Thanks so much for posting all this info I had been looking at Apke Land or Land Investing Online, while they give lots of free information if you really want in depth or access to their letters you have to buy their course.

The Exclusive Right to Represent makes sense for prospective individual homebuyers, but for real estate investors, it seems unfair and limiting.

For instance, in my private lending, I dont really give a numerical credit score much weight, but I absolutely look at the composition and history of the individual tradelines on a report if the borrower is a smaller outfit, such as a single member LLC or similar solopreneur-type operator.

For this reason, I teach people to set policies for renting to unrelated individuals.

RISKSPrivate Letter Rulings There are three (3) Private Letter Rulings (“PLRs”) that address this 1031 Exchange structure, which are as follows: Private Letter Ruling Number 2014-08019Private Letter Ruling Number 2003-29021Private Letter Ruling Number 2002-51008PLRs can only be relied upon by the individual taxpayers that requested the PLRs.

Though I would caution you on hard money lending until you understand the industry a bit better, that can be very rewarding but you have to be able to do your due diligence on deals because you're turning over your hard-earned money to an individuals project, often a flip. 

Some of the easiest deals my dad did were taking a large piece of land and subdividing it into smaller pieces and then selling them off individually.

Any individual PM (not associated with companies) who can handle 3 doors in Jax and Citrus Spings, fL

Documenting your journey online or engaging on LinkedIn can also help expand your network.

When you can access the opportunities first, you can qualify the lead first, analyse and find the best deals first, reach out and build rapport first , offer your solution first (rather than having your offer thrown on a pile of others the individual has already been given) and so on.