Your job should be to study your area, go to meet ups with people in the game that you want to be like and you will be amazed with the opportunities that will present themselves to you because someone recognizes your drive.

Let everyone know they are in the market.If you know the market well, you'll recognize a good deal when it comes along and pounce on it quickly.

I work as a Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse and have been to a lot of Residential Assisted Living Facilities in our community and I recognized that there is a huge need for facilities that can provide outstanding quality of care to our elderly population, hence the investment for a RAL.

I got to the point where I could recognize a deal and now I needed money.

And I strongly agree with @Daniel Vandenbos, it's important to be respectful of their time and recognize their minimal commission on most investment properties.

Im finally in a position to be able to make a deal, so i’m talking to anyone I know to try to find someone to either learn from, partner with, or at least a someone with a proven history who’s already done it and is willing to help give me some direction by answering some questions and giving me their opinions on the first few deals. 

Isn't a "disregarded entity" an entity with a single owner recognized for tax purposes, which is an entity not separate from its owner?

If that is your target I would go with the most passive option possible and lend that to a proven performer at 5% IO paid monthly....I see no reason why you wouldn't have 20 offers to use those funds, probably at a higher rate than that. 

Yes, they are innocent until proven guilty.

@Ariel Kumpinsky it really depends on whether you want to be active or passive and whether you are more comfortable with your own ability to run a successful real estate portfolio vs that of someone (or a group) who has a proven track record doing so.I'd also caution against any deal that counts on underwriting to a refinance to make the deal attractive.