Excited about the hope of new prospects and information!  

Wholesalers especially who do a lot of direct prospecting could make quite a bit of money with this strategy.

5) Ideas on how to best gain the confidence of a prospective private money lender?

I'm trying to find an efficient way to get phone number lists for cold calling listing prospects.

If your able to open in that up, that would create a much wider open look and more appealing to any prospect tenant. 

I don't doubt you can find some good cash flowing prospects in those areas; some attractive school districts, affordable property, close to many employers, etc.

What's in it for agents who work for Redfin is that they don't have to prospect (eg, less work) in exchange for the famous commission cut.

I don't get involved in the sales side, (I can refer you to a few, really good, investor oriented agents if it would help), but we work with investors and agents to get good rental analysis and neighborhood insights on prospect properties.  

Russ Schlehuber, Prospect Home Financing. 

In pushing for a yes, the old-school salesperson makes his prospects feel like they are "being sold", and they naturally resist.Instead, tell your prospects up front that it is okay to say no and then push for a no (instead of a yes) whenever your prospects show ambivalence about selling to you.