Best money strategy for new flipper

[John Hayes]

As a contractor that is new to flipping what is the best strategy to find hard money financing? Do I look for the money to fund a deal first or look for the deal and try to find funding? I am not experienced in flipping but have completed many complete home renovations and can bring my licensed contracting company to the deal. Would that be enough to find funding or would I still need to bring cash to the table?