I am having trouble seeing how I can do more than 1 or 2 properties before I would have to wait until I had equity in said properties before I could get loans for more.This is a common question so I gathered some uncommonly good answers and linked to them here:Most recent flip numbers compared to HGTV https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/343683-most-recent-flip-numbers-compared-to-hgtvHow would you describe REI to a HGTV Fanatic?

I will share it here in case you find it helpfulhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/793573-why-should-you-invest-in-phoenix?

There is a specialist for almost every topic you can think of: property management, construction, hard money, self directed IRAs etc etc 

Looking back I see this topic was discussed about 10 years ago.Recently it has come up in some podcast I have listen to.

Bringing this topic up with hopes that people with more insight could pitch in and provide insight or personal opinions/experiences from all parts of US or even the world.

You’d also need a Deed of Trust to make it a secured loan.That’s by no means an exhaustive list of everything you’d need, but here’s another post with a response that does have a good list and some excellent information from an experienced lender who’s also in California:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/49/topics/413352-private-lender---forms-required

But the real money is to be made like this and can be done in a lot of markets:3 Ways to Wealth in Real Estate – Fix & Flip, Buy & Hold, Turnkey (Cash flow) – Here’s Howhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/780022-3-ways-to-wealth-in-real-estate-cashflow-flip-hold-here-s-how 

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/799535-rental-partnership-structure-questions?

@Ravi Kiran here is article about structuring that you might find helpful that I saw on another thread. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/460294-how-to-cash-out-1-4-unit-property

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