Actually, I always wondered why more investors did not partner with their local housing authorities.

Interestingly enough, Lawyers and CPA's are great sources of leads as well..

It wouldn't hurt to provide a handful of leads and see how they do with them though.

Negotiate a full release based on the asset having lead paint, asbestos, etc. that you are almost certainly going to find in a pre-1980's vintage house.Remember: "What's good is bad, and what's bad is good."

(even though you may not have clients right at that moment for that specific property, your office does get those leads all the time, so it's not dishonest) If you talk to someone in the office, try to get an email address, and start a database, then you can send out a marketing email once a month with info specific to that market (apartments or ?)

There was an article posted recently on the BP blog about partnership agreements, written by an incredibly smart author (ok ok it's my post) In any case hope this helps: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/01/10/real-estate-partnership-agreements/

Coming in unknown, announcing that you are "revolutionizing" the industry, and asking a thinly disguised leading "question" so you can promote your business is an obvious ploy most experienced members see through.If you do have knowledge of the hard money lending industry, taking your time to answer questions, providing unbiased information and sharing your knowledge will go a much longer way to promoting your company than your current "non" participation.

My current lead criteria is as follows:Absentee Owned (in & out of state)Equity > 50%No TrustNo CorpOwnership > 7 years

Ok you complain to me i dont have 100 dollars I say fine then get your digital camera out spend 5 bucks in gas and take 200 pictures of potential deals and build a list of landlords and investors and buyers and rehabbers and explain to them if they close your deal they owe you 50 bucks for the lead and you will bring them 20 pics a week of possibilities based on there buying criteria.

For example older homes with upstairs built in the 1930's to 1940's often haven these walk through rooms leading to the other bedrooms.