The lenders I have historically worked with have not punished my rates/fees for new construction, cash outs, etc.

It's also always great to catch up with BP regulars I usually only get to see once a year at this conference.As for connections, we're trying to start a construction company and offer services to local managers to do preventative maintenance inspections in order to take advantage of our infrastructure and increase revenue while we aren't buying much. 

As of now, my general plan is to find a local realtor online who is experienced with real estate investing (and has investment properties of their own) to help me find a good local deal (goal is 20-25% return on ARV), get a hard money loan, aiming to rehab/repair/extend the property with my father (both have construction experience) within 4-5 months, and as for the loan exit strategy either sell or rent (depending on the deal). 

This applies to house hunters for construction crews (or high-value individuals), insurance claim relocation specialists, and nursing contract placement coordinators. 

I am a construction manager for Lennar Homes, I build single family residential homes and multi-family townhomes for them.

When you are the money and they are the work, they can add up their construction costs higher to push more to their side without you knowing.You are really saying you would like to be a lender on someone's project.

Brand new construction rents at a premium. 

I am currently finishing up a new construction single family home on a paid of residential lot.

For example, Norman Construction Services and JDS Contracting have solid reputations in the area and are known for both residential and commercial work.

This would be a non recourse loan (for a downpayment on a new construction property) so we wanted to consider something other than our HELOC (that has a variable interest rate attached to it).