"Drinking the Kool-Aide" to just get out there and do is what some people need and how they operate in all areas of their life.Bottom line, I believe these types of messages need to be balanced with honest information first and then followed up with the cheerleading to go try it."

Talking to someone who is a professional in the business can be a major aid to a new investor before they get themselves too far along in their property search and I think for a new flipper an HML represents that better than the other professionals they'll encounter along the way (i.e. realtor, attorney etc). 

I'd specifically ask what options the bank might have to extend business credit to an enterprise such as mine.I did exactly this back in the early 2000s with First Union Bank (now part of Wells Fargo) and secured a mid-five-figure business LOC.

Is there a daughter or other family member that could aid the wife?

Which will aid in finding the crooks!

I became a Realtor myself to aid in this strategy.  

Long time no talk ---- Had NO clue you were on bigger pockets :)Miss you down here at Enterprise in Wichita ; hope things are going well for you in Indy.

Its easier to rip out the band-aid swiftly then painfully over time.Good Luck.Upen Patel

You will occassionally see life companies making commercial real estate loans as small as $3M, but these small deals are usually made on properties leased on a triple net basis to some incredibly strong tenant, like Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, or some other national credit tenant.

I most of the current apps are geared towards enterprise which results in overkill for a few properties.