Regardless of how much the agent spends or time he devotes to his business, off-market lead sources are worth money.If the agent has real sellers with properties that you want, don't waste time or mental energy on his commission.  

I want to make my approach as comfortable as possible, this way people will not be turned down because they feel it is a scam.

I'm kind of in the same boat, I now have some time outside of work to devote to it.

I won't be moving into it, and using that rule was a scam that was overly abused by landlords so new legislation just passed requiring the landlord or family to live there for 12 months.

You were not duped, scammed, lied to, or anything of the sort, and your attitude is a piss poor way of getting people to share information with you.

I have put myself in the position to be able to let go of my job and devote myself to learning this new trade.

Something about these signs...maybe the insane promises of starting out making $10,000 a week, or just the sheer volume of signs out there makes me feel like this is a scam.

Make sure you devote the proper time to each lead.

If there is someone out there that you really want to learn from you have to be a devoted fan.

She was 2 hours away from getting scammed out of a $5,000 upfront fee from a "lender".