She wanted me to have that money to buy a house for my engage wife and I ( yes she is amazing).

The board is very engaged in improving the community.

There are a ton of lenders out there with these “fix n flip” loan products but I’m apprehensive about engaging them since their terms seem pretty aggressive and we’re really looking to hold on to the property to cash in on the long term use of the space.I would love to hear any suggestions on how to run the financing on this bad boy…Initial purchase price - $160k (we’ve got HELOC funds for this but could go a different direction if it makes sense).Rehab on house - $150k (realistically more like. $100-$120k but playing it safe).ARV (on house alone) - $400k

Don't go engage in wars, play in the field less populated.

I would love to engage with other folks in the BP community in the Tuscon area, and look forward to interacting with all of you on the Forums!

But, if you engage a local VA, you could also assign things like handwritten thank you cards to sellers/buyers, birthday cards to your buyers list, etc., and even bandit sign placement and retrieval.

In fact, when we first got engaged we purchased the condo I was renting and were well on our way to financial freedom. 

@Emily Capozzi the loan process does not officially begin until you are under contract to buy a property, but you do generally want to engage with a lender before you start looking at properties so you can get an idea of what priced home you can qualify for and what the cost of a loan might look like at various price ranges.

@Daniel Molina the page Linda shared is a good source.Some of your criteria made me smile -- "must be able available year round". if you don't have a long term engagement with a CPA, it's hard/impossible to get during the tax seasons. 

You should request and carefully consider the education, qualifications and/or experience of an attorney prior to engaging his/her services.