Hard money and private investing are both ways to finance flips, but they work a little differently.Hard money loans are typically from companies or private lenders that specialize in short-term, high-interest loans.

Contractor – This is one I really need help from the bigger pockets community in the local area. 

Every company has atleast 1 person who leaves a negative review but what you fail to realize is that this is real estate.

A customer of mine happened to be a local real estate investor and he owned the land next to my business. 

Folks say use a local lender.

Usually when I close on a house, the insurance company sends out somebody to do a visual inspection.

@Keith Mintz Will you be running the house or leasing to a company that does sober living.

thanks for your time and help 1st off, full disclosure here, Rent To Retirement advertises their properties on my Investment Properties For Sale Show, so I am not a totally unbiased opinion and it's only fair that I tell you this up frontHaving said that, outside of running my show for people like them, I also own a property management company in Northeast Ohio and have worked with 1,000's of out of state investors over the years.I say all of that to say this, the overwhelming majority of negative reviews I have seen on them are very similar to a lot of negative experiences investors have with my property management company and others like it that I've worked with.

Quote from @Jonathan Glumac: I work for a MF Development Company in Texas and I want to get my realestate license.

After checking the local housing authority the SAFMR though the zipcode maximum is $1300.