Newbie question about finding investors.

[Ron Rutherford]

Hi all, as you can see I'm a complete newbie to this forum, and also a newbie in the world of REI. You can get a summary of my current situation in the new members forum. First and formost, I'd like to thank you all in advance for taking the time to help me and others getting started in the world of REI, I really appreciate it. That being said, heres my question...are these online m"find an investor" websites legit? I looked into one "privatemoneygoldmine-dot-com" and they say that for $97 you can get a list of 300+ investors. But at the end of the enrolment process, and just before you give them a credit card # they state that they don't actually look into any of these investors to see if they are legit or not, they state that some may not return your calls and that some may not actually be lending out any money, then they say that along with the $97 sign up fee you also have to pay $30 every month to keep your subscription updated. I don't know, it sounds a little fishy to me, and was wondering if any of you have ever used any of these types of websites to find investors, and if they actually helped you at all or not? I really don't want to get caught up in a scam... Thanks again for any input you can give me....Ron