I know I may be putting the cart before the horse, but would looking elsewhere for financing for my first property(s) be a wiser move than going conventional?

The property is in Ramsey, MN which is a further-out suburb of Minneapolis that has many larger lots... this one being 0.9 acres.Purchase Price: $134,400 (including realtor's 3%)Year Built: 1982Style: 4 level splitTFSQ: 2100Beds: 4Baths: 2Garage: Detached over-sized 2-stall (could be 3 stall with larger door installed)Comps (realtor provided comps plus info I could find for recent sales on Zillow) estimate ARV at $210,000.I visited the property yesterday with the realtor, my GC, and my GC's "main handyman". 

I'm not one to kick a gifted horse in the mouth, but why would you want to limit your options for his benefit?   

I completely agree with your advice not to put the cart before the horse so to speak.

I've also seen a few houses sell recently in Berkeley/Oakland for substantially (~10%) less than the comps from 3 months ago would've indicated.My guess is we'll stall out for a bit, then get some turmoil in tech, then a correction in real estate.

@Mark BrownHold your horses here.... it looks like you are assigning the value of this park based on market rents where you are calling it a 13 cap..  

I would sure try and stall out this applicant.

Perhaps I'm putting the cart before the horse here because we just went under contract...We just went under contract for a 24 unit apartment complex, six units in each of the four buildings.  

Most up for sell only have one bathroom, or one parking stall, but this one had both!

We had two barbers, with bad habits, one play the horses, so he was evicted, and the fully equipped store was rented to the next barber.