Hi Lakeem, I think gaining credibility is a tough game for anyone at any age, but here is my advice based on trying to gain credibility to raise funds for myself1. have a nice, clean professional website and a email address that goes to your domain name and not some gmail address, put up past project on the site so people will know you've done projects1b.

Ernest,I would strongly suggest you attend some of the REIA events and also check out meetup websites for real estate professionals.  

We have a website but that's about it. 

This website is a great place to start.

I also like the calculators available in the tools section of the website and use those daily to analyze deals.My husband and I are natives to NWA and I hope you love it here as much as we do. 

I found the HUD web site for you.

I found out about it on BP website.

Turns out the old version of IE on my office computer doesn't work well with this web site!  

What are those auctions called or how do I find the websites that posts those listings where the auction in only hours away?

I've basically stopped posting since they downgraded, sorry redesigned, the website, I can't get past the extremely annoying forums page.