I have spoken with some real estate friends and they have told me about how private money has helped their business grow massively.

Made 260K from sale of first house in Seattle after 4 years, then did an off-market deal with a friend to buy current house and now our equity in this third primary residence is ~500k. 

I have a good friend in Stevensville Montana who does this nationwide. 

Quote from @Stan Sudarso: Quote from @Doug Smith: I had good friends/business contacts that worked there...all have fled to greener pastures.

Hi @Kenneth P Ford,I noticed there were a lot of responses of “messages you” so I’m not sure if that is solicitation, but in effort to help you and other reading this - I’ll share experiences from friends in the Dayton market.

The purchase prices were 170k and 180k respectively and the budgets were 90k and 100k respectively and they could've gotten a better rate with a credit union, but a credit union will not supply the rehab funds - HML does.  3) The application would be taken in, project numbers would be held up to lender guidelines according to your exp and your credit. 

I would have saved few thousand dollars in inspection fees and appraisal fees if I had known that and I had a friend send me detailed videos.I'm not sure if this information is available in all counties but where I bought in the Indianapolis metro area, I can look up property tax records.

I live in Southern California, have family in Tennessee (Nashville), and real estate friends in Indianapolis.

Quote from @Joshua Michael Hauman: Hey BP Community,I've got a friend who is a veteran and asked for my help to get into investing and I'm more than happy to help him out however there a concern that came up.

And it's convenient for life if you use your personal bank account, you can still have one app for rentals and paying friends.-  Con's:  Nothing about the software per say, but about the landlord experience.