So here's what I was thinking.I have strong skills in:Wordpress Web DesignECommercePodcasting & Video Production & EditingWriting/Blogging (I'm published)Social Media Branding & MarketingEmail MarketingMobile TechnologyPhotograpy EditingAnd of course Recruiting and Business Consulting (I did a lot of startup advising)Here is the problem.

The focus on recruitment over real estate education may be a distraction to your actual growth of investment assets.

Escrow people are a certain mindset with a very different set of requirements and I have seen revolving doors at companies that don't have every single aspect perfect for that person, and you cant keep everyone happy, all the time, so you will always struggle finding this perfect balance that will keep you (as the owner) , your customers, and your employees happy.Finding quality escrow people who are competent and give customer service is VERY hard, I have been on the recruiting end as well for over 5 years, but if you do find them, you will not be able to keep them with discounted escrow rates.

The broker or company is only focused on the big picture, growing the company, being profitabel, recruiting, etc...  

When folks headhunt me, I ask for three things.1) Access to their interest rate pricing.2) Put me on the phone with the regional underwriting manager. 3) Put me on the phone with your regional operations manager.4) I'm not interested in talking to you, headhunter/recruiter dude, so go away.I have found that there is absolutely a trade-off.

It's a different mindset.I never try to recruit anybody though, this is something you either want or don't.

I hope you have the opportunity to come out to Fresno - but be careful  - I might try to recruit you into giving a presentation one of these days

could I get say 10-20-30 people to invest in a few grand for a flip and then use a hard money lender on top of that to help pay for a flip?

As of now, we are a total of 5 agents plus the broker of record, who is a real estate attorney I retained for the purpose.Yes, we're recruiting from Worcester County to the Ocean.My gig is full time, plus (13 hours so far today!)  

And not only can the recorded webinar be useful to busy investors that want to watch it on their own schedule, but it's useful for recruiting new investors to our interest list even when we have no current open offerings ("here is a webinar describing our last deal so you can get an idea of who we are and what we do...").