Bottom line I think is the context they are using "flipping" in is really for illegal flipping and not legit, legal practices (double closings).

There are several very very good negotiators here who would easily and quickly contact you if they felt you were legit.

Any thoughts; is my thinking legit?

So long as it looks legit, I am in violation if I dig into it further.

Regardless of what or how you do it, if people are active on this board long enough, they'll know who's legit and who's not.

They were blowing all their money at a casino. 

How do I find legit Private Money lenders and stay away from scammers?

People say they are looking for mentorship, wholesale deals, flips, to network, to find meetups, etc, so when someone sends you a detailed connection request offering to help with what you stated in your profile, why would you stay at 3 connections and say, "Nah, but I'll gladly pepper your inbox with questions to make sure you are legit, and have you privately help me when I could be following your blogs and having you answer these questions for everyone?"   

Hi everyone, I've got a timeshare from about 12 years ago that I never use. We tried to list it a few years ago and paid an upfront fee to have it listed and advertised. It was never sold. Once the initial selling con...

Too limited you say, ok, let's scroll out: For myself, not a chance I would ever do any investing in Thailand UNLESS it's DIRECTLY with the (a) owner operator, (b) LEGIT investment capital commiserate with the LEGIT revenue expectations, (c) and they offered a lot more than just rooms.