My business profile is showing only 16 reviews on the count however when I manually count my reviews I have 26.

Whoever gives me the most business and has an excellent close record will first be presented with off-market opportunities. 

Quote from @Gregory Wilson: A few things there, Brendan.First, an LLC with you as a member and your (wife, son, pal, etc.) partner as a 1% member will file a Form 1065 which is about one tenth as likely to be audited by the IRS as a Form 1040 with a Schedule E rental activity (which I presume you will attempt to show is an active business).Second, you want an LLC because when your local Alabama handyman drives his girlfriend's uninsured truck into a van load of U of A medical school interns on I-22 when he goes  to get some shingles for your roof, on your business, you don't lose everything you have or ever will have to an uninsured claim. 

This will help attract more business to the state, keep it coming! 

The liability coverage is way better, the building coverage is often better, and commercial policies typically cover loss of business income as well, which a homeowners policy isn't going to help you with.California + wildfire area + STR is super tough. 

.$847 in the bank699 Credit Score133% revolving utilization/over the limit maxed out personal credit cardsQuite a bit of other high interest debt/loans borrowed during the first year in business$3,580,000 Appraised Portfolio Valuation$2,139,400 DSCR Mortgage Debt in my LLCs$1,440,600 Equity (Appraised Value-Mortgage debt)8 Remodeled SFRs1 Converted Remodeled Duplex2 SFR Remodels currently in process2 Apartment Buildings - 13/14 units occupiedA little more experience to say the least234 Audible books in my libraryAs I'm sure any experienced investor can gather, having the sizable amount of personal debt as I do, supplier house account payments due, PMLs that need to be paid, etc, not having liquidity/any money in the bank is an ISSUE.

I took the course last October... got swamped in my currently real estate business... went through a 90 day "challenge" course with RAL academy....

I've closed a bunch of loans with Kiavi, Roc, and a few with ABL, I also closed with RCN, Easy Street, Lima One, and some smaller private lenders.I've come to the conclusion that the experience at the lender is not globally good or globally bad. 

Hey Wes, My business partner and I are investors/agents/wholesalers in Phoenix.

Quote from @Dan Farsht: I am looking to connect with other hard money lenders in the upper Midwest (our business is currently concentrated in the Greater Milwaukee Area).