Another route is to partner with people.

@Chad Herringunless:(a) you have both substantially more capital than the amount you are looking to lend, and (b) you have expertise in real estatei would strongly recommend not doing thisprivate lending is an advanced strategy, not a beginning oneand what flipper needs just 25k??

Consequently, they’ll likely need to tighten their belts in other areas, potentially reducing spending, which could adversely affect the economy.Furthermore, there are troubling signs in the average weekly hours worked, despite the seemingly strong headline numbers.

Well let's say you can't afford it, but you could get a DSCR loan and or a partner that would help with downpayment. 

My siblings and I are interested in partnering to purchasing single family vacation rentals in Aruba. 

@Lan Bak, the REIT does have  distribution requirements (one of the reasons they start strong in a market and fade as a market matures). 

To that end, I'm primarily here to network with agents/brokers and property managers who I can partner with to identify and manage great properties. 

hurdle.He was not primed from past experiences to think lenders hate restaurants and restaurant owners, so he didn't go the route of thinking it was "anti-restaurant discrimination," but behind the scenes, truth be told, several of our partner lenders did in fact deny the loan outright based on "we are not looking for new restaurant opportunities at this time."

Though mistakes will still be made.Because of the expense of creating and maintaining a title plant, there are areas of the country where several partners (underwriters and/or agents) joined together to form a common plant. 

I strongly suggest going to your local REI meetup.