@Sean Dawson, I'm a note investor and I would suggest you get active on the various Facebook groups where note investors gather.

She never admitted to me, but the writing was on the wall with all the activities that came with it.  

Meetup.com has several local groups and there are 3-4 active REIA groups.   

@David Torres is an active and well known wholesaler in the area.

@Kole Kingslien Use QBO Plus, activate the Class tracking, then set up each property as a class.

That Robinhood account roughly makes 1-1.5 k a month which is my active trading.

I think the main thing is you want someone who is actively investing themselves vs. just "working with investors".Would be happy to chat offline.Jacob

I know lot's of investors still actively buying but also sitting on millions or more in cash waiting to deploy.

You could join a REIA in Columbia to get some more knowledge (Midlands REIA seems quite active).

Not having an NMLS or real estate broker license doesn't automatically mean that what they are doing is illegal since there are provisions for one-off mortgage lending by unlicensed individuals (lending your nephew money to finish the garage being a good example), but there's about a 95% certainty that if you're doing it for a living and/or actively putting yourself out there as a mortgage lender of any form (like if they are doing enough volume that they use email templates...), you are supposed to be licensed.Another flag is anyone asking for up-front fees before you're even in escrow, or fees once in escrow that exceed a normal appraisal cost.If BOTH of these tests fail -- no license AND up-front fees -- they're almost certainly a scammer.