Starting a hard money lending company makes sense to me since I have hundreds of contacts in this business that I've built relationships for years, as well as it aligns with my origination background. 

You are describing it like you would a personal relationship.

And when logging into the website they force you to do a two step authentication where they send a text message to your cell phone. 

The relationship between a broker and real estate investors is built on trust, transparency, and a mutual understanding of goals, which ultimately leads to successful transactions and long-term partnerships.Firstly, a competent private money broker begins by understanding the unique needs and objectives of the real estate investor.

We are working on our second team and let's just say this WILL NOT be a long term relationship. 

I would be careful about sourcing these types of lists from other operators, it takes awhile to build relationships with various companies and most of the company contacts don't like their information being passed around

We are still waiting for them to forward a check settling our accounts, months after cutting off business relationships.

The first rehab he led turned out nice, but at times was rough because we have a different relationship than most employee/employer.  

This deal and the one before it came about from networking, building a relationship with my property manager, an investor friendly realtor, and learning what makes a deal a deal.

The majority of buyers appreciate the expertise that a good agent provides (local market knowledge that can only be gained by being active in the market buying and selling all the time, looking at most of the new listings in person or at least online daily, a background in or at least understanding of building construction, relationships within the network of professionals in the industry doing deals, vendor referrals, legal protection through E&O insurance and keeping up with constant changes in approved contracts and required disclosures and forms, negotiating skills (the average person is terrible at negotiating directly and has no desire to, I find Americans are uniquely averse to negotiating and prefer to outsource it but I digress), etc.).