So, short of filing a lawsuit, would it be fruitful (and help warn other investors) if I:- Submitted a complaint to the Better Business Bureau?

Short term lending could be fruitful, but you need to get volume and usually investors want at least 6 month terms, but it's usually 12 month terms.

Their concept is not new and has been around for ages with people renting rooms in college towns and more expensive markets (NYC, LA) however this is a centralized more hands off management approach to self managing by letting them do all the heavy lifting for you which allows you to scale in less time so yes the concept definitely works and even better with their technology behind it.

Gold has value for many reasons, it is useful and (kinda) rare and for ages everyone has decided that it has value.

So even the worst of the worst lemons can even be turned into a delicious fruit punch vs this fkry of "notes" where what, what do ya do now, right..... 

I want to slow my life down a bit and enjoy the fruits of my labors (I had cancer a few years ago and I acknowledge my time to enjoy life is finite).It occurred to me that I should just cash-out refinance my properties that are fully stabilized and that have significant equity, but that can also easily support the new debt incurred. 

Our investors were looking for agents that were investor friendly and it was a large need we heard and addressed by creating the program.

Think of it like planting two trees instead of one...they might not bear a ton of fruit right away, but over time, you'll have a richer harvest.

You have to just commit to doing the lead generation 5-6 days a week (social posts, door knocking, talk to people you know, talk to people you don't know, host open houses for agents in your office, drive for FSBO's, etc) until you have planted so many "seeds" that they result in business. 

The reason is, the original farm house + 5 acres in the 60’s was occupied by a group of 5 families that were into some strange kind of “natural living “ they only ate a few kinds of fruits and seeds.