I just hate to be one that sits back and does nothing like many others that I know which go on to social media boards and vent about the issues. 

Martin ,,the other thing is folks that get scammed are usually quite reluctant to post about it.. one they don't want to be embarressed that they sent 500.00 to that nice person on BP who promised them a private money loan at 5% interest for 30 years with nothing down and no real credit.. this is RAMPANT on all social media from BP to Linkdin to Facebook.

It’s a Social networking group.http://www.meetup.com/SeattleInvestorsClub/ - Meetings are held once a month in Renton.

Unlike passive rental income, the income from an active trade or business is subject to self employment tax (a nasty 15% tax commonly referred to a "social security and medicare" by working folks).

-As was mentioned above, there is definitely a growing demographic of socially conscious individuals that make up the Salt Lake City population and may very well prefer the swamp cooler due to its lower impact/costs to run. 

So if you have the borrower's social #, property address, loan # or MIN #, and can gain access to Bloomberg or ABS Net, you can do something called a "trust search" using a mortgage auditing company.

Hi Amiris,Thanks for your comment.We launched like 2 weeks ago with a half A$$ed website and ZERO marketing and already recruited 7 agents.I have had VC's throwing money at me like crazy but we are looking at bootstrapping for now until we prove the concept and maybe raise money on our terms.Looking at including all of these things in our online platform:Live support, training and “How To” video’s, various marketing templates, a CRM database management software, a DIY social media account set up, a DIY personal website set up, create own Dotloop signature tool, online continual education courses and a full blown real estate library of videos, tips, webinars, courses, etc..I'm super excited about this mate and believe it to be the new revolution of real estate brokerages Thanks again

If so, what information served to be the best piece of information; Phone Numbers, new addresses, emails, social media account info, etc. 

If you join the social media blogs you will see there are investors out there literally asking you to take their money but the deals are seeming to be far and few between. 

REI should be first and foremost a profit creation vehicle, not a charity or a social solution.