I think the dead giveaway is the rate and points. 5% is too low for anyone to lend now.

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

Eamon,Any time you face a major issue with a bank/lender and they fail to refund your money or it costs you money and a lost deal due to ignorance or bad lending. 

The funds can also be directed for a business purpose such as hard money lending....also buy into a business or develop RE at your own timing (all capital gains tax deferred, without having to follow any timing guidelines.)2) Net rental income: If you buy a property through the DST you don't have to take the rental income.

Then a bank will lend on the two as if they were one and that will result in a higher lending amount.

An appraiser likely won't be able to value a 1-4 unit property based off STR rents (whether projected or actually incurred), and if they are, the lender won't lend off said valuation for their applicable value (value they're lending off of). 

As someone who deals and talks to real Private Lenders (small shops run by a guy who lends his own capital and doesn't use big box), they have a hard and fast business model that produces the rate of return they need to remain profitable and curb the risk on their cash.So the best product for a budding fix and flip investor is the bridge loan which includes acquisition money and construction money. 

I've only read about it, but never really investigated it since I don't see it possible for me.What about private lending? 

As far as I'm aware most credit unions will only lend on properties in their area of operation so not sure it makes sense to join one in a different state.

Whether that is actually true can be debatable and the seller might not want to deal with complex lending situations.