Nice to look at, easy to use, good amount of deals advertised in the states that they operated in.

Define your target investors: alternative investors, passive income seekers, or industry enthusiasts.

As an agent, have you picked a focus yet or considered specializing/nicheing into being an "investor friendly" agent targeting investors to work with (over generic homebuyers)?

For some reason I only see 5 or 7-year target sell, perhaps there is a reason no syndication want to buy & hold forever?

Your earn it in this business and once you have some years in and your getting your business by referral like she does it does get easier at least on the marketing end she has not advertised in say 20 years all of her business just comes to her based on her quality of work with her clients. 2 years ago she was number one agent out of 600 HUNDRED agents and she does not have a team..

-The niche, boutique brokerage is a great target because they are generally slammed with more business than they know what to do with, they generally are still using fax machines and rotary dialers, (i'm only half joking I still see @aol emails all over costar to this day) so it leaves ample opportunity with anyone that can use an crm a chance to add real value and grow the business in a measurable way.- These tend to be "assassin" type shops who are small teams of pretty elite operators, and they aren't bloated down with BS like the big CRBE's etc of the world, so you'll get exposed to more, you'll get exposed sooner, and they will generally be ideally with a niche industry or product type but will often have a ton of satellite deals they get which will get you cross industry exposure. 

I hear them advertise these short notes with Connect Invest a lot and that you can start with $500. 

All good markets if you target the right tertiary area. 

I have been building relationships in my target market and underwriting deals.

Someone else already found and advertised the property for you.