In order to focus your search, you should determine what your investment goals are and which type of program will best suit your needs.IRA Custodians (generally with the word trust in their name) are essentially doing the same thing as a brokerage, but have the staff training and paperwork to document non-traditional assets such as real estate, mortgage notes and stock of privately held companies.  

I remember as a traditional student in business the Gale publications allowed people to purchase their directory for different purposes (starting or expanding one's business). 

The HML's i've contacted need more than I have to put down on the purchase and 20K is not enough to pull off all of these with traditional lending.

If materials such as tiles are stolen from the home the cost would not be covered in a traditional homeowner's policy for the home you live in.As your investment project progresses, your insurance needs also change.

Anyone who wants to preserve value must look somewhere besides traditional savings to do so. 

Then its like a traditional fix & flip/rent as it will need minor to major rehab. 

In fact most investors start out with traditional banks.

Is it possible for me to do seller financing for a year or two until I can refinance to a traditional loan?

Many investors use Summit Title, particularly on non traditional transactions 

Well it sounds like a traditional eviction situation.