I believe crypto is the evolution of money and any assets that make scene to permanently embed on a blockchain for public or private usage. 

Although, I have had exposure to RE in four distinct ways: from a regulatory perspective during my time with the FDIC, from an underwriting perspective as part of a CRE underwriting team at BofA, from a public markets persepctive in my current role as an investment analyst, and as a homeowner for the past seven years.  

Someone has already done some amount of vetting for him to even be on recruiting duty as the public community-level face of his branch of the service, which is nice for you.

The attorney then has the borrower sign the documents and the attorney records the documents in public record.

and typically "well meaning" is code for "God bless his heart, he's trying to help but he's wrong" - what you mean to say is "my friend who's a professional in the industry and well respected on these forums, but I don't like his answer and I'm hoping like Hell he's wrong, so I'm going to keep asking the general public until I find the one person who says what I want them to say, in order to confirm my hopes

., go public by getting it pre-approved by regulators first). d) To qualify for an exemption, you must figure out which exemption applies to your business - this is best done with the help of securities counsel.

I also do public bank foreclosures, and tax deeds.I can give you complete access to the MLS covering Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties.I can set up an automatic MLS feed for you too, based on your parameters, and provide CMA's on properties of interest.I use detailed investment analysis programs that you can be tweaked with different costs, growth rates, % financing, interest rates, etc. it gives you not only Cash on Cash Cap Rates but also true Internal Rates of Return IRR%.I do REO's including HUD and Fannie Mae.

It should be public record.

Also in DC and MD a licensed agents first duty by law is to the public and to protect the public's interest.

It would be great to get paid to learn how to research properties and know what all can be found in the public domain.