Hey folksI am an Indianapolis investor traveling to downtown Chicago for a real estate course and certification that I will be in town for all week.

You'll also likely want a relationship with another smaller local bank who can help fund the deals quickly.Carson Bank, Vintage Bank, Rose Hill Bank, Union State Bank, Stock Exchange Bank (Ark City) are a few of the smaller local ones I know would be able to act quickly and wont screw you on closing costs.I've personally used Carson and Union State Bank (formerly Relianz)  - Have spoken to Rose Hill and Vintage about their programs however have not ruled out using them in the future.I'm sure there's a few other smaller banks I've left off, but going off the cuff those are the ones I remember.

Hey, I am kind of in the same boat, mid 20s getting my RE licence to help with my investing, I was looking at RedFin they have this cool program called RAD where they train you while you make salary and full benefits, might be worth checking out.Cheers!

"Basically a Cleveland version of HGTV's Fixer Upper"IMO, these programs are so misleading that they are on the edge of F R A U D.Facts (ha ha, what facts) are sketchy and it's all dreamland.CAVEAT EMPTOR.

I have been educated by a few programs on this topic but would like an unbiased view from the BP community.  

@Terry KoeppDmitriy mentioned the Solo 401k, which is a great program.  

I have heard of this company, but if I recall was more of a seminar type program, that offers free teaser weekends or seminars, and then wants you to spend big bucks to learn more (and most claim it got them no where.

For businesses with a 2 year+ history that can go full doc can qualify for $150,000 lines.Ideally 730+ scores on average gets access to LOC programs.

For example, if your properties accept housing vouchers, what experience do they have with these programs?

This method eliminates the competition at the tax sale, be pro-active.Tax sale certificate purchasing is a passive method of investing, for me, I'm impatient, I don't want to wait the prescribed period of time to get paid interest on my investment (too old to wait for that).I would rather deal directly with the property owner to attempt to solve the problem they are having; no money for the taxes.There are times when if you are pro-active, visiting tax sale properties, searching for the owners, that you may find a really great deal.