My wife and I went and we walked away with more knowledge, more awareness of strategies and techniques that we did not know anything about.

Today, social media is one of the most powerful tools real estate investors and property managers have.

I've always found the background check services do not do a thorough job so I always overlay that service with my own gumshoe due diligence  (talking directly to immediate supervisors, ensuring the previous "landlord" owns the property, checking social media, etc.).Never rely exclusively on these services. 

Quote from @Stuart Udis: Some of my favorite social media syndication capital raising adverts I continue to see:1.

@Clive Smith I have a sample log in format that follows the IRS Audit Techniques Guides (ATGs).

Not due to being intimidated, but not having the time or the energy to go back-and-forth and realizing that some of them would become very hostile…There’s even some techniques that I’ve done for years that others have not done, but if they don’t like the technique then all of a sudden it’s illegal at least in their mind.  

CANNOT garnish pensions, social security, disability, etc.)

I ran across an inexperienced flipper who is being exploited by their contractor and wonder why more gurus don't educate others on how to approach rehabilitation of properties and giving them a sense as to what they s...

I have seen a lot of their advertisements on social media.

I could go on for hours about marketing (I do glamping mainly and have over 100k social media followers on my places).