You don’t want to shop at the local home depot every-time your GC needs something.3) Apply for 0% interest credit card for all your material buy and keep it rolling for 12-18m.

Consider getting a credit card or doing other responsible actions to build credit if you don't currently have any.Note that the secret to real estate investing is patience.

Prime interest rates, or the rates the government lends to banks, affects what rates banks can lend out their money at, as well as many credit card and other rates that are based on it.

My credit score is above 700, I don't have much debt (5k on a credit card and 20k student loans). 

When I have had this situation, I communicate well expressing the urgency on my part, provide access to another unit (if I have a vacancy nearby), and may give them a gift card or something for their trouble.

I am familiar with contracting and flipping, but not so much with having a partner and "showing my cards" so to speak.  

Offline includes doing yellow letters, post cards, bandit signs, news paper ads, etc.There's an abundance of material on BP regarding all the methods I've mentioned, so just type in the search box which method you'd like to learn more about and learn that method really well before trying other forms of marketing. 

Also, free signs, leads, business card layouts, and website (currently beta).

Before you go, get some business cards from VistaPrint (nothing special, just name, phone number, and email) so you can hand them out to people at the meetings.

Meet the players, introduce yourself, get to know them, ask for cards, take them out to lunch.