If you really are looking for someone private then the best way to meet them is at REIA type meetings create a personal relationship then move forward.Other wise your wasting your time and your deals.. simply contact a very good hard money lender in your area that is real.. so you can take the deals down and make money.SOCAL is full of reputable HML and HML rates in CA for experienced folks are the cheapest in the country... 2 and 8 1 and 9  that kind of thing  expect to have 25% Cash into the deal .If you have NO cash then find a cash partner.. lenders are not generally going to make loans without you having significant skin in the game...

@Robert LorenzThe old adage of more than one way to skin a cat will apply here.  

However I would like the flexibility to have the money allocated to any deal I see as profitable for my investors.I also plan to invest my own money into this fund, I want my investors to know that I also have skin in the game and have both of our best interests in mind. 

Which is why we need to get some skin the game, Bonnie :-)

On a first glance I thought "no", but giving it a closer look and for having no skin in the game I don't think the numbers are too terrible to consider.

Best thing about REI...tons of ways to skin the cat!

If there's one common thing among all commercial lenders, its that they want you to have some skin in the game...

It seems to me no new syndicator is going to put much skin in the game when their is a lot of dumb money flooding the market chasing returns with margins thinning nationally.

And most of these deals are not as investor friendly as the accredited offerings (very often they have very little skin in the game, much higher fees, etc.). 

@Lee R.Thanks man, it takes a lot of sacrificing, tough skin, and some luck.