Financing options include conventional, FHA, private, and hard money loans.

After seeing the type of returns he was getting in real estate his father in-law decided to make him a partner and (through private money) he was able to be the owner of ~25 properties.

Have you been leaning towards traditional lenders, or are private and hard money options becoming more appealing?

While searching for properties, I found a guy on Craigslist in FL looking for private investors.

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Here's one thing we need to close... then here's another now that you cleared that hurdle.Are you dealing with a major lender, or is this a private lender, or what?  

private lender How did you add value to the deal?

SupplyLas Vegas is unique because it is a tiny island of privately owned land in an ocean of federal land.

Defendants also spent considerable funds on luxury travel and vacations, including least $4.6 million on chartering private jets and luxury car services, at least $183,871 on hotels and resorts (including $15,404 to Norwegian Cruise Line, $12,750 to Access Italy, an Italian travel company, and $8,738 to Expedia.com).

All of the units are privately owned now though and you're free to self manage or have a management company operate the unit for you.