurance, a local competent broker is often the way to go, they can shop your policy to all of the majors, and the couple hundred bucks or less it will cost you is well worth it.

If your deal becomes a bad deal if you lose $700 (that's HUNDRED, NOT THOUSAND), the original deal shouldn't have been made in the first place.6.

They would spend hundreds of dollars to take you to court.

They can email you hundreds of properties that match your buying criteria. 

There are literally hundreds of various companies out there.

He wouldn’t try to lie over a few hundred bucks.

There are less than 20 books written by professional investors who are worth hundreds of millions (in some case billions of dollars). 

This would save you hundreds of thousands over your lifetime.

The couple hundred bucks to pump the tank every couple/few years is almost certainly way less than the sewer bill is going to be, so you may as well run it until it's done, right?