Is there no viable venue that private money lenders can meet directly with borrowers, where both have goals that can be met in truth and with confidence?  

Schedule and visit homes (lockbox access)Once I have narrowed down the home, from writing offer onwards would like to engage my agent.  

As in my case, working as a full service Property Manager, I'd imagine that would instill more confidence that a building will be taken care of, units will be leased, preventative maintenance will be done, etc.

Obtaining competent management was an issue, I have no confidence in the service personal in the local area.  

Can't stress it enough...engage a professional familiar with these situations.

Whether it's off-market properties, distressed assets, or value-add opportunities, I'm open to exploring various options.Thank you all for welcoming me into this community, and I look forward to engaging with you and learning from your experiences.

If you are not confident the area will appreciate (value and/or rents) or grow in demand within your time frame, then you may want to think about a plan of how to best dispose of that liability.

Seems like they are running a Pawn Shop, homeowners in Austin/Miami/Tampa etc who need cash bad sell a "HomeShare", percentage of their equity in their home for a discount, with a term of 10 yrs, if the homes go up in value as they have since 2011/2012 then NADA gets the original equity already at a premium price plus any appreciation for the total percentage they bought from the homeowner, but since Austin now down 20% in last 12 months and other hot home markets may also continue to fall, and NADA does not engage in price discovery (ie shopping for best value) as they want to obtain a "Market Value - ETF like" of the cities they invest in.

@Kermaury Musgrove  I started investing back in 2010, but it was after I had worked with 50-60 investors and I had seen them successfully buy, rehab, and rent properties before I build up the confidence to try it out for myself. 

If you sold the property already and didn't engage a 1031 intermediary at the time of sale, it may be too late to do a 1031 exchange.It is unclear whether you did engage one as you meantion selling the propertying and 'wanting' to do a 1031 exchange.