Through a hard money lender, but I will take out a DSCR loan in March to refinance.

Strategies like living in a duplex or triplex, adding an ADU, or renting by the room can help maximize cash flow while leveraging FHA or VA loans for lower upfront costs.

Traditional bank loans can be slow and have strict requirements, while hard money and private lending seem to offer more flexibility.For those who’ve secured funding before, what’s been your experience?

Use your W-2 income to qualify for multiple loans now, stack a few properties before quitting your job, and consider BRRRR or DSCR loans later to scale.

Conventional loan.

The LTV of the loans I’d conservatively gauge at about 35 percent.

I'd need the interest rate to be roughly 5% to breakeven on an interest-only loan, and was considering a balloon payment in 5-7 years.

I'm in the Atlanta market, and with hard money loan fees and agent fees (5.5%), I've found it extremely challenging to find a profitable flip.

Or are you planning to purchase the property in the US, outright with a loan from your stocks in Canada? 

It's possible but going to be expensive and I would think they would want some collateral on the loan as well.