Connecting with experienced investors and those just starting out can help you refine your approach and take action on your first deal.Good luck! 

The Housing Wire article chart shows how FHA and VA loan delinquencies are approaching really high historical levels, close to that of the housing crash.We are still at historic lows for conventional loans.

I want to work with great people, build long-lasting relationships, and help them grow their wealth while doing what I love.Here’s where I could use your insights:Raising Capital: What’s the best approach for attracting investors who are interested in partnering on real estate development and redevelopment deals?

I love this approach.

If you approach them first, you make it clear that you're approaching them as an investor that wants to buy their house, and you just happen to have a license (which can save you in commissions). 

With the HELOCs now set, we are curious as the best way to approach getting pre-approved for our first property while we search for the right fit.

It’s not easy to look past the skeptics, but your approach clearly paid off.As a Direct lender, I appreciate seeing how you creatively structured the deal with owner financing for the purchase and private money for the rehab.

As the expiration of the offer approached, I reached back out.

I personally like his #3 approach of treating this as two separate transactions because you are maintaining control. 

Yes, I some landlords are taking that kind of approach and it may be working for them, BUT a broken clock works for me twice a day!