There is a gal in Atlanta that lives completely off these - she teaches continuing education credit courses on leasing to agents & pairs up with the top agents in her market netting 10-30 deals a month.Some people buy leads, or pay for marketing (ppc/adwords, content marketing, SEO, - I would avoid this until you have 200-400 doors & even then I'd be very cautious (avoid anything with lengthy contracts).Online reviews trump marketing - create a proactive process to get consistent reviews online from your tenants & owners - the leads you get from review sites will take half the time to close and your close rate will be more like word of mouth.

Rick Snyder and a Republican Legislature have stabilized the state’s budget, improved its bond rating and made Michigan a right-to-work state.From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131021/OPINION01/310210006#ixzz2iZx6wzuP

Slicing and dicing a mortgage or a loan to a company can become an unregistered bond.

As to a small company, closing companies are highly regulated, insured and bonded, even if it's a one man shop, it's the title company that insures and they are approved through the state insurance commissioner, so I suggest you just make sure they are authorized agents of the title insurance company and if so, you really have very little risk, your checks should be disbursed the same day of closing if you close in the morning, so they can get a final clearance.

She lost her voucher and I had to evict, very lengthy and expensive.

When someone has never had utilities in their name in the province, the utility companies will require thy post a deposit/bond (up to three months average usage, based on the past 12 - 24 months).  

Everyone we have talked to from bank attorneys to bond brokers, you name it - they won't touch it because they say it looks like a scam because its just too easy.

My original comment is based on the definition of a security from the 1933 securities act he term ‘‘security’’ means any note, stock, treasurystock, security future, security-based swap, bond, debenture,evidence of indebtedness, . . .

As people clamor to bonds, gold for security etc. the rates are going down.

Two ways to do that include getting a bond from capital raised or securitizing the "chattel" from the loans going in and out.You'll need a steady source of accredited investors.