When I am looking for a new investment property and am strapped for cash, I typically look off-market and try and find something that can a seller is looking to sell that needs minimal repairs to be rent ready and the purchase price is 80% of the ARV this way I can use private money to buy in cash, do the repairs needed then refinance on a DSCR loan and pay off the private money loan. 

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Purchase price: $189,000 Purchased with the help of Norada Real Estate and a private lender loan (family member).

A 0% APR credit card is a smart move for materials, but for labor costs, you might explore a private or hard money lender, especially since your loan term is only 3-4 months.

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Here’s a breakdown of the main ways investors fund their first deal while minimizing their own cash outlay:1.Private Money & Hard Money Loans– These lenders focus more on the deal than on your personal finances.

I used private money to cover all out of pocket costs, including a $25,000 cash-for-keys deal with the tenant!

Are there any alternative financing options (private lenders, or portfolio loans) that might work better?

With what little we had left, we made a last-ditch effort to pivot into real estate by splitting the entry fee into a private investment group in Columbus, OH (our hometown), which also happened to run the largest public real estate network in the state, The CREAM.My friend bowed out early, but I stayed in, showing up to every single weekly call.