I am a huge influence on my team as should be expected and this point is a big one with me. 

One thing for sure, most self-proclaimed gurus or REI 'influencers' do not mention the things you clarified above.

Maybe shift from thinking in terms of Recession or Depression but the new norm of a Government influenced and moderated economy.

Is it mostly sphere of influence?

Its ironic that I learn more about economics & investing here than any other placeIf people had any idea, they'd sign up on this forum than the YT nonsense and influencers.

Contrast that feature to the tokenized 'security': "So, if you are in a property early, wait 6 months or whatever the hold period of the offering type is, and then unleash your tokens onto an exchange, you potentially influence the value of that token forever, no matter how the underlying asset performs."

Start micro and work your own sphere of influence and tell everyone you know you're looking to buy a distressed home.

I know, your heard differently from TikTok influencers.

So in our case: how does posting on the forums influence the number of profile views, or number of colleagues a member has?

So while it does say this:“(b)Appraisal independence For purposes of subsection (a), acts or practices that violate appraisal independence shall include—(1) any appraisal of a property offered as securityfor repayment of the consumer credit transactionthat is conducted in connection with such transaction in which a person with an interest in the underlying transaction compensates, coerces, extorts, colludes, instructs, induces, bribes, or intimidates a person,appraisal management company, firm, or other entity conducting or involved in an appraisal, or attempts, to compensate, coerce, extort, collude, instruct, induce, bribe, or intimidate such a person, for the purpose of causing the appraised value assigned, under the appraisal, to the property to be based on any factor other than the independent judgment of the appraiser;(2)mischaracterizing, or suborning any mischaracterization of, the appraised value of the property securing the extension of the credit;(3)seeking to influence an appraiser or otherwise to encourage a targeted value in order to facilitate the making or pricing of the transaction; and(4)withholding or threatening to withhold timely payment for an appraisal report or for appraisal services rendered when the appraisal report or services are provided for in accordance with the contract between the parties.”It immediately follows up with this:“(c)ExceptionsThe requirements of subsection (b) shall not be construed as prohibiting a mortgage lender, mortgage broker, mortgage banker, real estate broker, appraisal management company, employee of an appraisal management company, consumer, or any other person with an interest in a real estate transaction from asking an appraiser to undertake 1 or more of the following:(1)Consider additional, appropriate property information, including the consideration of additional comparable properties to make or support an appraisal.(2)Provide further detail, substantiation, or explanation for the appraiser’s value conclusion.(3)Correct errors in the appraisal report.”Based on this discovery, I respectfully disagree with your interpretation of Dodd Frank as it pertains to my previous comment regarding appraisal reconsiderations.