A couple of banks(bank says can't lend on legal 3 flats) and a credit union(limited to certain county residents, mostly outside of Cook) have said no, so I'm here asking for help! 

I went to close in March and lender left me"at the altar"

Using $100 per square foot for all-in cost puts my cost for 16 units (probably 2 buildings) around $1.42 Million (seems really high to me at second look)3.

@Amanda Cook,  I haven't been to any meet ups yet but I plan to when my schedule cools down.Thanks @Paul Timmins for all the great content.

Traditional mortgages won't work for me at this point and anything on Zillow is old news to some of you pros.  

@Richard Cook, because the Bank has rejected your Offer, I suggest you show them who's boss, by walking away, with your $100 earnest rightfully back in your pocket!

He just doesn't communicate with me at all.

but I can say for sure that I'm looking for a lot more meat on the bone than 17k for my first flip, as I want to give myself PLENTY of room to screw everything up...haha.I'm looking for a nice healthy 30k margin.. if I'm going to spend the time and take the risk, I want it to be worth it!

Take the time to explore all the resources available to you.Networking is how to succeed in this space and as such I wanted to give you an open invitation to feel free to reach out to me at any time.

Our goal at this point is to find SFH that will have a AVR of $250K to $400k as this is the meat of the market.