I believe that both patience AND readiness both need to match up and align at the same time. 

@Corey Duran call all the banks in you area until you find the one with the best interest rates and loan products that align with your strategies.

I align with you, that I want some basic operational data when assessing offerings, particularly an offering like his, where the deals are identified and known.

Got a couple questions about the rehab portion on the HUD in a delayed financing scenario and how it would affect the subsequent cash-out refi that hopefully y’all can help me understand:1) does the work have to be performed by a contractor (similar to how an FHA 203k loan requires this) or can you do it yourself,2) does the scope of work have to be line-item’ed or is it just a bulk amount for the whole shebang,3) in the event that the sun, stars and the moon all aligned and Mercury just happens to be in retrograde in the rehab actually came in under budget (say, $30k put on the HUD for the rehab and it came in at $25k all said and done), is the excess amount returned or just what happens in that scenario?

If it’s not urgent then it can wait a day or two for one of your schedules to align which is what we have to deal with when we self manage vs hiring it out so that either you or the tenant is home

In order to be able to compete in this market aligning with the right real estate agent or investor.

Makes sense and aligns with what I've been told by a CPA/EPA I'm going to potentially use moving forward.Let me ask you guys this:I can BRRRR this house and put around $30k cash in my pocket on the refinance (as long as appraisal comes back normal which we all know how that can go.)

You also need to make sure your short term and long term goals are aligned.

However, I chose to invest out of state in markets that better aligned with my investing goals and where the barrier (cost) to entry was lower. 

And the better partners you will attract as well.I always think it's good to partner with people on a deal-by-deal basis at first, to see if you get along, have aligned values, and like working together.