No bank, no bank hassles.

Is there any bank or other corporation that we need to go through to obtain a loan?

Soon is defined as 5 years or less.So assuming that’s the case your best bet will be high yield savings account (ally bank is around 1.75 percent I think) or a money market account

I used deal # 2 as collateral with my bank to secure the loan and 3k out of pocket to purchase this unit.

If so then I would look into 2-4 unit multifamily and get a 203k loan, this allows for minimum down payment and you can buy really messed up homes and use the banks money to fix it. 

The platform is associated with major U.S. banks so most tenants have access to it through their checking accts.

Our bank said it can sometimes take up to 10 days to show up.

Some immediate sources are personal funds, community banks, friends and family, hard money lenders, crowdfunding, etc.4.

Im very new to loan and bank language, so forgive me.

From talking to someone who also is fairly new in this field, I found that all major banks he went to told him they didn't offer Cash-out refinances on rental property.Does RBFCU offer CORE-Fi on investment properties?