I can't say I know much about land financing but if I was in your situation I would get in contact with some local or even national mortgage brokers.

I would recommend highlighting a specific area and then getting in touch with the local REI group.

Do you want to invest locally?

If you can get a local agent to pull a list of recent transactions, you should be able to estimate, based on the photos, what your target property will sell for post-renovation.The repair budget is the list of repairs (with estimated costs) required to make your target property look like the "ARV homes" you found above.

I am a local loan officer that works for a mortgage brokerage in Chandler also, let me know if you have any other questions. 

As far as what I do, I am a funding specialist and work closely with real estate investors to raise capital tax-free by using a specially designed holding account that grows your money between 5%-10% of interest and when it is time for you to pull the trigger on the next property purchase, you will enjoy a much lower lending rate of 3.5% - 4.5% on time for their next property.I've been doing this for 9 years and have worked closely with real estate investors for the last 4 and a half.About my future goals, I am interested in partnerships with other investors within the local area (Bay Area).

I'd ask my local banks/CUs/ mortgage broker if they do portfolio type, asset-based loans.  

I'm local

I have brokers lining up some pre-approvals but wanted to see if anyone has had some local success with conventional financing or some type of rehab based loans. 

You came to the best possible place to grow your network and knowledge base before your first property.I'd recommend checking out local meetups, BP webinars, and BP books.