I would just like SOME level of protection while taking this quasi-off-market deal to strangers to look at given that once they have the information they could cut you out easily.

I have a “referral code of conduct” before I share my GC’s contact info with close friends and I would never refer him out to a stranger I’ve never worked with personally in some capacity.

I am no stranger to cold calling.

People are welcome to invest, but I won't borrow.There's always going to be negative people that think they know what complete strangers are and are not capable of making work.

Frank is a fantastic storyteller where where the story is stranger than fiction and you learn so much.

You simply stand still in a relaxed position with arms down ,legs about shoulder wide and allow dozens of strangers for a line .have them run up and kick you in the gonads repeatedly over and over ....

-If someone is legitimately traveling for business, they probably don't want to sit around a table with strangers while trying to get work done.

You are placing a lot of trust and a lot of money in the hands of strangers you find on the Internet and you are trusting them to value your big investment.

Should the family friend be double or triple the commission of the stranger?

I am too chicken to trust serious money with some stranger that I dont know inside out.... even if it is someone that I know inside out, he/she can still honest mistakes....For, only direct ownership for me....My latest direct ownership is a small condo in a prime location in SF that I bought for $560K... $60K down, rented to a googlite tenant, roughly cash neutral from day 1.....Not "making" any money though....from a cash perspective.....I continue to believe that have a criteria and always be looking LOCALLY will eventually get you the best result longer term...