I would say some of the best ways to work on getting lead would be to utilize your social media pages.

Basically, the entire industry is making a push to move from HML to a more socially acceptable taxonomy of private lenders, though that is a stretch since most of the "big dogs" are somehow tied to Wall St/institutional capital and have somewhat high doc underwriting by comparison to local hard money or truly individual private capital.

Use social media as a marketing tool.

Curious if anyone has any experience tapping into government funds for socially conscious real estate developments whether that be low-income housing or senior housing.Has anyone looked into this and have any advice?

@Jill Haselman FYI:  personal letters are no longer advised/allowed by licensed agents for discrimination issues..And its not always the buyer's agent fault... there are plenty of actors in a transaction (don't forget the seller's friends, family and social media) as well as still a strong seller's market.

1) Write down all the buyer and seller concerns you're hearing2) Practice your responses to those objections/concerns with other agents3) Video marketing on social and via email.

Hi I’m 19 years old and my girlfriend is 19, we wanted to get into real estate for quite some time but we don’t have any resources outside of social media to help us.

IOW, they will make an offer that is WAY below market price and you'll end up leaving a lot of money on the table.You might consider running ads on social media or using an MLS-only service that provides you listing on MLS, but no other services. 

First, your consulting business generates two kinds of taxes: income tax and self-employment tax, aka Social Security / Medicare tax.

If I do, does this require taking social security as retirement?