That award should be made by others and by those who have a great deal of knowledge in the subject at hand, and certainly not by others with limited knowledge.

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I think it is something that could be placed directly beneath the "awards" area.

We started this competition to increase the activity of social networking, sharing of education, and increase the awareness of the company as to how powerful social media can be.It is a 90 day challenge and it is based off of the BP Profile awards.Here is the company e-mail that was sent outlining the competition:~~~You have been challenged to join the Bigger Pockets Showdown - a Customer First Competition.What it isA company wide challenge to remain relevant and active on the BiggerPockets forum.When it starts:Friday August 6th - ends Friday November 5th at 12:00pm.How you participate:Sign up on the BiggerPockets forum and start posting on the forums, writing blogs, etc.How you win:Be the leading scorer at the end of the 90 day challenge.How to earn points:1 Point - Bigger Pockets Level 1 Award2 Points - Bigger Pockets Level 2 Award5 Points - Bigger Pockets Level 3 AwardWhat you winFramed Championship Photo of Winner on the WallEngraved TrophyA brand new laptop of your choiceAdditional RulesAny awards that you have already achieved prior to August 6th, 2010 will not count in this competition.The "Profile Complete" and "Reporter" awards do not count towards earning points.Every two weeks updated scores will be posted in the office.This is not a mandatory competition.

We luckily found a somewhat bullish, capital ready group that had very few contingencies (other than awarded credit)...so now fingers crossed we are in the top 3 in # of units for the county (the tie breaker metric). 

There was also a civil judgement award to someone that appeared to be a property manager when I Google'd him.  

I've had a profile on there with dozens of previous transactions, reviews, awards, etc...Not one lead from them.

Initial "red flag" was I was awarded "finder's fee" at local Sac REIA and "fee" should have been disbursed at title company.

I know for a fact that people have clicked on my profile to get a better look at my profile picture.51 Colleagues 0 Profile Views 3 Followers 2 Following 4 Awards

This is not a direct example to your question, but here are a couple liquadated language examples from specs on my desk currently:Example 1PERFORMANCE:6.1 Timely performance is of the essence in the award of this bid.