I have gotten to know Matt very well over the years and consider him a good friend.

I said lent to your cousin, I guess I could have said friend.

I rented out the additional bedrooms to friends and family, charging them well below market, and sold when it was time for my wife and I to start our own adventures.

You can also use BiggerPockets resources to find investor-friendly lenders.## Strategies: Flipping, BRRRR, House Hacking- **Flipping:** Focus on properties that need renovation but have good potential for resale.

@Kate Zieverink McMinn we just hosted a webinar with a friend in Orange County, CA that used to be a public works engineer.

Originally posted by @Taylor McClure:I was talking to a man a week or so ago, and he said that his friend used to buy properties that were a few days prior to foreclosure.

You have to work with a team that is investor-friendly and has experience working with out-of-country investors like yourself.

That’s a serious swing, and I’ve seen something a bit like this before with a friend of mine who tackled a teardown project in a quieter part of Austin.

I got the property off-market for $250k from a trusted family friend.

Borrowed money from friends and family to pay cash for the property as the bank would not finance it until it had been remodeled, made livable, and brought up to code.