This is a great source for note buyers too.Trust companies don't really want RE in a portfolio, they want assets with easily determined market values like stocks and bonds, get to know them as well.Get with a builder, you can buy from them and they can work out a trade on a new home.Military folks need to know the housing referral office, list as a landlord but many can buy.Work with your insurance agents, buy leads if you can, they hit the "you and your family" markets for insurance and their clients can be yours as well, going under the source radar.Attorneys can be a source if you have a good relationship, they can be sources but don't ask for a referral so much as they see liability in suggesting who to deal with.Stock brokers might love to have clients sell rentals and invest with them.Hospital employee bulletin boards, you'll target technicians, admin and support services.

I would check the contractor's credentials (hopefully they are licensed, bonded, and insured) and report problem to the contractor's board, labor & industry, or the equivalent in your area, for guidance.

I bring this up since the Fed recently said they were going to systematically reduce the 85 billion they've been purchasing mortgage bonds with each month for the past couple years which will no doubt cause interest rates to rise.

In addition to the 3 mortgage and the bail bond, are you sure there is nothing else?

Liens go away after x number years and if you think you can't sell the property or get a CO you are mistaken, you can bond around a lien.

Probate is 80% of our business and I would love to help walk you step by step, from where to find the lead to how to contact them directly via phone and even know if there is Real Estate in the estate amongst other things like stocks bonds and other assets.

If I were lending out my own money, I absolutely would use numbers from fully licensed, bonded, and insured contractors. 

PACE loans are authorized by local and state governments which borrow money to fund PACE programs by issuing a bond, and then the money is provided by different private financing companies.

The conventional investments are things like, stocks, bonds, mutual funds and CD's.

If you want a safe investment that give you more than 2%, find a nice bond.