I'm super new to this game and I am in a small (tiny?)

The other night, I was watching a hockey game (yes, I'm Canadian) on tv and browsing Facebook when a post from a local Facebook classified group caught my attention.

This is my 30,000 mile high in the sky overview of real estate investing.I tend to look at investing in real estate like a  high stakes poker game, especially in the Bay Area.

A lot of these tenants are people who got messed up in the crisis, and are out of the game.

Back home my dad and I were working on our second flip, and really just getting started back in the real estate game.

I want to get back in the game and start expanding my small portfolio of properties.

I won't sell my investment properties to an FHA insured buyer as too often the underwriters make unreasonable demands and are as arrogant as a politician...I don't wish to play their games.

I only have $40,000 to invest in the deal.There is a lot of due dilegence that still needs to be done on this deal, but I like to have a game plan in place before I start the process. 

If you don't have the cash for your skin-in-the-game, you will not find a REAL hard money lender that will put up all the funds.  

Brand new to real estate but would definitely like to get in the game.