Once you talk to the players and pick a market, then its just about finding the deals that meet your criteria. 

Retired baseball player with 2 million dollars to put into investments.

Get comfortable with the bank, they will give you the best terms, if it is a construction loan they have a strong incentive to let construction complete, because they do not have the time or capability to finish construction and if left vacant for too long the already completed construction would become worthless.

You work in this instance would be worth zero, as you lack the capability to borrow.

Saying the opposite, that only certain people are capable of doing it and that it should possibly require a bachelors degree in underwriting or at least an associates.

Specifically looking for:- Cost - Best bang for the buck- Reporting - Detailed Monthly, Quarterly, Annual Report capabilities- Ease of use - Too many unnecessary bells and whistles tend to over-complicate the software- Invoicing - Vendors/Contractors/Clients/Tenants- Online Payment acceptance for TenantsThanks everyone!

We are looking for a company that is capable of printing, folding, filling, labeling, and bulk mailing.

Bank is a Large player in the local market as well as California.

The reason I was thinking about this is it would effectively reduce monthly payments about $300 which we would then just add to our savings rate for investing, and then also reduce DTI from about 25% to 22% (not sure if the DTI reduction would be a huge benefit when going to refinance with the bank).Or....Do I take the money, leave it in our savings account and just use it to fund the BRRRR(s), and have the capability of having true liquidity and then re-fiance out once we are rented?

I like the idea of hard/private money lending with this money for a couple of reasons:Returns appear to be higher than the 1.5% this fund is getting YTDCould provide experience about this process as a lenderCould help me foster relationships with players in this space to fuel my own real-estate goals (most important)With those 3 goals in mind, what are some of the things I could do with this money?