So today is day 3, and I will get my payment by tomorrow at the earliest, Monday at the latest.

Consult your CPA as you are setting up your business so that you can be sure to take advantage of all of your start up/organizing costs (including the cost of your licensing course and exam--even though it happened a year ago!!!).    

Legitimate companies and banks engage in this behaviour all the time with organized crime because they get a piece of the $ and they are often run by greedy sociopaths.

Gets answers to a lot if questions, I have used this with multiple new people who have the found "lenders" using this method.If you sit down with a pen and paper, make a list of 20 people, friends, family, acquaintances, business associates, business peoe in the neighborhood, your church, community organizations you belong to.

There are a couple of organizations in Chicago that will help you if you are upside down on your mortgage.

I am working towards my designation and its good to see an acknowledgment and respect for the organization.

Unless you are getting a great deal on the central AC, it might be best to delay until Spring at the earliest. 

Are there any investors out here in LA that know of any clubs or organizations for networking ?

In reality, RCG estimates those identified five organizations account for only about 20% of the chattel loans made nationally3 .

Keeping the organic items that can mold out of the basement is then important.