I think Dave Chapelle said this...I'm paraphrasing here...something about if they made iPhones in America they would cost $10,000. 

I learned by my mistakes, built a better process, and kept testing.Fast forward to today, my beautiful business partner Dani Crowell and I have built an investment company where we operate out of 4 states, flipped over 300 properties, help Americas largest hedge funds and REITs trade their assets, and employee an awesome group of guys and girls that we can depend on.Where you started from is relative.

We are in our mid-thirties and I work as a project manager at one of the largest contractors in North America and she is a lawyer for the court of appeals for the state of Colorado for our W-2s. 

However I have been in corp America for over +20 years managing sales teams and products in remote markets.

The MedCity has been greatly expanding south of Minneapolis at a great rate with 'Destination Medical Center' a $5.6 Billion project to position Rochester, Minnesota as the world’s premier destination for health and wellness; attracting people, investment opportunities, and jobs to America’s City for Health and supporting the economic growth of Minnesota, its bioscience sector, and beyond.

As a 23 year old also in the teaching profession with little money but a lot of time also (but in America), I got into it by using every type of financing I could find.

Maybe try one big national bank (Chase, Bank of America, etc.) and a few local and regional banks.

If your in St Paul you should know this, the loooong list of year round season differentiating things, hell it's home to "Mall of America" for a reason. 

Out of over 3000 counties in America, the Land Geek community has only been able to make the system work in 50-60 counties?

Google Colony America and you should be able to reach them.