However if you do your due dilligence, lenders who are real must also register with the Credit Service Organization in the state that they have a business entity registered.  

Get their card and write down on it what they want so after the meeting you can organize them.

This seems like a great way to not only take action and begin building capital, but also to gain skills and expand my network.

In real estate you need: eager sellers, negotiators, money, legal knowledge, appraisal skills, inspections skills, project management, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, flooring, marketing, buyers, and much, much more.  

They can be exceptionally profitable IF you are persistent.I've been working probate for decades and keep finding new ways to profit from them.Every courthouse organizes their records slightly different however the basics are that you will want to start with the most recent filing and work backwards. 

Hope that answers your questions Dev.Oh and the source of my traffic is strictly search engines (organic)

Job "Just, Over, Broke" The main management skills needed for success are: Management of cash flow Management of systems Management of people No other skill is more important than selling and marketing.

@Albert Bui @Carlos Gonzalez Hi there, it depends on what exactly you're doing, but generally, if you and a business partner are actively contributing cash and significant, unique skills to a real estate project, it shouldnt be considered a security.

Just the time, effort and skill involved in putting any successful syndication together is praise worth at the very highest level.  

I have no shortage of ideas, but my marketing skills are not what I wish they were!