I'm not affiliated with them, but have gotten to review their work and liked what I saw.

@Scott Scharl tell them that you are fluent in French, and to please send the prospectus for review.

If you have a great deal for which you would just like to obtain funding you can submit a loan application on our site and we can review the merits of that deal with you and see which funding option will work best. 

We are scaling into the commercial mixed use development space here in Atlanta market and are looking to strategically collaborate with 10+ years experienced parties.

When investing remotely you are taking on a little extra risk but you are also paying extra in fees for someone to do the extra small things that you would be able to do if you were local, i.e. walk through a property and analyze the area, review construction to make sure it is being done and to your standards.

View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.  Brandon mentioned lowering the offer and something else I can't remember to arrive at a...

If the property does need work and you are able to refi 70% ltv I will suggest partnering up with someone experienced and getting a hard money lender for this process. 

One of the things that most people don't realize is that rewards systems are very similar to punitive systems (further explained in this Harvard Business Review Article).

I would like to know, what advice would any experienced investor give to a first timer?

Ask a few experienced real estate investors in your area for referrals through your local real estate investment club.