Then determine how many leads and what closing percentage it will take to generate that many transactions.

Usually while attending classes you encounter individuals at various levels of the real estate industry.

Bonds are debt instruments issued by Governments (Federal, state and local), businesses and INDIVIDUALS.

Anything else that would generate more cash flow would be a possible negative am.

We are opening the flood gates to our individual investors now since prices are very low ($20k or $220/mo if financed) so they can sit on them for most likely less than 5 years, but possibly as many as 10.

Welcome to the group.I'm impressed at the caliber of individuals joining the forum.

I am not a tax expert but have been told that this avoids gift tax because the requirement is on an individual not on a family unit.

Are there companies that take money from individual investors and share some % of rent or profits?

One thing to remember is land investment is a non-revenue (meaning long term or speculative) generating investment therefore the money invested is throw-away until you sell.

As long as you have online access you can do a credit and eviction report in about 5 minutes on an individual for 12.50.