I’ve heard about ‘gap funding’ for fix & flips to cover down/closing/holding costs in addition to the hard money loan for most of the purchase price & rehab, but how realistic is it to secure that type of funding?

Questions:What money do you have to do marketing and to lock up deals?

Keep your money in a bank, save a little each paycheck.

The rate on a hard money loan will be at 10.5-12.5% versus 25-35% on a credit card... 

I am wondering is there any hard money lenders that can provide 100% financing on investment property and also provide rehab loan for short time period?.

If you cash out equity in a property, you are "borrowing" that money from the lender.

If you cash out equity in a property, you are "borrowing" that money from the lender.

Very well qualified borrowers can often obtain favorable terms from their existing banking relationship and sometimes even borrow against non-real estate related capital assets such as money market, life insurance or investment accounts.

Slow down and take a deep breath before making decisions especially where money is concerned you can sometimes be blinded and make bad choices. 4.

I initially got into this home with no money but have done renovations.