I have an investor client who has his own source of funds. 

Hi @Charlie MacPherson, I don't have a specific private money strategy for you, though I would counsel that once you have a decent proposal/informal deal idea worked out, the next most critical piece will be getting a sit down conversation with yourself, your client, and your client's bankruptcy attorney.

@Matt Wood  https://www.terraresidential.com/ comes highly recommended from several sources. 

Doesn't include any other revenue sources.

I encourage input and direct but constructive criticism of the deals I've been purchasing in this hot, maybe top or near-top of the market-cycle. 

They are a great source of information and networking.

My day to day job is as a critical facility engineer for a data center, with my specialty being HVAC and commercial electrical. 

I have been doing my own diligence as well to self educate, but there is no better source than experience.  

@Perig Vennetier, I am finally happy to see someone talking about these crowfunding sources in the "light" and not the darkness that tend to exist in.

A - Find a private source of funding for between $200k - $1M, and set up a loan from them for 10% interest for 20 years with a balloon.