Then the person is soured on gambling on real estate and not around here to answer questions. 

If you are nearby, if you have ever been a pizza delivery person, maybe deliver a pizza to the wrong house that may or may not be the one being foreclosed on so atleast you can see inside a small portion. we used to just go knock on the door some folks would actually let you look around.

I enjoy hearing about peoples’ personal wins and innovative, creative strategies.  

When was the last time my coach/mentor/instructor personally closed a deal? 

If the IP addresses are the same for each signee, then there is a chance that the same person signed. 

You can stack your personal 50%s up for separate ventures while still knocking out deals without your own capital2) Read Raising Private Capital by Matt Faircloth3) One LLC with the S Corp designation to pay yourself a reasonable salary from the flip profits.

Personally, I would prefer to use the HELOC approach.

When all the dust settles, and the  person searching is tired and discouraged and gives up, Jerry may not have bought  a single lot, but he's made some money from the training he sold you, which was his main goal from the beginning!

Out of all the tools I would personally suggest Pricelabs for sure.

Sometimes it’s the VA that asked the question first  and then the person they’re marketing for comes on the thread and answers the questions to promotes their services.