You don’t want to be two months down the road and still shopping for towels, which we’ve seen happen every time someone who hasn’t designed hundreds of rentals says “I can do it for less”.

Your best bet is likely going to be to get a lender that does both hard money for BRRRR purchases and the refinance loans as well (all in one shop). 

Why did the other group close up shop?  

I have a friend who runs a dive equipment shop and he puts all his computers as business expenses because he manages his inventory and orders through the computers.

he average American knows around 600 people.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/the-average-american-knows-how-many-people.html#:~:text=The%20average%20American%20knows%20about,do%20you%20know%20named%20Kevin%3FPer the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 time in their life, which based upon an approximate lifespan of 84 years, works out to be about every 7 years.https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html#:~:text=Using%202007%20ACS%20data%2C%20it,one%20move%20per%20single%20yearSo, if the average American knows 600 people and they each move about every 7 years, that means that the average American knows around 85 people that move in any given year.How many of those moves do you want to be involved in?

@John Fedro has done it several times and he has really proved to be a first class source of answers and encouragement as we set up shop.

I work for the largest manufactured home builder in American and the banks usually require a property owners agreement to be signed allowing them or their contractors to have access to the land.

Together we are a 1 stop shop and a rarity due to our experience in the real estate business.

Start shopping for that long term financing now to know who has the shortest seasoning period and all of their qualification processes so you know whether or not you'd qualify before to get into any deals with a HML  Do not estimate your ARV on a deal.

We are still shopping for traditional financing.