The agents shown on Zillow, other than one that may be specifically designated as the listing agent, are just regular agents who pay Zillow for advertising. 

I had a few questions for everyone:1) Obviously, it depends on the type of deals you find, but can you truly find enough good investments where you can comfortably live off the cash flow? 

It makes them comfortable to deploy cash into hard assets.My commercial business is doing great and I do not see it slowing down anytime soon.

The Private Lender was comfortable with this as his loan as less that 50% LTV and he knows our past history and performance. 

Your budget, your interests, your comfort levels, and just general preference.

@Aaron KlattI am factoring more then enough time into the lease option to comfortably reach the needed credit worthiness to use traditional financing to complete the purchase and repay the initial capital lender

Essentially they're designed to fill the void in the market between hard money and conventional financing.Find a good mortgage broker and have them work out some scenarios for you. 

Recently, I started working with one of my best friends who is a designer and I love the way my projects are turning out.My margins have been pretty good (upward 20% on an average 4-6 month time span). 

Often sellers feel comfortable marketing their home and discussing its attributes - but get lost when it comes to the paperwork.

At this stage, I wouldn't feel comfortable handing this job to someone that is novice or just the call center type.