This site is full of amazing hands on information and building your team that can get where you want to be with your real estate goals .

Sometimes killing them on site will only make the problem worse.   

@Caleb Heimsoth $1000 referral fee may be needed for a professional but I bet most people you meet in the street or the garage or at the open house  or the guy at a construction site will be thrilled with $500.

Personally, I wanted something at least 60k people strong as I felt like it would be easier to find renters, but I've seen plenty of threads on here where people are doing well with rentals in much smaller markets.I went to Sperling's Best Places to Live site and looked up cities I was interested in. 

REI, like more things in life, is not complicated but it is nuanced and requires in-depth knowledge.

REI, like more things in life, is not complicated but it is nuanced and requires in-depth knowledge.

Use bigger pockets to promote it as well as sites like craigslist as well.1k isn't a ton but work it the best you can brother

well you say lender  .. so that infers he is going to make a real estate loan to you if that's the case super simple.. your in an attorney state simply go to a real estate closing firm.tell them the terms they will prepare the note and mortgage.. along with settlement statement when you have a deal to fund.. that's about it.. not very complicated ..the fella from WA who responded I think is talking more about JV type deals and set ups other than a simple one off loan on a particular property you intend to buy rehab and resell. which is what I am assuming is your goal.

I know that this site (biggerpockets.com) is mainly for the US but I hope I can catch some interest.

I will go the site Josh recommended and pay the owner to give me the keys without a lease.