Most 2nd position lenders will want the investor to have skin in the game (invest their own money) AND be paid a double-digit return.When you purchase property, you ALWAYS need to have reserves, but in this scenario, you really need to have reserves since you will need to make 2 large debt payments every month.

They became rich doing whatever they did to accumulate the cash.PS  The natural law function of inflation is to cancel debt. 

But then thinking about the future, is there good appreciation to a place that is constantly being bombarded by mother nature disasters. 

Sedona is very artsy fartsy and new agey - a neat place to explore both in town and in nature. 

I say that in the face of folks who ridicule me that climate will force changes to living standards, job development will be global and not as local or national, the natural course of the currency being devalued, and housing developments will be cyclical per usual.

So far so good as I have been getting the ball rolling, having bought over a half dozen tax liens so far, and doing thorough research on properties has become more natural with every new lien.But now I must ask: does anyone know anything about TaxSaleResources.com?

If you do that people will naturally flock to you wanting to help / mentor you.Good luck! 

For instance, if I manage to raise private capital to fund a deal and purchase a successful rental property, how would this actually benefit ME when I have no skin in the game (i.e. money of my own invested)?

Others may have a different opinion, but outside of a seller carry back up to 90% CLTV (still require some skin in the game, unless you go true hard money) 2nd liens on real estate for purchase transactions in the manner you're seeking are very difficult to get a loan against, whether it be a secondary market lender (private equity fund, balance sheet lender, family office, etc), and usually are seeking larger transcations ($1-3MM +) in this space, and are still capped at a max 75-80% CLTV (still wanting skin in the game).# 4 usually requires more explanation as its newer to the market (DM me if interested in discussing these options further), but all 1-4 appear to be potential options for you based on the limited details. 

The building represented good value and is consistent with my focus on $2M-$5M total cost projects where there is a lack of natural market participants in the Philadelphia market.