This has become increasingly difficult to do since the Patriot Act, but I discovered ways to do this which were successful.

There is no "secret sauce" to raising money, its about getting in front of as many people as possible. 

Sounds like the secret is out and there's a lot of investor interest in Reno already.

Otherwise, you're buying "secret sauce" projections, not real data.Hope this helps!

Chris Prefontaine secretly records calls of home sellers without them knowing in multiply States and PRETENDS to be a home buyer from PrePropertySolutions on behalf of his students, who have a completely separate LLC's, so that Chris Prefontaine has zero liability! 

I use one from STR Secrets https://www.skool.com/str-secrets-starter-pack/about and would also suggest checking out the one from Tony J Robinson https://alphageekcapital.com/Calculator/.

Again, other might feel differently here.b) Skin in the game: as a conservative investor, I understand that the dirty secret of industries that the waterfall compensation is in the line with me and incentivizes sponsors to take more risk.

He replied, "I don't know how you keep finding sellers willing to do that".Here is the secret sauce, know and understand the seller's motivation, ask questions, and don't be afraid to ask for the terms you want.It is more common in medium-sized multifamily where it is a business but not large enough to be professionally managed.

Always promising that more secrets will be revealed... 

Check out "Short Term Rental Secrets" for learning & coaching - great resource.