Pulling out money from tax-sheltered funds for documented college expenses is exempt, I think.

All policies I have ever read through exempt any claims that are not in the public records - and yes I do read the dinky print.

The issuance of a 1099 does not exempt the lender from continuing to pursue collection.

Other PA investors I meet claim there are no exemptions but I was not really paying that much attention when it comes up.

There are exemptions under state law, but know the law before you go talking specifics with people you don't have a pre-existing business relationship with. 

We now find partners for Multi-family apartment buildings and Mobile Home Parks as an Exempt Market Product Issuer, sometimes also referred to as a real estate syndicator or a private equity issuer.

You will however have to be concerned about the current estate tax exemption limit, federally of 5.49M in 2017.

There are exemptions from registration.

The "portal" cannot handle money, it needs to go through an escrow agent, directly to the issuer, and the portals need to take extra measures to prevent fraud (similar to 506c taking extra steps to confirm accreditation).Most existing "funding platform" is now running on 506c exemptions, maybe a few 504 or Reg A+.

Also, how does the my capital gains exemption work if I keep the subdivided part of the lot?