In addition to sourcing the deal, I also negotiate it, help place debt on it with an institution, private investor or hard money lender and then asset manage it after the deal closes.  

Here's a basic outline we used for hands on involvement:Tell them: teach,  discuss, explain.Show them: Model as they watch.Involve them: Let them participate with you there, and then on their own.

How to fund rehabs: the purchase and the rehab costs.How to get short-term and permanent funding for buy-and-hold investing.How to qualify for a loan.The differences between hard money and private money.The pros and cons of different types of loans.How to get proof of funds, so the seller knows you can close.The types of financial institutions and which are best for your situation.Owner financing -- yes, it's possible!

Whichever path you take, it also had a very extensive list of institutional buyers that can come in handy down the road.

I think in reality the true more institutional note buyers Know there buyer and do repeat business.

I guess participation in a syndication may qualify. 

Easy way to look at things are any institutional, or Hedge funds buying in this asset class.

This is why people like me don't respond to certain queries - those who don't treat this as a business have broken fundamentals, while those who do (and have common sense) are worth talking to.I sometimes participate on here (this forum) when I have leisure time and get tired of reading poor advice (of which there is plenty) from inexperienced people dispensing their wisdom (especially questions about LLCs and land trusts) or gurus screwing others over (I was instrumental - as documented on here by the victim - in their recovery of tens of thousands of dollars).  

Not saying the institutional guys are always right, but their money is definitely in MF right now.  

I’m a recent graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology with my B.S in Mechanical Engineering and I plan on continuing my education as a full-time graduate student pursuing a M.S. in Power and Energy Systems.