some of the largest owners of private timberland in the US are the Harvard endowment.. and John Hancock finances a ton of it. 

Perhaps if you wrote something substantive or helpful or contained any specific information it could be considered useful.Similarly, my comment about bbqs was meant to highlight the point - it was a general statement that everyone can nod their heads about, but provides no value in this forum.

A lot of people like to tout that private lending is this risk free business alternative to owning your own investment properties.

I would contact @Don Konipol  He is by far from what I have seen the most experienced and sharpest private lender on this site and has the bandwidth to do the larger loans complete opposite of what I do..

When pitching the deal, highlight these aspects.

Let me know if you have any other questions and if you need to talk about funding options with a private lender!

This quick flip highlighted our ability to identify and execute high-return opportunities efficiently.

The buyer then decided to use a private lender that had also failed to get him the funds to close on time. 

DSCR loans are loans issued by private lenders with proprietary and differentiated rules and guidelines and are typically included in “non-QM” securitizations.The advantage of conventional refinance loans is that they typically have the lowest interest rates and fees.

Lower down payments (was once 30% down) and more flexibility from the lenders. 3) Competition from private equity and others.