What are the must knows for raising capital for private money or hard money lending?

"But when you purchase a property, your basis for deprecation is the cost of the property to YOU"sure. but the depreciation clock doesn't start when you purchase the property unless it's ready to be rented immediately and in the purchase year it'll be a fractional portion of 1/27.5th, so do to the calculation they'll need to know the in-service date.

I'm looking to tackle this as my next project and wanted to see if anyone had any advice/experience with this type of structure I should know.

Without knowing how many bedrooms & bathrooms, who your target guest is and what your strategy is (rent-by-room, entire place, etc) it's impossible to answer.

Hello everyone, been watching Bigger Pockets for a little while now and decided it's time to begin getting to know the community.

I keep coming across ispeedtolead.com in various facebook groups offering their leads to others and I want to know if anyone has used them and their success or reviews on the product.

really depends on the state.. for instance OHIO is one of the safest the judge wont confirm the sale unless everything except irs is taken care of.. you just need to know if its a first or second.NV is another pretty easy one at least Vegas. where the sales are handle downtown there is a title company right there and they run title on everything that is going and offer a hand out to any bidders just ask for it..

Having an end number/goal in mind will better help you know the next step. 

Assuming that the offering was a securities offering, as opposed to a joint venture, we’d need to know first if the offering was a registered offering or was claiming an exemption from registration.  

That was something we didn't consider, or let alone even know about.