He had a great relationship with his tenants and treated them like we treat our tenants for our self-managed properties.

Build financial relationships, never rely on one source of funds.

I have limited cash at this point so I am looking to partner with an experienced rehabber to learn from so that I can learn, make a small percentage of the profit, you make a majority of the profit and the wholesaler can make some money and get rid of the property.I have a relationship with a seasoned broker/wholesaler that I am learning from but it requires that I put all the money up front and I am just not to that point yet.Message me if interested and let me know if you have done this before and I would like to see how your Joint Venture agreement might look like.  

A good relationship with a bank and buying property under 10K, I am voting for that post!

Went directly to a portfolio lender and created a relationship. 

Like anything, building solid and genuine relationships is key!

While the sellers contractor may be legitimate, how do you know otherwise if you don't have a relationship with them.

Even if they do not want to sell right away, I would like to get to know them build some type of relationships and let them know when ever they plan on selling to give me a call right away.  

With no credit/assets/income/proven history you're going to have to leverage relationships you have in order to get funding, and even then, it'll be an uphill battle.The best bet would be to find a partner/investor willing to take a risk on you, if you have a portfolio which details your experience that would be a good first step.

What kind of relationship (e.g. have their attorney's cell numbers) do you have with trustees?