I really did not know what to expect, after walking through security and waiting for the judge to enter the room, the crowd seated in something similar to church benches, was fairly up tight and the situation was not conducive to socializing and handing out business cards.

You mean there a website/social network offering priceless educational opportunities and networking for free membership!

I am no economist (in fact hated that class in school) but if you look at the amount of Federal debt, the fact that Social Security and Medicare are running out of money, that to keep the economy propped up the Fed just prints more money, I have to agree with these more fringe prognosticators that we are in for a correction in the near future.  

Unlike passive rental income, the income from an active trade or business is subject to self employment tax (a nasty 15% tax commonly referred to a "social security and medicare" by working folks).

Any issues renting 2 couple with social security income ?

I'm not a big social networking guy, I'm a somewhat shy 44 year old, so it took me a while to decide to give it a try.

Find them through Google and meetup.comMake sure you have your keywords set.Your PR social clubs might be a source of private money sources and people.Good Luck Paul 

I was doing some research into social lending with groups like prosper.com that "supposedly" doesn't affect your credit score and "supposedly" doesn't affect debt to income.Thanks for any insight! 

I would prefer work that does not require as overtly social of a lifestyle as being an agent does, otherwise I would pursue that further. 

I'm just updating my social media to reflect a lot of great things I have going for myself and my potential business partners.