Other times you see a person do a single post and ghost their own post.I am in two other forums that are dead or dying.  

100% funding is a thing, for example, if the home is $100K to purchase and the renovation is $75K a lender can give you the full $175K however, there are two things you'll need to be aware of 1) there's an option where the closing costs and fees will be much higher, OR 2) you could give your lender a percentage of the equity of the deal (30% - 60%) for a truly zero personal investment deal.

Even if the property is not currently on the market, it will show you a lot of info that I personally find important.

Has anyone hired someone on payroll to oversee their personal portfolio?  

In my personal opinion, that's kind of the way wholesaling is able to work though.

I am thinking Des Moines may be a good place for me to start for some personal and professional reasons.

Otherwise it’s families/friends/partner/sell stuff/personal loan/borrow against something else or see if someone will do a 2nd for 10%. 

As a person who has purchased hundreds of mortgage notes (non-performing and performing) and done many seller finance deals let me tell you if this was the case wouldn't all banks require the buyer (their borrower) to get such a deed so that if their borrowers do not pay then they don't have to go through foreclosure.  

They'll let you know if they have a product you currently qualify for, or what you'll need to do to qualify.Anecdotally, I feel like personal residences are very easy to qualify for.

I'll personally benefit if it is for the current year (anticipated increase in income), or is the benefit to be realized only for the actual year it was placed in service?