But fast forward 5 years and man, we now know we had great timing!  

Since your tight on funds and need to sell fast, I recommend a Flat Fee Listing Brokerage that accepts a flat fee to be your Listing Agent. 

Also getting inside such a group can fast track your business 10 times.

It drained our reserves for the property but it has been growing fast again.

As a lender - 1) investors that are just starting out normally float towards high leverage/high rates lenders (lower margins and more risk); experienced investors normally go with lenders that can close fast, reliably, and with low fees.

The turn over should be fast and cheep. 

Skip tracing and texting/calling a somewhat generic list with poor skip trace data is the perfect recipe for the results you've experienced so far.Since I got started as an investor I learned really fast that paying a premium for the best skip trace data available was worth it.  

Fast forward four years, and the landlord defaults on the mortgage, leading to foreclosure.

I make secured and unsecured loans Loan amount: $2,000.00 – $20,000,000.00 Loan duration: 6 months – 30 years INTEREST RATE: 5.95% ANNUALLY Loan purpose: ALL Loan Type: ALL LTV: 85-95% NO PRE-PAYMENT PENALTY, FAST AND RELIABLE FINANCING.

This drives us to have a little higher barrier to scaling my investing business, however I am trying to go far, not fast.