Keep in mind many people aren't acquainted with seller financing so there may be some further conversation needed in terms of communicating your offer.      

Use personal bank loans, mortgage lenders, or private equity investors to finance deals.3.

It will be extremely unlikely that you find a HML to give you 100% funding on your first deal.They will all require you to have a down payment and some skin in the game.You will also need funds for rehab because they typically reimburse you afterwards.You'll either need to save up or get private money (friends, family, etc) for the down payment.Otherwise you can always explore creative financing options like seller financed deals, etc.

Let's chat in private as I do not want to seem to solicit to anyone and everyone on a public forum but in general our innovate model that installs in applications where plumbing is not separated probably runs $200-300 per apartment unit ($400-600 for an entire duplex).

I've never used private or hard money lenders before but I think I need to take that step in order to move forward and grow my portfolio.

Not sure if you are looking for private or traditional lenders, but Lima One Capital is a private lender that does 30 yr loans on investment properties.   

Now, I haven't gotten any numbers from the last 6 months, but based on some conversations -- it's likely that an even more current snapshot of their NOI would prove to be better. 

To keep the conversations flowing smoothly and fresh in my mind, I practice my dialogue with sellers when I’m in the car alone, at my house, have my girlfriend role play as one etc.

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Just purchase a rental property near Drake from a private seller, and it’s been 3 years since the last purchase we did... wondering whether anyone had any good recommendations for an inspector.