I am not an attorney or tax professional and below only represent my personal opinion.

Now that my kids are older, I want to be professional about it, have fun(meet challenges), and use it as a way to achieve financial independence.

Yes you will still order a professional title search in the end but you still will want to know that a title is clear of issues BEFORE you pick up the phone and call your investors.

Red flags for me: their website says "When the www.befunded.com website began in 1998, a small group of mortgage professionals banded together... but the company has only existed since 9/10/2008.

I am not an attorney nor am I a legal or tax professional.

Isn't there something about that also meeting a professional status in real estate versus a dealer??

I am not an attorney nor am I a legal or tax professional.

I recommend consulting a qualified professional before acting.

:)In all seriousness, you want to start asking your professional friends (high income earners such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc) and your older friends (those who might have retirement funds they aren't yet using), and see who is looking for a better return on the cash they have sitting around.Then pitch your *low-risk* opportunity (explain how it's secured by real estate worth a lot more than what you're borrowing) and see if they're interested.

I'm interested to discuss some of the marketing ideas other Real Estate Professionals and Enthusiast use as it relates to Search Engine Marketing, Putting Your Website on Page 1 of the SERPS in your Market, Whether you use a content management system like Wordpress or Drupal for your professional website.