What is the best way to go about finding private financing for a deal?

I'm here because I'm looking to start investing and flipping houses/owning rental properties, I'm not looking to have a show in HGTV, I simply want to be financially secure in the future.

I am rehabbing a house with a private well.  

I assume this is a private, not a public job?

Hi,I have a property that is on a private street, so it is the responsibility of the owners to make sure the street is up to code.

This assumes you are using hard/private money and paying commissions to an agent.To a person, the experienced rehabbers we know who can't find a decent deal, will just sit on their money until they find a viable property.

That included getting a team in place, educating myself here on BP and other books, actively looking at the market to identify where I wanted to invest, determining my strategy, realizing there was a flaw in my plan, finding a private investor, and finding a deal that met my criteria. 

There is no such such thing as job security.

Even if a conventional Fannie/freddie lender will not finance it, there are always portfolio lenders (who make their own decisions on a case-by-case basis), commercial loans (yes, they can be made on less than five units) and last but CERTAINLY not least, private individuals (a massively underutilized financing source, IMHO)I think your bigger issue might be insurance, rather than financing.  

@John Watson @Matt Roberts You guys need to find private lenders that will charge a premium but will lend you the money... think about it, if a bank charge 4% on 60k..