I was a Real Estate agent for 10 years then went to work full time in non-profit organization (church). 

Brandon Turner talked about it in his 2nd book, The book on real estate investing, he got a private money lender for one of his first deals from someone he went to church with.

There were some challenges, not every housemate worked out (like the peyote church leader who ended up growing peyote in his closet and had a giant bonfire in the backyard complete with bongo drums and chanting into the wee hours of the morning one time when I was out of town, annoying the neighbors and attracting the police) but the small difficulties were well worth it and through those challenges I learned how to be a landlord (setting proper expectations, being firm but kind, knowing landlord-tenant laws, treating it like a business, being professional etc.). 

Further, he agreed to a substitution of collateral clause in the note (I never did utilize this clause, but it would have provided other ways to profit as the buyer.What was most surprising of all, was that my friend didn’t want to purchase the property for himself, he just wanted a commission (the seller agreed to $5,000) so he could pay off credit cards and make a contribution to his church.  

Everyone else sees a bank, child care center, restaurant, flat roof church, old elementary, etc.  

They claim to be god-fearing, good people, but in reality, none of them has stepped foot in a church and would set it on fire if they did.

It turned out that Lee Arnold is an ordained minister, so on Sunday morning of the 3-day seminar in Austin, he held a church service and preached a very convincing sermon.

Church fraud and embezzlement as a pastor - 

I’m sharing this so other real estate investors and sellers understand my experience with Proactivo Capital Financial, LLC, Josueth Irigoyen, and his attorney, Juan Perez—who is also the pastor at Thrive Church, Pastor JJ.We were helping a woman who had just lost her husband to cancer and was days away from losing her condo to mortgage foreclosure.

We do our best to give 10% to charity in general, including our church.