If you're looking to use conventional financing, whoever you work with will need to be licensed in the state you're buying in.

Not surprisingly, I had a negative net worth until I started learning about personal finance.

Hi Everyone, don't know if this is posted in the right section. Is anyone aware of any reputable lenders doing flip and hold lending with reasonable terms?

With a decade of experience of working in corporate finance, I've done top-notch deal analysis for this MTR; It's not luck, it's hard work. 

Does anyone specialize in selling properties with seller financing?

In Texas most lenders won’t finance a property purchased at tax sale until a two year period has expired.  

How did you finance this deal?

However, it's also true that financing options can be more limited for LLCs, especially when it's a new entity.One alternative worth considering is forming a partnership agreement between you and your friend.

Sounds like a good plan - from a financing perspective, its a good idea to start researching now - for better or for worse, a lot of lenders view 1st time investors without a primary residence with a owner-occupied mortgage as a flag and might limit some options

Financing costs are much more expensive than they were a few years ago, and you just never know when a property is going to be a maintenance headache or you happen to switch to a market where rents happen to fall over the next 12-18 months.