Community guidelines

Last updated September 28, 2026

The Rental Institute is a place to learn BRRRR and share real work. These rules keep it useful and kind. They apply everywhere here: the feed, comments, chat, direct messages, Office Hours and Fellows sessions.

1. Be respectful

Disagree with ideas, not people.
No insults, harassment, threats or hate of any kind.
No sexual or graphic content.
Keep it about investing, the course and the work.

2. No spam, and no selling without permission

Don't post ads, affiliate links, or pitches for your services, courses or coaching unless staff said yes first.
Don't message members to sell them something.
Want to offer a deal to the group? Ask staff first.
Post once. Don't repeat the same post across channels.

3. What members share stays here

Don't share other members' deals, numbers, addresses or screenshots outside the community.
Don't share anyone's personal info (phone, email, where they live) without their OK, inside or outside.
Sharing your own deals and details is up to you.
Don't copy the course, the call recordings or the worksheets outside the community.

4. No income promises

Don't tell people what they'll earn, or promise that something will work for them.
Share what happened to you, with the real numbers, the good and the bad.
Every deal is different. Results vary.

5. Share experience, not advice

Nobody here gives legal, tax or financial advice, staff included.

Say what you did and why it worked or didn't.
For your own situation, talk to a licensed pro: an attorney, a CPA, your lender or a financial advisor.

6. Follow fair housing laws

In every deal and every post, follow the Fair Housing Act and your state and local fair housing laws.
No posts about choosing, steering or turning away tenants or buyers because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, family status, national origin, or any other group protected where you invest.
Posts that break this come down.

7. How to report something

In chat: open the message menu and tap Report to the team. Only staff see it.
Anywhere else, or if it's urgent: email sales@soundpropertiesgroup.com with a link or a screenshot.
We don't tell the person who reported them.
If someone's safety is at risk, call 911 first.

8. What staff can do

To keep the community safe and useful, staff can:

Hide a post, comment or message.
Mute someone in chat for a while.
Ban someone, which ends their access (a paid plan stops renewing).
Staff decide what breaks these rules. Big or repeat problems usually mean a ban.

Copyright and takedown notices (DMCA)

Only post what you have the right to share. If you think something posted here copies your work without permission, send our copyright agent a notice. We respond to notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

[Copyright agent name]

[Mailing address]

[copyright@ email address]

[Phone number]

A notice needs:

Your name, address, phone number and email.
The work you think was copied.
Where it is here (a link to the post or message).
A statement that you believe in good faith the use isn't allowed by you, your agent or the law.
A statement that your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you own the work or may act for the owner.
Your physical or electronic signature.

We take down what the notice points to and let the member who posted it know.
If your post was taken down and you think it was a mistake, you can send a counter-notice to the same agent.
Members who keep posting other people's work lose their account.

These guidelines are part of the membership terms.