funding my first flip

[Joel Mayer]

I have been studying up on different ways to fund a flip with conventional methods and I am having a hard time really figuring out the best way to fund my very first flip. 

I do not have enough money to put down a large down payment and I do not have the money to sink into the renovation without some sort of financing. What would be a good course of action to fund my flip through traditional banking and or hard money loans In today's market? I want to make a living doing this but I like to exhaust my research before jumping into it.