Call out for referrals for a reputable CPA in San Antonio, TX who has ample experience in supporting REI clients.

I came across a local developer who seemed to have a good reputation and a track record buying small to medium multi-families, doing some work refurbishing and repositioning the properties and flipping them in a couple of years.  

I can recommend you to a reputable contractor in Orange that can help  you those questions.

Just came back from a local REIA meeting, the presenter(property manager) recommended contacting the supplier to find good contractor.

FWIW I bought from a local supplier who also did the installation, and paid just under $4 sq/ft. 

I am very new to this business and was hoping some of you out there would have any reputable names lending hard money.  

Easy: Mislead the seller with bogus clauses such as 1. subject to partner approval (your partner can be your dog)2. subject to 60 day inspection  (they are tied up doing lots of inspections)3. subject to financing (just be sure and don't try and get it)If you use enough weasel clauses you won't lose a dime, will have raised the sellers hopes, taken the property off the market leaving REAL HONEST POTENTIAL BUYERS behind, and started developing a reputation (maybe not a good one).

If you say a property needs $10,000 in rehab, and turns out it needs $30,000, your reputation will look very bad, and no one will want to work with you.

One way to learn the MF business is to buy a property that is totally managed by a reputable management company and learn from them.

They basically just take assets from suppliers around the US and put a large mark up on them.