My name is Eryka- I am a fundraising professional in California; my boyfriend and I are looking to invest in Huntsville, AL.

From my over ten years of fundraising for non-profits, and private institutions for multiple organizations and for multi-million dollar funds, the number one reason people convert to donating is based on the relationship you establish. 

We definitely don't get the best and brightest by electing the best fund raisers.

Good call.If you were a GP, you need to be doing something over the life of the deal rather than only around for the fund raising.

I personally have worked on many dissolutions, fundraises, and successions that should have been easy, but had an online form controlling the process that simply did not make sense for the parties.

The Sponsor/GP has the option of fundraising from family and friends, especially in the beginning stages.

Heck, even Grant Cardone is constantly fundraising and he is supposedly worth ~$1 billion.I've very rarely taken on partners over my 10 years in this business, and that has no doubt held me back from explosive growth.

Having clearly defined roles (i.e. one person is the fundraiser, one person focuses on marketing, one person builds the support team, one person does book keeping and budgeting) is something that can help keep partners working towards the common goal without stepping on each other's goals.

Have taken the managers classes, and working on my flip deck for fundraising. 

I have to say that the network will step up and fund a deal in a matter of days making the fund-raising task a breeze for the sponsors.4.