When they see fire in your belly and not excuses then they might just be the bank on your first deal to get you going which could be easier to qualify for than tradiitional routes.

Make sure you put a value on your time because being your own agent/GC/laborer can seem like an attractive way to juice profits on flips/but has an opportunity cost to go with it because there will be no way for you to scale the business (if that's what you want to do) while wearing all of those trade hats.  

It's easy to "juice" your cap-rate if you just defer a little maintenance here and there so I plan to inherit a few issues.  

People you know, belly to belly.  

Most newbies are not.Hard Knocks U. will help you figure out what to do after you've gone belly up, landed in jail, been fined heavily, etc. 

If you're interested in juicing your rents a bit, try buying a condo in a great area, furnishing it and renting to traveling nurses or business people.

I intentionally leave room for more Fannie loans for future use, but I use them aggressively to juice the returns.  

@David Bell I am relatively new.

Can you show me yours to get my creative juices flowing?

By my standards (admittedly high) the few rehab deals I got so far didn't have any real juice in them.