Other sources might include credit cards, home equity loan, 401k loan, loan from friends or family, selling something, working a second job, etc.

i.e. using personal credit cards/bank accounts to fund business transactions

I will be networking and attending REI's soon and although I realize business cards are not required, a lot of the groups advertise "bring your business card".

I am not one that recommends you put 30k on your credit cards that I think is dangerous.. but if you got 30k want to spend it on education then go for it.. if you want to spend 500  bucks on some other written information then go for it... or go on E bay and buy the same stuff for 20 bucks... does not matter... its all the same info. 

Either way you are holding all the cards in this situation. 

Use a google voice number or similar product for all your marketing, biz cards, listing etc.

Appraisal: Valuation of property against other in the areaInspection: Health report card of the home and it's performance and overall condition

Upload everything to one of: GoogleDocs, Dropbox, etc.Establish consistent naming conventions.Suggest you use street name, followed by street numbers.

@Shakia Morrison please ask the fool that misled you, "how collecting a business card is illegal?!?!"

If you go into the file share section of this site I uploaded an ebook titled Driving For Dollars " that would help you with how to talk to the owner.