For example, any business attorney worth hiring should be able to introduce you to other key players in your real estate team (e.g.

I did go to the courthouse not expecting many players but to my surprise their were many investors bidding high.

The recommendation of partnering with a player is pretty key.  

call around and ask if they keep their loans in-house (portfolio) or do they sell them off to the big players. 

Even the recent housing bubble of the late 2000s had multiple guilty players from the ratings agencies to pension fund financial consultants to strippers in Miami  - if you believe The Big Short.  

The issue with this is that the competition is immense, and there are some big players that buy in these sales and don't mind driving the price up.

Hi Francisco,You may have already answered your own questions from this post since it was a couple weeks back, but your $1,000/month budget is going to be way too low to compete with the bigger players.  

In my experience...if it relates to an investment property, they want to lend more than $75k (at least the major players).

I have studied under many REI groups and pursued closing deals on my own, however, I found that in this area in Northern Virginia, it was difficult for me to build that trust with the big time players in this area. 

I have studied under many REI groups and pursued closing deals on my own, however, I found that in this area in Northern Virginia, it was difficult for me to build that trust with the big time players in this area.I wanted to take the matters into my own hands and BECOME THE SOURCE.