Several things to contribute here: 1) Private Lenders with no credit experience emerge doing down payment and 100%/High LTV financing at the end of every cycle, 2) they're among the first to loose their shirts in every downturn, 3) although someone termed this type of lending "gator", it's not new, 4) the guy that coined it didn't get into real estate untill well after the last crash, 5) he has no real credit background or experience (he's never been a lender), 6) Google the guy's name and "looses professional license in AZ" to see what pops up, and finally 7) he's really effective at telling people what they want to hear, filling their heads full of hopes and dreams, getting them to buy his training, and his minios generally won't want to hear what a real, seasoned lending vet will try to tell them.

There are a couple of courses out there to train co-hosts - and likely those programs help you find leads to get started. 

Perhaps you eventually decide to open your own brokerage where you can train licensees and profit off of their sales production.

I'd Consider leveraging VA services and ensuring thorough training for effective cold calling, or opt to hire a professional cold calling service.

I confirm prior to booking their pet is house trained and is a minimal barker.

I just went through the WREIN training in March 2024.

Your success with VA's gonna depends on your ability to train them, giving a script, a list and a dialer are unfortunately not enough.

I teach a class once year here at the Milwaukee RPA that is called "How to train your tenants." - many come miss-trained from a previous place.

Because that's where you want to get a laser focus on when it comes to researching, training, podcasts etc.

Have you asked the person who trained you for direction?