@Adam Rapoport a hard money lender is usually referred to as a company that pools private money together to lend.

I have a row of neighbors mailboxes on a lot I bought. It is on my property and is right in the way of driveway apron.  Can I just cut them down and move then to a new location. It would still be just as easily and sa...

How so for being a private negotiator? 

I assume that in this case, where the county has passed the collection case on to a private attorney, that the lien would've been placed by the county? 

I put down cash and then financed this through a private bank.

Hard & Private Lenders How did you add value to the deal?

Hard & Private Lenders How did you add value to the deal?

Conrad, look up Brew City REI Club if you are interested in participating--it is a private, give and take, invitation only real estate club of active local investors obsessed with real estate in Wisconsin and charitable in helping each other succeed.  

If you don't have any money for flips, the only suggestion would be to use private money from friends and family - ask them to use their capital to fund the deal and then you do the work and you either split the profits or offer them a set return on their money in the form of a mortgage/promissory note. 

They're widely available, many of them open-ended (meaning you can buy in tomorrow, next year, whenever) and you're not under the same pressure to find the perfect property.In the past, private equity funds were generally closed to "accredited investors," a sub sector of affluent investors who -- perceive ably -- have more money and therefore must be more savvy.