I've been interested in Real Estate Investing for a couple of years now but never had the funds to properly pursue it (wish I knew about the No Money Down techniques). 

Financing of any kind is typically an exit strategy, not an actual wholesale technique.

'better' alternatives.

On average these (ie, you if you're in my market) are better clients than what realtors send my way.Spamming everyone is the alternative model.

Take advantage of the forums as they will cover many questions you may have and as Cory Mccarthy mentioned listen to the podcast, they will familiarize you with terminology and techniques from other investors that have successfully completed deals.

I would focus any 'alternative' investments on notes and syndications of the very trustworthy variety.

Quality of customer service and processing response time will be key factors.An alternative is a checkbook IRA LLC.

Quality of customer service and processing response time will be key factors.An alternative is a checkbook IRA LLC.  

You may also have a seasoning problem.If getting a loan from a regular mortgage broker or bank does not work or you need money faster an alternative is to get a loan from a private lender or a hard money lender like my company.

So I started to think about "Creative financing and alternatives" I came up with two possible options:1.