If you're a new investor, it can be close to impossible to get people to back you.

but want to have my best opportunity at building business credit from the start and I have been told by a few people that a more generic name is better..... a name that isn't specifically risky, like real estate investing.  

I just want to hear from knowledge people about the law.

Often people making the mistake of choosing the right time to get buy a home.

People with good incomes have historically done well in either the market or real estate over the long term.For myself I cannot stomach the gyrations in the stock market so for me RE is less risky but I am not living entirely off it either. 

But I feel I see some people grow rather rapidly. wasn't sure if they were using some sort of other method to get ahead. 

You will find a group of like-minded people to share information with and learn from. 

Hopefully people smarter than me can chime in here for more creative ways to get rehab money, perhaps using the house as collateral in second position if possible.That's a tough one if you want to keep it.

I am having a doubt here, as this seems like active losses from the sale, whereas the property was a commercial rental property held > 1 year.

We meet on the first Tuesday of every month and I've made a lot of great connections and done deals with a lot of people I've met in the room (I've been going for over 3 years now and only started co-hosting it this year).