They won't be impressed with guru stuff either, not off the bat.What will impress them is your actual knowledge of RE, your market, assessing repairs and valuations that may lead them thinking in conventional terms of selling at which point you can then introduce more creative solutions that may fit the circumstances and solve the seller's problems,To do that you need to know RE, not methods of putting square pegs in round holes, you need to begin with the basics in the principles of real estate and then evolve to higher levels to suggest sound solutions.Knowledge can overcome the obstacles you may find in being taken seriously.

Ifunding has evolved since my first raise but it has been for the better. 

sure, a tenants relationship can evolve with a girlfriend from just dating to living together.  

Salt Lake is evolving to a buyers market as well.

It seems like that's where a lot of investors are evolving to once they've built up assets to trade up into, but based on a lot of things I've heard on the podcasts, if you can find the deals, the money will be there.

For me it's not about price or authenticity (although I like both) as much as space, flexibility to eat home cooked meals, and easier parking.It will be very interesting to see how this niche evolves and what role we'll play in it...

I'm sure I'll have more questions as this topic evolves, but I'm open to hearing ANY advice anyone has on the whole mailing game!

The BiggerPockets team has done a tremendous job providing a platform for a real estate knowledgebase to evolve organically.

The fact that she (my CPA) didn't laugh me out of the office, as many others did, and instead patiently hung around while I evolved as an investor and a business person is huge notch in her belt...!

That needs to be done within the evolving guidelines laid out for crowdfunded deals, private securities and particular regulations, so we're looking at this closely.