Instead of keeping your money in mutual funds, IRAs , etc with usually small returns (less than 4%), you can hard money lend for much higher returns (8-20%).

If it's a desirable location, after repairs, you may have a deal.

Does a wholesaler here in Florida have to use transactional funding and a double close?

Funds are typically wired.

Since I am likely to be forced to look for private funds or possibly a cash partner, what terms should I look for in a fair partnership or private funding?

I have two lenders that I work with that fund all over the SE.

Seems to me that if the seller doesn't need the money they would potentially make a far better return on their investment by using seller financing vs putting it in the bank or investing it in mutual funds or stocks.

What would it take to become funded, as this is my first look at this type of funding.

Brandon's got a book on Investing with no or low money down, you will see there creative ways to fund your investments if you are low on funds.

But for the average Joe, we aren’t set to inherit tons of money from our family, we tried the stock market but we’ve ended up with average 7-8% returns, maybe some of us have great ideas, but we don’t have the connections and/or the network to adequately fund our business ventures.Raising money to purchase a home is relatively easy for the vast majority of people and in some cases can be shockingly affordable.