Ive been using Zillow, craigslist, facebook, Mayo employee site, calling colleges, local employers, plus other things. 

I have been making a living via 1099 (contract employee) income for the past three years, and... how can I put this?

I'm a W2 employee so I have a steady stream of income and may try to borrow some cash from BOM (Bank of Mom), got that from one of the BP podcasts a long time ago (ha!). 

I got a call from a direct mail campaign and the guy says he wants to sell his entire business of 37 employees and 4 restaurants, with the name and everything and pack and move to Florida.

They go out of business and hurt their employees and customers.

@Jesse Goldberg  you may want to run your website and how our holding yourself out  by the CA BRE I think you need to have someone in your company as an employee be licensed to hold yourself out as a lender...

If the economy is relatively strong in the near future, and there are no new homes or rentals being built, expect inventory to stay low and prices to stay strong.According to porthope.ca: the 2011 Statistics Canada Census approximately 65% of Port Hope's residents are between the ages of 15 and 64, offering employers a skilled and versatile pool of available labor from which to select current and future employees.

From buying perspective (as a wholseller) : Just simple add a line in provision 11 stating something like 'this contract may /may not be assigned to a 3rd party by buyer listed on this contract for a fee'To make it dummy proof... seller should ask Title Company to draft a disclaimer for buyer to sign ...Now stepping back out of this new....National Association of Realtor has over 1.5 million members where everyone makes money out of transaction ... they also lobby strategically (hint there is a reason why Zillow etc still cant kick HAR/MLS out of business)   which is why startups are failing to disrupt the process (at least for now) and this is merely another try to regain market share which i doubt will hold true .....On that note, it could also reduce competition for existing wholesellers   ..... and i completely fail to understand why not everyone be a Realtor first and then wholesale with disclaimers.

I do not want to list the restaurant place as not to disturb my employees and customers.

Would they be considered an employee?