Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

@Jewell Arceneaux, you are selling an experience to both your lender, appraiser and tenant.  

Sometimes it can be better than a bank, private lender or hard money.

One of the biggest red flags I have as a lender (who lends my own money as well as secondary market loan) is when a rookie tells me there goal is to buy 10, 20, whatever properties in the next year. my next question is how many do you own currently?

I'm getting to a point where I might want to pursue a lender for future investments but am trying to understand how these lenders choose people to work with.These types of lenders are called "Hard Money" because they are not betting on the borrower. 

By way of example, a lender may charge retainage, only release soft costs upon C/O, may limit loans to a set number of draws or only allow draws once a certain dollar amount of work has been completed.

Yes, most large traditional lenders only focus on 1-4 units and other properties that fit into a box. 

If I see another nonsensical, made-up definition explaining the difference between a Hard Money lender and a Private Money lender, I think I’ll scream.

Or ask you lender.