@Geoff Engel If you don't want to be a landlord but still want to be involved with investing you could be a private money lender for flips or in partnerships and bring the money to the deal.

Send me your site in private and I will evaluate it so everyone can learn from this, if that is OK with you?

They are on a big push to get back in the game though, have you seen their recent ads stressing that they only list private homes?

He only wants paperwork on FMLS related transactions - and I do not owe any fees upon closings - if on a non FMLS transaction - just like any private investor purchase or sale.  

To look at it from the other side, as a private money lender in my local market I need someone to find me the deals.

FYI I do have plenty of reserves for my other units already, but would like to keep each property separate.My question is, where should I draw funds from to pay the least amount in penalties, taxes, loan interest, etc. from the following sources I have available:- 20 year 401k loan for a property- Sell a piece of my stock portfolio at 15% capital gains tax- Take a HELOC against an existing property- Private money loan from a trusted partner I have worked with beforeAlternatively, I could pool the reserves for all my properties to ensure I can cover anything immediate and know that I could always sell off a piece of my stock portfolio if needed and have the funds within 3 business days or set up a HELOC and only draw from it if needed.Appreciate any thoughts or what you have done in the past.

I would pick a market area you like and start doing a bunch of deep dive deal analysis, but from a rental and not a life style standpoint.  

If we can't get an address to either party to mail a certified letter then a private investigator must be hired to locate them. 

I've closed a bunch of loans with Kiavi, Roc, and a few with ABL, I also closed with RCN, Easy Street, Lima One, and some smaller private lenders.I've come to the conclusion that the experience at the lender is not globally good or globally bad. 

and the property had a private dwelling value appraisal much higher than the public property appraiser claims.