There is an association of hard money lenders who have advocated using the term of private lender, basically on two aspects, one is advertising and the other was to distance themselves from the image of past hard money lenders of the past who didn't have a stellar reputation in the banking community as purely asset based lenders. 

Tried investing a few years ago with no advice or help sort of speak.  

I've been working a 9-5 again for just over a year and I would rather be working for myself doing real estate investments.I plan on making some sort of deal happen this year, not quite sure how I am going to make it happen but I will.

I've been to a few, though have never purchased anything there, just sort of witnessed what happens.

Hi, I am new to BP and sort of browsing around.

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@Chad Urbshott  Poperty Radar for 50 a month is a no brainer... its got all sorts of cool apps that go beyond foreclosure.. like you can be driving along with a map of the street your on.. and the lots will be color coded owner occ or non owner...

For comps i have access to the mls i dont know why or how it happened but, about 2 years ago i rented a home through a realtor and she would email me listings directly off the mls using a hyperlink vs just sending images or screenshots of what she wanted me to see that hyperlink always did and still does log me into fusionmls where i can view homes sold, currenttly on market , homes rented and for rent , etc so hopefully my link to the site works for a while longer , because if i try to access the site from the browser without the link it request for me to login lol , also  Ive learned quite a bit from you from reading alot of your post from the past as well!

@Logan HicksYes I believe that is correct@Shawn Thom I apologize It was in the title sort of "Painter Wants to charge by the hour?"

It is, perhaps, best thought of as a sort of "franchise" arrangement where you pay a "franchise fee" to the tune of circa. $40K to gain access to their "franchisee" training, materials and limited rights to use their name and trademarks in promotional items and such in your investing business.