., so it could be an easy way to take away the risk of self-managing or even working with a traditional PM.

My credit is pretty good (760+ FICO score using both installment and rolling credit) but obviously the part about being unemployed is going to make it extremely difficult to get a loan through traditional routes.

The trick is that you should be buying properties at steep discounts in non traditional ways. 

I'm 30yrs young and ready to start my Investing career.My goals are to provide quality affordable housing for all Honest and hard working Families out there, and to also be able to provide Financing to those who find it hard to get traditional lending.I expect to achieve long term wealth through some rentals and merging into financing and lending when i can build sufficient equity. 

Many new buyers want nothing to do with the traditional highly rated suburb outliers now.

They also explained how they are able to purchase apartments using everyone’s favorite - OPM (Other People’s Money)... but without "traditional" private equity loans and ... without any interest!

Not wanting to have that happen again, I just sunk back into my full time job and told myself i tried and failed and that I was too busy at my job to continue.The Fire ReignitesI have a tradition.

Hey Larry,  I was in your same situation a couple years ago and I decided to buy a small property in Topanga Cyn and build a custom affordable modular home and got it built for under $150,000 in less then 6 months time it was the best thing I've ever done and I could resell my home rite now for almost double the price I paid and my home is as nice or nicer then any traditionally built new home in the local area.

Purchase via hardmoney and refi'd into traditional loans. 

A traditional refi has the least risk, the HELOC has the most.