I've been wanting to get some advice from people about my specific situation, but there's a lot so I'll try to keep it to the point;In short, I'm wanting to "officially" start my real estate investing journey, making it my source of income - and I'm wanting to do house flipping as my strategy, at least initially.  

Online options: Many counties have online access to property records through their official websites.

You'll actually learn useful stuff and won't be set back 5 years with an upsell.There's a Summit in Oakland CA at the end of August where there's a ton of speakers that post on BP, but it's not an official BP event.

A post on the official Norada Capital Management website from 2022 (attached screenshots in addendum), boldly states the following:“Norada Capital Management offers investors opportunities to invest in Promissory Notes with fixed rates of return ranging from 12% up to 17.5% per year,” ( Link ).In explaining the use of proceeds from the promissory notes—specifically the entities Norada Capital Management, a private equity firm, supposedly lends to in order to generate these high annual rates, the company states that:“Three of those five categories that our company invests in as a private equity firm include e-commerce-based businesses very lucrative area, especially if you’re in the right area of e-commerce.

Any way to delay the official sale to keep taxes low while still maintaining a contract to buy? 

Something I noticed that is making me doubt about making an official offer is that it seems to be in an area with high crime.  

Personal connections to high ranking officials at top data companies2.

If you don’t mind me asking, how long did it take you to officially get going with investing?

I think the offering would have died in the lobby floor if attempted as equity.

I'm a nice guy and I'd love to help her, but now I feel like I'm down to documented, official communications only.