I understand that as long as I have the deal, I’ll be able to source the funds from financial institutions, private money investors, and the liquid amount I have to meet all financial obligations.Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and advice!

That property is now a reliable source of rental income and a constant reminder that success starts with taking action, learning on the fly, and embracing challenges head-on.

Good HML's in ground up or rehab will provide a very easy/handy way to request and distribute draws using something like Built, which we use and it gives our borrowers and our team a single source of truth for all things draw-related. 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

If you're open to mid term renting (we transition to this during our slower season), I'd also recommend speaking with the university and trying to see if you could try to be the source for their mid term housing.

I need to source the data myself, run the numbers, check the calculations, eventually build my own custom spreadsheet etc. 

Why couldn't the officers in RAD obtain financing for their primary home from traditional lending sources?

Other sources may get you leads but more don't pan out in my experience.   

We have been primarily buy and hold and wanted a secondary source of capital to fund our buy and holds.

It's not like you have an unlimited source of DP's available to you, and buying all cash is foolish.