Unless your investors are accredited, after the first bad transaction the ship will go down, the captain with it.Expect to pay a few thousand dollars in attorney fees to set this up properly if you've never done this before.

When I listened to BP Podcast Episode 28, I learned that @Dave Van Horn owns a  business called PPR Note Co and they offer an investment product called a “Note Fund” which is a hand picked pool of notes that accredited investors can participate in.

I want to join a per success group like gobundance, but I am not an accredited investor, does anyone have recommendations for a similar group that helps guys out who aren't already successful? 

As an accredited investor, I echo @Jay Hinrichs in that I do not see or predict another meltdown like 08, but as noted by great books like Fooled By Randomness and The Most Important Thing, we tend not to see the black swan that creates sudden downturns. 

@Blake HornbrookI know of some real estate funds that start at $500 for non accredited investors

@Holly Baldwin , I have 4 young kids, 2 of which I am homeschooling.

Can you get your license online, if so are there accredited schools, or a gov site that you get it on?

As an accredited investor, I invested as a Limited Partner in a project in Cincinnati. 

For passive investors 8-12% is good, for active up to 50%Be careful of soliciting non-accredited investors.

Not certain I follow the question.If someone is interested in real estate they can:educate themselves - either from self-study, through an accredited institution (i.e. college or university), or {hopefully not} by over-paying for it though some guru;by getting a job related to real estate  - real estate agent, labourer in construction, apprentice for a trade, etc.