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Many investors use wholesalers or real estate agents who specialize in investment properties, or they directly target owners with distressed properties.5.

If you're not using Hard Money and the property won't qualify for conventional financing, then you'd probably need to locate private money or if you have friends with IRAs, they can be self-directed to invest in real estate.

If so, and you're looking at a purely rental property (not to live in at any point) you could consider opening a self-directed IRA to invest in the new property without having to pull money out and pay penalties?

It is not on your typical zillow/redfin/trulia site as she said it is directly from the seller. 

Once the city gives direction, then start to look at available options and penciling out the numbers to see what makes the most sense.  

Stop reading if you want.2) I couldn’t guess what “There is a 6 months of grace period before interest payment begins” means.3) They call their $3555 charge a “Loan Fee,” stated a few lines up as 2%. 2% of $235,000 (loan amount) is $4470.4) Do you seriously believe the loan fee, “… IS 100% REFUNDABLE IF THERE IS ANY DEFAULT FROM THEPART OF THE LENDER OR IF THE BORROWER CHOOSES TO TERMINATE THE LOAN.”5) It’s okay to pay an appraiser directly.

While sophistication of your equity partners (private money lenders) will vary between residential and commercial, the principle of raising private capital is the same.You need to develop your own system which allows a constant stream of PML even when you don't need the funds and/or don't have an active deal under contract.For example; I raise private capital by offering free educational workshops for people with self-directed IRAs.

He did a good job but looking back on it now I think I could've done alot better with more insight and direction How did you finance this deal?

These investments in the area are expected to create tens of thousands of new direct and indirect jobs and further accelerate population growth and housing demand.