Quote from @Amanda Dobbs: Is there a place to find Private Investors as in one person?

If I have no mortgage the cash flow is more secure.

Every investor has a different approach, but I personally buy my rentals the same way I buy my flips..at a deep discount using hard/private money, then refinance with a rate-and-term loan to secure a lowest interest rate.Ultimately, it comes down to your goals, risk tolerance, and ability to find value-add opportunities.

Have you already started using private lending in your portfolio?

A real basic guess is 30 houses each cashflowing $1,000/month.In Metro Detroit, this means $1500+ in rent, with the difference convering taxes, insurance, maintenance and vacancy - NO MORTGAGE!

Any lender, private or conventional, will have some hoops, maybe just not as many for private lenders...

We reached out to a private investigator and have had no luck.

Purchase price: $400,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Sale price: $620,000 Bought near a private university with the plan to live in it before renting it out.

The main reason I ask is because that is significantly below primary residence mortgage rates let alone any investment loans, if you can get rates like that I might need to make some changes on my end hahahTo answer your original question, assuming all else is equal long-term fixed rate debt is valuable. 

Quote from @Ricardo Marquez: Hi @Jennifer Stammberger this is Ricardo from yourserviceva, we are a real estate agency with non accent cold callers ready to start whenever you want, I'll text you our info on private also-Ricardo Marquez Hi Recardo, I am looking for a good cold calling company as well, to help call and negotiate RE property prices with prospective sellers.Looking forward to your response.