I was brought on to build relationships with investors, builders, and developers.

It almost sounds like I need to find a GC to partner with on my first few deals and with all of the horror stories I hear about GC's that doesn't sound very promising especially without having a relationship with one.

I have access to $20-$30K for downpayment etc. 800+ credit score, a good paying job, and need to find a local REI friendly lender to not only lend money but perhaps even lend advice on best ways to get my 30K to work for me.Property under agreement is in Des Moines proper but I will be looking to buy in the surrounding communities to the south as well (Indianola, Norwalk, West Des Moines, Carlisle).I could go to a big bank and finance this first house but I would like to start a long term relationship now.

How have you experienced investors find and develop cost effective relationships with industry professionals to establish your long lasted business/my empire?

We've been utilizing biggerpockets' tools and have built our own excel spreadsheet to quickly analyze data-dump from mls reports. 

What I wrote above does not create an attorney/client relationship between us.

They will happily put together an Excel list of pre-forclosures, or divorces, or high equity, low equity, owned for 10+ years, etc.Shouldn't be too hard to squeeze out of them.

It will be an invaluable relationship for you to build. 

But this system seems impersonal when I’m trying to develop relationships with a lot of good buyers.So my question is, does anyone have any good ideas or systems for balancing your relationships with your buyers while also maximizing the profits on each deal?

Tina and Joseph go back to the same bank and get a home equity loan for $360,000 to buy a turnkey rental property in Jacksonville run by an extremely reputable management company that provides a steady $200 in cashflow a month, great passive investment with excellent appreciation potential, just like the BP community told her.For the next five years they continue to pay off the original mortgage and the home equity loan, and by 2013 they owe $70,000 on the original mortgage and $305,000 on the home equity loan.