We are trying to sell because the place is too small for us, and we need every dime of equity we can get out of it to get into a new home.

For in person connections try some local real estate meetup groups.

We also tried getting a personal heloc, but can't do that on a property held in an LLC.  

Although whichever option you go with make sure you're also thinking about the long-term property value and what makes the most sense vs trying different angles now that negatively impact future resale/property values down the line. 

These should be separate bulleted lists you provide to your borrower so they can send to their title company and hazard insurance broker.Now that you showed an interest in lending with no experience, you will no doubt receive DMs from every crackpot and their brother trying to convince you to lend them money.

If you’re doing a straight forward investment property purchase, I recommend you try to connect with an investor focused mortgage broker or lender.

They try to hit that goal and have been successful at that, he told me.

I’ve been around real estate for decades, and I read in The Economist once that in lively markets like Charlotte, folks will pay a premium for a comfortable room if you’re near major employers.A friend of mine tried something similar out in Austin a while back.. he’d inherited a 4-bedroom property and split it into individual room rentals.

They've tried three times, and it's failed every time before even getting to a full vote in either chamber. 

Quote from @Marcus Auerbach: @Eric Bilderback - there was a time when I felt I really should "gratuate" into MF, but I never did and I wanted to or thought I wanted to at one point try and get to that level 100s of units.