Alternately, if you’re going to do this at volume, and you’ll have to since margins here are thin, I would attend some of the lender conferences.

Currently own a STR thats been profitable for almost 3 years now and in the midst of a Live-in Flip.

So there is no discount or profit to be made. 

With a passion for finding undervalued properties and transforming them into profitable assets, they are eager to learn, grow, and build a successful real estate portfolio.

Take a look a look at the RPAWi. org, which is our local non-profit landlord association located in Milwaukee.

small profit Lessons learned?

Sold 4 of our 8 Selfstorage locations to take profits off the table and pay some debt down.  

For traditional loans that rely on personal income and DTI (Conv, govt), there is no requirement that the properties be profitable.

Make sure the numbers so that if you put in 60k to 70k you're getting some sort of annual net profit so you aren't having to feed the investment. 

Perhaps you can barter that for experience and, perhaps, a taste of the profits and then, later when you're capitalized, do what you're suggesting but now with experience and skin in the game.