I'm new to notes, too, so to avoid "the blind leading the blind," I'll leave #1 & 3 to more experienced note investors. 

I wouldn't buy blind in an unknown area.  

But I also don't want to blindly make calls or meet with people only to get nowhere, so I was hoping there were some HARP friendly lenders out there to go to first.If I had to guess, the property probably has a LTV of around 115%, although it's hard to say because there are no real comps to look at (extremely rural area, unique waterfront/lot size anomalies with our property, etc).

@Maria Kazak greetings from Tallahassee/Gulf Breeze It appears that you are in a blind spot.

We are all biased and have blind spots .  3. 203 k or homestyle will be good .

BP forums are probably a start.Hi Christian,If you're flying blind then it is an iterative process.

I feel as if I am blindly reaching out to investors,  many of which manage their own properties.

The sad part is that many who are sold on particiapation will be sadled with unessesary debt and be discouraged because they were led to believe that all you have to do is blindly follow some secret investment strategy that was really a slick sales pitch not a true educational opportunity.

An offer in the blind like this means that you have zero skin in the game - not even the gas to see the property!

I think we would've been flying blind without that resource.