They are beneficial to each other, and both offer completely different types of services.

Does everyone prefer the HDR images or would it be more beneficial to stick with the traditional photography?

Unfortunatly we will not meet our goal on our current path with mutual funds.

I've got another $60k burning a hole in my pocket but I'm understandably a little gunshy and wondering if I'm not better off sticking it into a mutual fund somewhere.

Another is using a land trust and then transfering the beneficial interests or naming the end buyer as the original beneficiary in the transaction and taking a trustee fee.

Or get a diversified mutual fund set up(very diversified) Or simply put it in VWELX.

The reason I bring this up is because I am always comparing the business of real estate to other investments such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, CDs, etc.I'm always asking- What is the real rate of return considering monetary investment, time and energy included?

They offer a service that I know a few people have mentioned would be beneficial (though not the terms I would desire) but it could definitely be useful if used properlyOverall to me it just seems like an institution that realized they can play in the "increased risk" lending area and make a better return.Now if they start asking for payment to the secret club in order to access the loans then yeah I'd run.

I'm currently employed in the Mutual Fund industry in Orange County CA.

I agree to an extent that selecting a name that says what you do can be beneficially, but the name you have chosen for a wholesale business is not only bad, it is dreadful.