Talk to them, find out how they work, how many years they've been in business, see if they have a portfolio of work or a few references. 

As long as you’ve done your numbers right and plugged all the correct precautions into your portfolio, a deal is a deal if the numbers are solid.  

Farmington Bank used to offer such a product; however, it is no longer available once they were acquired by People's United Bank.I am open to going under FNMA standards; however, if you do not have a loan package I would be eligible for, can i ask whether your institution makes portfolio loans to real estate investors?

For example if the inheritance is in the form of a diversified stock portfolio consisting of blue chip stocks being managed by a trusted brokerage, she should leave it there and if anything divert dividend payments only to other investment vehicles she prefers or to pay off high interest debt, but not touch the principle.

Even talking to portfolio lenders.

I’ve been trying to maximize my investment potential. Currently my wife and I are able to put away $5,750 away each month into a fund for real estate. We currently own a 4plex and duplex in our home state. 4plex is wo...

We are in talks with a few larger local operators on some multi family portfolios.

You can also look into using hard money lenders to get started, or you can speak to local banks as well to see if they might consider doing a portfolio loan for you.

, to build a BRRR/Hold portfolio, to be a hard-money lender?

Essentially they want to stop people from putting together a 100% leveraged investment portfolio.