I'll leave you with this thought: with the way this financing is designed, if you had $100K in liquid assets, you could borrow up to $300K (and higher depending on experience) to use on one project or multiple projects. 

I just floated down my borrowers last week, and will be doing more of the same this week.

The credit card company does a quick report.One thing I did at one point was to borrow a secure loan of $1000.

If the balance is $396,000 and it sold at foreclosure for $500,000 you only get the $396,000 and then the rest goes to other debtors then the borrower.

It takes forever, and a mountain of paperwork from us as the borrower as well as from the chosen General Contractor.

For rentals, as long as you 20% down, you can borrow the rest. 

Used HELOC and borrowed money from parents for down payment.

If so did you borrow money?

My question is, "Are there hard money or private lenders who will finance raw land acquisitions and, if so, is it typical to borrow $25-$50K, or does it need to be much higher?" 

@Jared Smith  I am a lender this is the formula we us to qualify a borrow.