I've seen similar promises here in NY and it turned out to be 2 Loans - Loan 1 was a credit card cash advance and the second a more typical hard money loan.  

Green card Holders EB- Investor green CardsOther Immigrant and Non Immigrant Visas After attaining a green card you would take the same steps that any US citizen would take when applying for a business loan.

After looking and searching Maspeth is not the best location since the best transportation you can get are buses.

You also need some business cards that have a couple things for you to write in manually like your phone number but not your cell phone number.Another thing you should consider, depending on your financial worthm, is to form some sort of corporation or a LLC,  Expect that most banks are against doing a loan that not in your name, even a transfer.  

Paying down the balances on any cards to below 30% of the total limit makes you look like a more responsible person and a better (lower) loan risk. 

If you want to manage it yourself, get a merchant account set up so you can take credit cards and plan on spending the $800/yr on HomeAway or VRBO to be included in searches.

Cell phones, rent, credit cards(get secured if you can't get regular), store cards, gas cards(those seem harder to get for some reason).  

If you're buying lists and mailing yellow post cards, that can get pretty expensive.

Just an idea, but what about business cards stating what you are looking for, your contact info and a short statement about a referral fee.  

I would get business cards and door hangers to start with.