You realize the Internet is full of fairy tales, right?

FIBI does bring in some serious and honest lenders you who will do what they say they will do and their are never any Snake Oil Salesmen hypes.Actually, you don't even need a FIBI group in your area because you can watch FIBI's entire group meetings on the internet. 

I understand how dividends work in a stock, but I'm having a hard time getting an answer, from the internet and books I've read, about pay outs to investors in RE.

Absolutely need high speed internet, hope that's not a big issue.

Your IRA will see a higher cash on cash return than in a comparable all cash investment.Partnering personally with your IRA is something the internet will say is OK but any seasoned tax professional will advise against. 

It’s getting closer to the end of the year and that means economic and market forecasts are starting to show up on the internet.

But when I search on the internet the term "private money" is still referring to hard money or money that is acquired through a non family member with a interest rate.  

Well, no money, you should just download them from the Internet - Oughta work out well, I'm sure.

Just download a free one from the Internet and hope nothing goes wrong - SOP for wholesalers.

I will continue to look into this.I like that Austin has a motto (so I read on the internet) "Keep Austin Weird."