i've had good experiences with The One Brokerage although they can't do 80% in every situation.happy to keep brainstorming if i am missing something

The information shared is based on my experience and industry knowledge and should not be considered legal, financial, or professional landscaping advice.

In my experience, the local banks are going to get you better rates and lower fees with their commercial loan products than the "DSCR lenders".

Know your #'s, cut the fat, focus on quality. 

As for trusting folks, just ask for their experience and evidence of it.

But, in my opinion, the nonaccredited offerings are generally pretty poor (sponsors generally don't have full real estate cycle experience, higher expenses, fees and promotes charged to the investors, less or no skin-in-the-game, etc).

If you have experience renting week or month-long STR, would love to get your thoughts. 

Gives you experience and a feel for what's involved.

How much landlord experience do you have or will you be hiring a PMC?

I have year of 7 years of experience with drywall, and paint work so that helped me out a ton.