LLC) without having at least 2 years of tax returns for the business demonstrating positive cash flow plus personally backing the loan with your own creditworthiness.

Demonstrate your contracting, project management, or sales knowledge and you'll get a job right away.

Any QI that has demonstrated experience and a national foot print will be able to help you out.

Your father needs to be able to demonstrate that his intent was to use that property as an investment property. 

It seems like I am always refinancing RE when it makes sense to for a particular RE.I will use easy numbers to demonstrate why you should extract every dollar you can with a conventional refi. 

Per your suggestion opening a credit card would be good to demonstrate 1) credit availability and responsible use, and 2) account history.

@Andrew McCotter@Joe Villeneuve demonstrates the value of leverage.  

Or if the seller can demonstrate that they have historically paid on time, is this enough? 

Demonstrate a reliable credit history, etc....I hope this helped! 

And your family member is really the tax payer because the property is reported on their personal Schedule E.You definitely do not want to become part of the 1031 as that is prior to the exchange and the IRS has demonstrated they don't like that.