When I was acquiring, we made 25+ offers/week on the MLS to try to land one deal! 

Seems like the heloc was a great way to acquire many properties.

@Mike Johnson you definitely have a different set of problems or potential problems depending upon where you are at.Brand new and acquiring your first rental you're going to manage:Everything can kind of be summed up as you don't know what you don't know.

Does anyone have any strategies on working with private lenders to acquire rental properties without using capital??

For example Left Field Investors which is a great group that BP acquired - to present you had to pay to give a presentation.

Local property managers are another great way to find buyers for your investment property as they know investors looking to acquire more property and investor friendly Realtors to help you find buyers.To Your Success!

Thanks for the suggestion. to answer yours, I’m hoping to start with acquiring, then eventually development.

@Francisco Ruiz ensure that if you are obtaining financing, you ask/ensure with your lender that they do not have any issues with the fact that the property you are acquiring may appraise as "rural."

Shortly after Roofstock acquired them I have seen improvements and haven't had issues with bank account connectivity.  

I was also able to acquire $750k of real estate using leverage (now worth $1M).Another great point is that this happened in 2020/2021.