A colleague of mine and I are considering entering into an equity partnership. The strategy will be fix-and-hold single family homes. Colleague provides the cash, I provide the rest (deal analysis, negotiations, closi...

Has anyone used Fusion private lenders??

They're considered riskier since Fannie won't buy them but they are still legal. that makes sense.. after all I am usually the only private lender in the mortgage CE the rest are all doing fannie freedie usda VA stuff ..thanks for clarifying.. 

@Greg Davis try private bank of Decatur or some of the local credit unions.

I've in the past had clients fly into town for a weekend and allow me to put them in my car and give them a tour of the city - that's where you'll learn the most.

For a quick example if a HML provides 75% of the loan for my deal do i have to provide the remaining 25% with private lending or my own cash?

They can't compete with private investors especially those who do their own work. 

Anybody ever use the private lenders, cash buyers list from MyHouseDeals.com?

As I'm learning, I'm happy to lend my experience in underwriting private money and corporate real estate management and dispositions where I can and where it makes sense. 

@Krishna Chava it would be great to get the tech you are using via private message as well.