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

This team consists of an Investor Focused Agent, Lender, Contractor, and PM.Read this article on the "core 4".

For flipping, focus on accurate ARV estimates and budgeting for unexpected costs, while for BRRRR, building strong relationships with local lenders that can help streamline your hard money into your refinancing.

All our deals are financed by a lender at 75% of ARV. 

my loans were back in the day before the GFC and were done by wells fargo and that other big nationwide lender that went out of bizz..

Shopping around, I also spoke with a second lender.

Quote from @Dennis Knapp: they got ahold of me on fb through one of my groups and claim to be a direct lender. they seem to good to be true.

The resources we had:- a bank (conventional) that lends money up to 35k for 650 credit score- hard money lender with APR 120%- seller/community (who acts like he doesn't want to talk at all)- a real estate mentor that costs $35K to useThe "answer" to this exercise was:Use personal credit to borrow from the bank and spend the $35k on mentor, and then mentor has the "connection" with the community bank to negotiate a deal and brought a 70K property for 40K with FMV of $140K.

Fly out and visit it.We have rejected several offers in the past for buyers who didn’t visit the property and put in an inspection contingency.

Rents in the area need to be strong or a lender won't even approve you!