It's frustrating me, because I'm still working on Private Lending, but I'd like to be able to get some solid comps and start running numbers on some properties, to present to my potential lender.

If interested, send the colleague request so I can send you contact information privately and we will move forward from there.

They only buy directly from the private sellers.

A bank or a private party?

I seen the Canadian news video, and I even read the complaints about Tigrent Learning.Let me take it a step further, I checked the WHOIS information on TigrentLearning.com and it was Private Proxy domain registered on GoDaddy.

The areas that experienced the largest property value drops (and thus have the greatest deals now) are the areas where the local banks have been burned the worst, and these banks are under pressure from their regulators and their own Boards, and have either completely withdrawn from investment property lending, or are severely limiting it.You would also be well-served to cultivate some private lenders, and disintermediate the banks out of the picture, as they're just a PITA.

After graduating from college with a business degree, I spent several years working in the private sector.

I know on a privately owned home I might have more pull, but I am not sure with an REO what the bank would be willing to do.

I bought the property with my aunt's money and had a private mortgage/note drawn up and recorded.

Will you be getting a traditional bank loan or private money?