It’s just different and we see it’s not always as advertised.

I don't really know about Montgomery advertising, but there is a Montgomery real estate investment group that may be able to give you advice.  

Are you advertising to make loans (clearly a business venture) ?

Grounds for denial of issuance of license or for disciplinary action(A) In addition to Section 40-1-110, the commission may deny issuance of a license to an applicant or may take disciplinary action against a licensee who:(1) makes a substantial misrepresentation involving a real estate transaction;(2) makes false promises of a character likely to influence, persuade, or induce;(3) pursues a continued and flagrant course of misrepresentation or makes false and misleading promises through associated licensees or through any medium of advertising or otherwise;(4) in the practice of real estate demonstrates bad faith, dishonesty, untrustworthiness, or incompetency in a manner as to endanger the interest of the public;(5) represents or attempts to represent a real estate broker other than his broker-in-charge or property manager-in-charge without the express knowledge and written consent of the employing broker-in-charge or property manager-in-charge;(6) guarantees or authorizes and permits any associated licensee to guarantee future profits from the resale of real estate;(7) makes a dual set of contracts, written or otherwise, by stating a sales price higher than the actual sales price in an effort to obtain a larger loan from a lender or lending institution or for the purpose of misinforming a governmental agency or any other reason;(8) is convicted of violating the federal and state fair housing laws, forgery, embezzlement, breach of trust, larceny, obtaining money or property under false pretense, extortion, fraud, conspiracy to defraud, or has been convicted of a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, has been convicted during the previous five years of a felony directly related to the practice of the profession, or has been convicted during the previous seven years of a felony, an essential element of which is dishonesty, reasonably related to the practice of the profession, or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to any such offense in a court of competent jurisdiction of this State, any other state, or any federal court;(9) fails to report to the department in writing by certified mail, within ten days, notice of conviction of a crime provided for in item (8);(10) fails, within a reasonable time, to account for or to remit any monies coming into his possession which belong to others;(11) pays a commission or compensation to an unlicensed individual for activities requiring a license under this chapter.

However in today's environment, vacancies are likely to be filled in less than 1-3 weeks in this area with limited advertising.

Abou;I have experience in buying distress 8 unit with two tenets.The 1st thing I did was to visit each unit make detailed notes as to what was needed to bring that apartment back to life to attract the higher end renter.Than, inspected the foundation and the roof, attic, common areas, went to court house looked up records on property, spoke to building inspector,They usually have some inside info on things that nobody else has.While doing the above, find out what is market rent is, this will help determined cash flow after repairs.What I did to get renters in, as soon as I finished remodeling an apartment I started advertising for rent with a lower rent rate then others in the market, the idea is to get her fixed up and all unites occupied, as soon as that happens you can start raising the rent. 

Id rather not advertise.

I know that the owner rented the unit about 5 months ago (not on MLS) and if I could find an archived advertisement, that would provide the phone number. 

Also how are you advertising for tenant-buyers on (if you are) on Craigslist?

Bill, in order to advertise you need to be registered with the SEC, however if you meet somebody and have three touches (ie. you send them an e-mail and they respond that is one touch) once you have known them for more than 30 days you can then ask them if they would lend you money on a project.