Further, there are a wide spectrum of lenders that can range from very good to very bad among lenders that brand themselves as "Private Money" "Hard Money" or "Private Lenders"Your best bet is likely to follow reviews and like you've been doing now with partnerships that you trust, but your instinct is right to have relationships with multiple lenders and options. 

You shouldn’t have to go to a internet forum where you happen to find a guy who knows the area who then finds the guy who is actively working on your home with your money.Kevin hired the guy.

That’s the best bet.

If I'm on a job for some reason; and there's something that needs done that needs some muscle, you can bet I'm not opposed to asking a man for help. 

It it's information, I can't imagine that he has any secrets that you wouldn't be able to find on the internet (and here on BP).

With you having taken the program, do you think the courses were built based on someone who already have knowledge in real estate or someone like me whose only knowledge in CRE are based on Forums, Youtube, free crash courses on financial modeling, and internet searches. 

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I've found some lenders that will go up to 80% sometimes, but I think your best bet might be a government-backed loan if you want such a high LTV ratio.

It also regularly puts out deals at low 65% or less LTV, and high 10%+ skin in the game/co-investment etc.They market under 506B so are prohibited from posting publicly on the Internet and instead function by referrals.

But... if it is, I think your best bet to find the type of syndicator you've described is... offline, and over a period of months or years.