What Ever Happened to Helpful?

So I originally was going start this post with a long story about how a bunch of craigslist ads for apartments turn out to be scams, but I figured I would get more to the point of what this post and entire blog are going to be about. Sure it is going to chronicle some cool stuff that happens in my life, but in reality I am hoping that it can help some people in the same predicament as me realize that there are other people out there.

Basically when I was looking up advice about starting a career in acting there is not much out there because there is kind of a catch-22 that is created when it comes to giving advice. You only want to take advice from people who have made it, but those people who have made it don't have time to post online articles giving away every detail of their rise to stardom. This is not to say that there aren't any reputable and helpful sources out there (Actors Access/Backstage) but to acknowledge the fact that there are a lot of people out there trying to make a quick dollar praying on the naivety of young actors. After yesterday's search and freakout I found numerous e-books and programs that only wanted my money in exchange for the secret to stardom. These sites just make me angry as with the craigslist postings. What ever happened to just being helpful without wanting to swindle someone for all they are worth? How come these people are clever enough to come up with and pull of the schemes, but not clever enough to get a real job? I guess its kind of like the people that come up with computer viruses? Just wanting to mess with someones life? Either way from this point on I'm not letting them affect me.