We were interested in building a homestead with a variety of projects and alternative living situations. 

If Lending Club is not a good choice, any alternative website that I should look into?

Is it possible to get a loan for a down payment on a property? Maybe a private lender or possibly another bank?
If anyone has used this strategy, what are the pros and cons? Is it even legal?

So, a viable alternative would be to use Google Voice, and disable "call screening" so calls ring and go to voicemail.Question: Does anyone out there have good voicemail copy examples geared toward the "we buy houses cash" type business; that increase the likelihood of a message being left?

It will be interesting to see if there are other alternatives.  

Totally open to hearing any alternative strategies as well.

Does anyone have a good alternative to IPN?

Unbelievable.

They saw primary cities as oversaturated, so they moved into secondary cities,” said Roland du Luart, managing partner and head of the U.S. group at LFPI, a French firm that specializes in multi-strategy alternative asset management.Full Article: http://nreionline.com/investment/sam-zell-sees-lim...Agree, disagree?

We're more of an alternative in that we help investors buy properties on their own and earn a real estate commission for our services (ie, we never take ownership of the house like a turnkey company does).We are happy to help whomever we can if they are looking for an option with more upfront equity.