I'm going to give you the tip of the decade about this.Call Marty Walsh's secretary and book a 15 minute afternoon appointment with him to personally thank him for the award and to discuss "What HE can do to help more" (but when you get there don't do that--just shake a hand and make a friend and ask him about voters and fundraising and how he's doing with that.Wear your Sunday best and make a friend.In this business it never hurts to have friends in high places.

This is mainly a multi-family strategy that will require you to get SEC approval before you set one up.Escrow - a title company could hold funds for you temporarily but they will require instructions, meaning documents of your loan agreement with your investors, so they can follow instructions.LLC and members - so are you fundraising or partnering? 

This is not a pitch fest but a social educational event.Hang out where high net worth individuals hang out like country clubs, social clubs, high end restaurants, community events and fundraisers.

Beats putting in the bank, otherwise Fundraise is another option for dividend income.

Many real estate investors who start with SFR never realize that there are regulations for fund raising.

In the beginning I've been pleasantly surprised who would actually give me funds towards this deal and more recently I've felt like I've hit a plateau of my immediate network, but yet to hit my fund raising goal.

Great stuff to remember as we embark further into fundraising!

We give his parents tickets to my husband's Christmas concert, a fundraiser for a charity organization in town that works with homeless people.

You could have a really nice niche business, though, with the right access to capital, and at this price point, that could be a single investor (or preferably a small group of people so there is always capital available).In terms of the mechanics of raising money from investors, see the post I did the other day in this thread:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/53...Not all of it will be relevant to you, but the parts about the process of fundraising will be.I do have one question about your thesis, though.  

There is nothing to test here other than people’s potential stupidity.Even if the people behind this site have legitimate goals, the state of their fundraising website tells me everything I need to know to not to invest with them.