I agree that the upside here is knowing most of the mechanicals need to be redone upfront, so there should be fewer ‘surprises’ along the way.Setting aside a solid contingency fund is a must—do you have a rule of thumb for that?

Find a sponsor, reach out, tell them you're Canadian, they approve, review and sign LP docs, wire funds.

Just curious if anyone has used All Loans Funding for DSCR loans?

Beg family and friends to fund it for you.They "might" do it if they see you've learned a lot and your business plan sounds very solid.How do I know this "might" work?

And I could use additional 200K or so to fund my next investment property. 

We had a 70/30 investor structure to fund this deal.

Private money and personal funds.

When you are going through the approval process- we do request liquidity or proof of funds.

We have a 3% rate so dont want to refi but the property has appreciated quite a bit so would like to tap into that equity to fund our next deal.I am having some trouble finding lenders that offer helocs on investment properties.Does anyone know of any banks and/or lenders that do helocs on investments?

Also find some funding and some friends that can help catapult me to where I am trying to go.Welcome back Jerome!