@Jonathan Blanco, I'm and investor and a licensed mortgage broker so I've been on both sides of this conversation.I would look for a lender that (1) listens to you and understands your strategy and needs (hint: it's not always money), (2) has experience working with clients executing your strategy and brings more to the table than just cash - be it advice, relationships, deal-team partners, etc., (3) gives you viable options and explains the pros and cons of each option and (4) you enjoy interacting with - this should be a relationship, not a transaction.Once you find a few lenders like this (and you should have relationships with more than one), then you can start comparing rates and fees.

They are often executing long term, intentional strategies that can get derailed if they sell/refi outside of the intended timeline.

Assign a contract: This is where you get a property under contract and you "fee" that you collect at closing is for giving the end buyer the rights to execute on the contract.

I use True Books for my real estate tax planning and execution.

So yes, you can have solid concrete walls, it's still going to burn down.I have read that worst case up to 80 million Americans will relocate in the next three decades.

Depending on your debt to income, you might have to sell or have an executed lease to secure financing to buy the second home.

This is a fully executed contract. 

In this instance this is a plan that can be executed upon and they have some control2.

go to local meetups, they should have some here or try meetup app or eventbrite. continue to network and that can help you execute your plans.

THere is a loan I have seen folks using in the past... not sure if it is still available but it is the MACU90 loan with mountain american credit union and it is a 10% down investment loan.