Mike when I first got on BP it was common and I believe encouraged ( to stimulate growth and participation) that you had what I called welcome wagon posters..

- that brings up a list of all people who posted in the thread, and you scroll along and pick the person you want.Another way is to again use the "at" symbol @ followed by the first few (I think at least three) characters of the user's name; this can also allow you to tag colleagues to participate in a topic.

With the amount of load required to participate in a DST, and the high risk of the DST asset not appreciating to cover that load, is it more logical to cash out and traditional invest that capital?

For those who have run or participated in referral programs, what strategies have you found most effective?

Their coaching program pricing appears to be reasonable compared to other programs, that lures you in then upsells participants to their 50-60K packages. 

It's also possible to participate in a 721 exchange where you might transfer the capital into an investment vehicle such as a syndication if you still wanted to participate in the real estate game without the tax hit.

Think New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, etc.The problem with that though is a) You may not be able to afford anything there, or b) If you can afford a downpayment you'll be eating negative cash flow.In short, the highest appreciating markets may cost you too much per month to participate in because they have large negative cash flow.So you need to find a market that balances the two.

@w phillpots, as a newbie, which I consider myself 19 months into investing, but not new to entrepreneurship, you have to understand quickly that a lot of people won't embrace your newbie status into this space, especially when you come with a mindset of leveraging technology, automation, and anything online related to conduct business that's adverse to that archaic models that didn't allow space for everyone to succeed, let alone participate in.

Many lenders want to see insurance in place as part of their "underwriting"Are all hard money lenders participating in this chicken vs egg challenge or are there some that use common sense and have adjusted their practices to accommodate the various laws throughout the nation?

Even better, use an equity participation note where you charge for example 5% interest plus a percentage of the profits.