From internet searches both seem to be in a "safe" part of their respective cities.

Don't let your age throw you-- I was running internet businesses starting at 16 with significant revenues, contractors, employees, assets etc. without a problem, and started with REI at 21, I never really considered my age an issue, and neither did anyone else. 

And of course this was pre internet  So I guess we are talking Dinosaur days.What makes crowdfunding unique of course is the internet and the mass media and the investors making investments basically with a click of the mouse.. we had to do it the old fashion way we had to pick up the phone.. :)

I downloaded some leasing templates off the internet signed my friends.

For us, that included using all the tools available on the internet: Skype, Hangout, Google Maps, Zillow, etc, and of course, the best tool of all - BiggerPockets - to start to build networks with other investors.Those networks have lead to:* A field trip to look at Korea properties owned by two of our members* Connecting with overseas professionals to invest in turnkey properties* Building partnerships with overseas investors* And even buying and selling a property via Facebook ^^It doesn't matter where you're starting at in real estate investing - just find a way to add value to other people.

You would have to have internet available with this system or ring.com

My wife has been a computer programmer that has been saving money for 25 years or so.  

:Begin buy reading Ron Legrand's book...Fast Cash With Quick Turn Real Estate @Amazon or go to www.ronlegrand.com Thanks Rudy I'll add it to the list, only about 20+ books long at this point =) My Mom always said, "so many books, so little time," then came the Internet.

The Weichert Lead Network consists of a national call center that takes inquires from the internet and from direct calls, scrubs them and then warm transfers them to a live agent.  

That's the power of networking...and the internet!