A better fulltext search for laravel returning eloquent objects

fulltext_laravel.php

public static function search_contacts($terms)
{
    $terms = mysql_real_escape_string($terms);
    $contact_results = Contact::where_account_user_id(Auth::user()->account_user_id)
        ->raw_where("match (`first`, `last`) against ('{$terms}*' IN BOOLEAN MODE)")
        ->where_deleted(0)
        ->paginate(20);

    phpconsole($contact_results->results);

    return $contact_results;
}