Problem is I am completely new to this and have no clue where to get started!!

Plan would be to complete the simple renovations, find a quality tenant, then refinance to pay off the HELOC.

All of my properties are in Connecticut.So far:Triplex in New Britain- BRRRR complete and fully operational.2625 Rent Roll 100,000 acquisition  50,000 renovation, 140,000 refinance out 190,000 valuationDuplex in Manchester- BRRRR complete2500 Rent Roll 60,000 acquisition  60,000 renovation, 140,000 refinance out 190,000 valuation.Duplex in New Britain- Auction.com buy at the refinance stage.2475 rent roll  75,000 acquisition  20,000 renovation,  looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationDuplex in New Britain- bad foundation renovation done this month2400 rent estimation 85,000 acquisition 20,000 renovation, looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationDuplex in Manchester- acquired from wholesaler half rented and in renovation2300 rent estimation 77,000 acquisition 20,000 renovation,looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationBrand new acquisition:2300 rent estimation 70,000 acquisition  30,00 renovation, looking to refinance out 120,000 for a 160,000 valuationI will be documenting everything I can about the 6th deal as we go.

The notification can be done by a title company or you can use a certified letter to complete the process. 

I've got all the plans and proposals ready, and we're looking at about a 2 month turnaround to complete construction and 30 day max to get under contract w/ aggressive pricing, w/ 45 days to close.

It's my understanding that hard money lenders aren't necessarily the formal businesses you might find online, but simply any person/entity willing to provide a short term loan, collateralized by property, and willing to take (mostly) interest only payments and defer full / majority repayment of the principal upon the term end.

After ten years, the seller is paid and all the gain is reported.IRS Form 6252 is the form you complete on your tax return.  

The guy I'm buying from is completely remodeling 3 of the four units, and I may be able to talk him into kicking the last lady out, who will be gone before closing anyways, and remodeling all 4.

This may be a long post, but I thought it would be good to walk through everything step-by-step, and explain my thinking along the way.If you want to stick with me through it all, here we go:I was not going to be getting a conventional mortgage for my first property for a number of reasons.First, I am still annoyed at the hoops I had to jump through to get a mortgage for my primary residence.Second, my liquid cash was on the lower end.Third, the properties that I would need to start out with would not be financeable anyway.Fourth, my DTI is on the high side, due to the decision that we made to take out a HELOC to complete interior improvements on my primary house.So, I decided that my path was going to be to form a single member LLC, and take a loan from my 401(k) at work to finance the down payment.Since I do not view the 401(k) loan as a long-term solution, I am treating like hard money, and pay it off ASAP.So, my first deal would be a flip, or a rental that was such a good deal, that I could re-fi out and pull all my cash out.I decided to reach out to the commercial lending department of the local credit union, which I am a member.The person I talked to (who became my lender) is fantastic.I told him what types of properties I was looking for, and that I’d look to turn them into rentals, or to flip them.I will never forget his response, which reminded me why I love this credit union.He said:“Typically, the deals you are talking about are much smaller than the deals we like to do.However, we also realize that you can not get to that level unless someone helps you get there.So, if the numbers make sense, we will see if any of our products fit.”Awesome!

If you negotiate a good enough deal that pays you then complete the transaction with the investor to buy the house you have under contract.