Their "preferred" lender indicated that I could not put the property in the name of my LLC even if I sign for the loan personally.

Consider a poll of the possible customers.

I usually prefer the ones that wedge to the inside and then you also secure the flange to the subfloor with screws.

Where do most of your customer come from?

I'm looking for people who do hard money lending (preferably no doc) I have a credit score in the mid 7's and steady income and am looking to do my first rehab in a few mths.

As for prospective buyers, I have at least 2 or three of these type of customers in my pipeline per month.

Could anyone give me some of their recommendations if they know of any most preferably in Long Island, thanks.

In California you must have all cash - the preferred method is to take cashier's checks made payable to yourself.

Having clear title is extremely important, but holding off on marketing the property for 1-5 days for the title company to find out if the title is clear is not a good use of precious days UNLESS you have a strong suspicion that the title is not clear.Teasing an investor with a property with a title issue is not promotive of satisfied customers.

The property sits on a 1 acre lot and is surrounded by custom homes that are $500,000 or higher.