Usually I’m buying from grown children who are dividing their parents estate.

My kids are grown, out of college and I was ready to start a 2nd career (2nd career after getting 4 kids through college; 2 out of grad school, 1 into law school and another who incidentally has the best job through undergrad). 

That seems more organic in the application/negotiation process.

There are also specific organizations for different asset classes such as multifamily, retail ,industrial etc. 

Most of it I understand financial statements, LLC organization docs, taxes, stuff like that.

If so, at 15% APR, your loan is usurious.The penalties for making a usurious loan can range from jail time for loan sharking (extremely unlikely, unless you're involved in organized crime), to forfeiture to the borrower of all interest owed, to payment to the borrower of triple the amount of interest collected the year before the borrowed brings suit.

@Adam DrummondAdam, your profile tells me you've been in the business for a bit, but still, word to the wise -- respirator with organic vapor cartridges is a must when working with oil-based poly.

Act lie a normal accomplished grown up human being, will get you further than a childish funky scribbled colorful letter/postcard!

If you do manage to get over 50 doors, you should probably be looking to have the portfolio managed professionally anyways as your time has grown too valuable to keep self managing. 

I get to see how the city has grown for example: Detroit.Has anyone been using it for tracking trends, growth, etc?