@William Taylor so many options...Use your RE knowledge to: WholesaleFind rental deals to sell to investors locally or here on BPStart leveraging your personal contacts to build your sales businessFind a motivated seller willing to do seller financing:- Move in worst room or basement, rent out all the other rooms for max cashflow- You could even live in the basement and STR the rest of the house

I've done this personally and have helped a bunch of other investors do the same.

How we purchased our property: Combination of Savings, Personal Loan with interest from a family member (4% interest) and a cash loan from Wells at about 8%.

If you do decide to do mailer(s), then I would advise you to personalize the card and do a handwritten note. 

You'll never get the confidence to invest from another person or guru.

There's a common belief that your tax person should also be an investor themselves.

I am days/weeks away from trying it at my personal residence.  3500 sqft but only two people using it, so not sure how good of a test it will be. 

You could do something like what you want if it was your personal primary residence and even then the interest rate would be ugly. 

Did you have to jump through so many hoops and provide this level of personal information?

I would be happy to discuss structure and feasibility as well as insight into my personal finances/personal stake into a deal with serious lenders/prospects.Even if you are reading this post and are not a lender but have valuable insight or experience with flips in Charlotte's market, please don't hesitate reaching out.