Are you persistent enough, dedicated enough and sometimes just stubborn enough to be the first one in and last one out of the 'gym'?

@Joshua Christensen Coincidentally I met the managing partner of Infinite Capital, Javier Pineyro last week for coffee.

Lets you see if your amazing loan officer was a barista just 6 months ago  ;)Last, consider working with a broker instead of a small lender.

Had that happen to me last summer.

Started listening to BP last week.

When they started screwing with us last week about appraisals and then having to give them an ‘after reno’ price for the house when they had no idea what we were doing the house to increase its value, I did mention to the partners I thought we’d been scammed.

There's no reason to provide details, though I do let people know if anyone asks that we do not accept bulk up-front rent payments or anything like that because I absolutely do not want a prospective tenant to think that someone else swooped in with a bunch of cash last minute.

One last thought, have you considered just selling to (or trying to partner with) a developer?

There is a meet-up on the last Thursday of every month.

In fact my last completed purchase (I am under contract now for a different purchase) was huge negative cash flow.