Private Money - How?

[Amanda D Phillips]

Hello!

I'm finding it challenging to find deal with enough of a spread from price to arv, given repairs... when using hard money. I'm at a point where I'd love to start looking at private money but don't know where to start! 

For those of you who have mastered private money....How did you get started? What kind of terms are expectable and what advice can you lend to this option?