Perception is reality.

But, people DO put their trust in people like Beck to help guide them in their world-view, help put world events into perspective, and help shape their ideals about how the world should be.So, when someone like Beck lies about facts pertaining to world events, they are in essence trying to subvert the perception people have of the world, usually for personal gain (trying to get your candidates elected and your religious beliefs endorsed is certainly considered personal gain).

Therefore, if you had access to any deal that was worth investing my money, you would already have figured out a way to raise the money to do the deal for your own benefit.In other words, you are too sophisticated to be giving good deals away.

I always ask questions of my investors to find out how sophisticated they are.

I focus on what I do best, and avoid conflicts of interest, or perceptions of conflicts of interest.When a hot property becomes available my realtor partners tell me about them and meet me there because they get paid when I buy,When they have Clients that need private financing - guess who they call?

While ActiveRain appears to have, let's say more sophisticated real estate professionals (don't take offense)dealing in larger projects than usually discussed here, much can be gained simply by reading.

I am here to meet people that enjoy doing business over the phone.. and can make things happen from there comfort of there homes, I recently met a group of asset managers who want me to sell commercial non performing notes some of these are in the millions and discounts range from 30-45% off market value... its just hard getting a willing buyer to purchase a multi level unit of lets say 200 condos in san francisco for lets say 15 million when the market price is near 27-32 Million ... other senario's are not that expensive but we do have properties that are in the 1.5 mil and the asset manager group want 700k cash ... where do i start looking for these types of sophisticated buyers.???..

You might consider a partner to buy some deals with you in some sort of method.....while I'm sure you understand the degree of independence required, it's not just taht but the perception of banks and others who hire appraisers.

Hope you have a Micheal Jordan jump shot type lead sheet( that would be awesome by the way).I could be wrong, this is just my perception/opinion.

If an area has a reputation of being made up of a particular social class, speculating to change that perception to another group might not be successful.