Best advice to raise private money is for you to network with reia groups and fraternal organizations.

They fight like teenagers, but are grown men much older than me.

I would have no problem approaching an investor if we met an an REIA or by some other organic means, but I'm curious as to how someone would react under the above circumstances.

I'm impressed...it has really grown since I was first introduced to it!

I live at home with my parents, and aside from the employee lease I am taking on in December, my expenses are extremely low, but my revenue has grown exponentially.

I would love more info on the meetup you are organizing at grilla bites.

I feel like a freshman in Organic chemistry again.

That is sometimes an indication of an organized push by someone(s) affiliated with the program, so please do your own due diligence.

I was looking to join a real estate organization.

Your managing broker will want production, it's a sales organization, if you don't produce they may ask for an office fee allowing you to hang around.I tell people to sit down and make a list of people they know personally that they could call on the phone and talk about RE.