Joel, not sure of your circumstances or options relative to the college but around here I've seen people take rental properties close to colleges and hook up with local, well-organized (relatively), well-run fraternities.

. - I'm hoping to start to get that organized this week, amongst other tasks related to the conference.

Thanks to Greg for organizing this.

Once you come in and get things organized there really is not much for a manager to do.

I want to thank Anson Young for organizing this group . . . looking forward to coming down.

But if it was an Investor looking to put $10 down so that he can assign the contract for $25k then the judge will shoot him down and threaten him for practicing RE without a license (ask me how do I know).If Investors here were organized we could defeat that ruling, I'm sure.

Here's a link supporting this idea:http://dollardisciple.com/3-reasons-not-to-use-an-llc-for-rental-property/ If you have significant personal assets a LLC provides an extra layer of protection and is worth it, but make sure you do it right (Articles of Organization and all that).

You'll get a bunch of organized material and processes.

Sorry, I don't see a company that makes hard money loans by taking in funds from private individual any different.But again, as Bill points out, these terms aren't trademarked and their usage isn't regulated by the SEC or any banking organization.

Here is what you put on your profile for all to see:"Volunteer, Manager, Ninja, Mother, Rock Climber, Figure Skater, Ice Hockey Goalie, Kickboxing, Tae Kwon Do, Chi Nei Tsang, Peer Counsellor, Grip, Investor, Private Lender, Instructor, Facilitator, Author, Publisher, Non Profit Organization Founder and Coach"I was simply complimenting you on the fact that you have many interests - thus - a jack of all trades.