Depending on the loan the hard money process should be much simpler than your traditional financing option and you could also look at a getting a line of credit that might help before you have the property under contract.If you want to raise a lot money and capital then you start getting into syndication and making sure you have the right legal team advice and then you will also need to be careful to only "solicit" money from sophisticated or accredited investors. 

Sophisticated investors look at the Rent-to-Value Ratio and look for at least 1% or more to be able to cashflow after expenses. 

Sophisticated investors live on the edge of the “coin”.

The same is not necessarily true in commercial leases where both parties are assumed to be 'sophisticated'.

Based on everything I am going to move forward with professional painting at $4.5K for ceilings and whole house with Coventry Gray that will be done in three days.What brought me to this decision:-Painting is said to have the Highest ROI-The best preforming STR in the area are the updated grey color-Professionally painted because they can be done next week and I'm too busy with my day job to do it myself-Can add fun colors with furnishing/bedsheets/accent pieces-The grey gives a cleaner look-The grey is a more sophisticated look-If decide to sell the house the updated color will make it easier to sell-It will be easier to decorate with one color-The current colors do not go together-The current colors could turn away some people-In the words of my father: “bite the bullet and do it right”-In the words of Luke Carl: “paint it and replace the carpet you’re over thinking.

Real estate is a sophisticated topic that takes years of practice to actually understand.

There is a group of brokers that are highly sophisticated in this stuff.

Would that be interesting to a sophisticated investor?

It's so scary how sophisticated they are in disguising themselves as legit and secure emails.  

As I track the local market analysts' assessments and predictions, it appears we have more runway for economic growth for the foreseeable future.Here's an excerpt from the Nov. 3 summary from The Cromford Report, one of our most sophisticated market watchers: "Is there any sign of the upward surge in pricing losing pace.