"Correlation is not necessarily causation," classic from econometrics.

Sounds like you're doing all the right things - so don't do the classic newbie/neverbe thing and be afraid to act.

A classic book for this is Dale Carnegie's 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'.

As a Real estate agent, I do a lot of cold calls and i'm familiar with expired listing, fsbo,and just classic cold calls..so I started to create a buyer database that might be my potentials buyers in the future.

Currently my dad isnt doing any projects because he oped up a classic car restoration garage(Poor him, I know) so I dont have direct access to an active flip.

This is something that I learn from Napoleon Hill, the author of the classic book Think and Grow Rich.I'm not an expert in private lending but you or the speakers you have presenting should be.

I tall people all the time to get an Attorney to prepare the agreements (no matter who the partner is...family, friend, co-worker... all of those are replaced by the words Partnership and Money) This is a classic case of why.  

This sounds like a classic case of advance fee scam to me.  

Any classically trained attorney can find the answer to a legal question given sufficient research.As such, make sure you ask questions regarding their personal style;1) Are you of an aggressive attorney when you are in Court or are you more of a deal maker?

Real brick is always timeless and classic in my opinion.Drive around some high end neighborhoods in your area and find what looks best color wise for door and shutter color.If there is room to plant some plants along the house that would look great, if not, build or get some classic looking planter boxes to go alongside the house and fill them with some color.