I do believe though that many of the members do deals with some of the folks ... but they are doing more syndicated deals than just straight buy and hold or flips.The last time I was invited to speak at the NW reia it was about dodd frank and how its not legal in Orygun to private lend ( you can do two loans a year )..

My suspicion is, in this relatively relaxed lending environment, you will do well to learn for 100-500 hours and then just get started.

I'm wondering if what question you want to be asking is "What lending sources are available to me?

Of the conversations I have had with people discussing hard money lending, some seemed opinionated in that the high interest rates and terms were enough to scare them off.

Now purchasing a home with cash is always good b/c obviously cash is king but also I think the part you might've missed is that, the money your utilizing on these home's won't actually be yours, but the banks or whatever institution you used to fix the home or make its value worth more.

Same day auctions of course are not going to be possible for a lender to lend on the initial purchase but you can often get the same hard money purchase terms right after closing if you're able to buy in cash

No lender will lend that high leverage. 

@Martti Eckert I live in Los Angeles and have done a handful of BRRRRs in Missouri so feel free to reach out with any lending related questions to pulling off BRRRRs in Ohio. 

If a bank has to pay out 5% to get deposits then they usually want 7% to lend back out or it's not worth their time.  

We can also lend to both individuals and LLCs.I'd be happy to share my experience as both an investor and as a lender.