Crowdfunding is essentially old-school syndications that use newer regulations that allow them to market over the Internet. 

In the heavily marketed syndication world, my first one is alignment of interest.  

Private Money Lenders:Pros: If you have a network of private investors, you can find individuals who lend money for a share of the profits.

We've always gone through conventional lending and working with distressed sellers and creative financing is totally new to me.Sue Manseau 

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer. 

I am new to the real estate investing and I am having a hard time with hard money lenders to lend money. 

Conventional financing is geared and regulated for the owner occupied homeowner and is designed to protect that borrower from poor lending practices.  

The MLS (syndicated to Zillow, etc) is best for under 5 units because those are residential deals, not commercial.What do you mean by proprietary deal flow?

I am OK for MYSELF buying without title insurance but would never lend without it.

Before I looked at the deal, here's what I asked from him:The purchase and sale agreementRehab breakdown documentation2 HUD statements of previous dealsDeal info (Property profile, funding, security, repayment plan, etc.)Title company involved in the transactionWhat I also asked for was a term sheet from the hard money lender that was lending at first position.