Got secondary funding for rehabs that way.

Maybe something like "we'd like to communicate the itemized receipt of how your deposit funds have been used up to this point along with a check if any funds are still available"Just an idea =)

Institutional buyers, hedge funds, large scale investment groups. 

My question is this - what’s the best way to go about finding alternative funding?

Cash, debt, rents, mortgages, expenses, cap. ex funds and allocation and basically have them give me an "If I were you" plan.

Account ClosedIf you are referring to investing in a note fund the answer is YES. 

@Natasha Richardson advice i was given: "get pre-qualified to know how much you can get funded for". that way you know how far your 20k can take you.

We did this in February and split the funding 25/25/50. 

If you have funds / means where are all kinds of opportunities to become silent partner / investor. 

It could be a good place to start for what you're looking to do.Some states do have redemption periods during which the owner has time to come up with the funds to payoff the mortgage and redeem their property after a foreclosure sale.