For a wholesaler, I need to be able to make multiple quick analysis and thought a service rather than a realtor might be a better option.

Hard money "asset based" lenders still require that you have skin in the game.

Most of the professionals in this network I know personally or they come recommended by another or multiple other professionals in the network.

I am also a real estate broker and have access to all bank owned and short sales in the multiple listing service.

Rather than the convention of hunting for a deal out there, creating the deal for myself with the purchase of raw land and build multiple duplexes on the land.

Working my current job I've gotten to see some of the financial working when it comes to managing multiple large apartment buildings, being able to interact with the managers at each individual site and also understanding the far larger process of bill payment than what we would do on a normal home basis.

Bandit signs, CL, back page, your local REI, search the county records for investors in that area that own multiple properties in the area.

I think both of you need to cool down.A few lessons confirmed here:1)Never do business with family or friends.2)Make sure you have negotiated partnership agreement in place before you enter into a deal with anyone.3)Always go in with multiple exit strategies.

Hi Paul, It would be a whole lot easier, if you can get access to your local Multiple Listing Service, to query on who the cash buyers are.

If 40% is what it takes to get the capital, that's fine, but in my opinion that's pretty rich to the money source when you have 50% skin in the game.