Local knowledge can also improve investment outcomes.

@Yixuan Du I would recommend going to local Real Estate Investor meet ups in your market to meet like minded individuals like yourself who have already done what you want to do.

There's so much content and so many individuals who push inexperienced investors to take action before they are financially ready while downplaying the risks, particularly those associated with  properties in lower tier neighborhoods.

@Marian Smith@Lena TruongI have bought notes from them and the individual who runs AHP is well respected.

Commercial PML will do the same, they'll have the credit and b.g. inquiry.You mean a true Private Individual with capital for lending? 

I'm curious to know if anyone has enrolled in courses offered by individuals like Tom Cruz or Section8Karim.

I'm sure the numbers look bad, and they think they can improve them, reno and increase rates by 25-30% and that is the business plan. 

This guarantor, who may be an individual or another entity, will be responsible for the difference between what is owed to the lender to make them whole and what has been recovered.If the lender makes the loan to an individual (natural person), this person is implicitly the guarantor via the note, and no separate guarantee is needed.

A good broker maintains relationships with various funding sources, including individual investors, investment groups, and financial institutions.

Each bedroom has it's own individual keypad / lock.Padsplit has data on occupancy per zipcode through their host portal.