A good appraiser is your friend - look for MAI or SRA designations or education from the appraisal institute.

As a Property Manager it is my job to "lend a hand" in the process.

In state of California, if you hold your CA broker license, I believe you also get into the lending business in California, but in Georgia, I will need to take new prerequisite courses and take the NMLS state exam.

With the Checkbook IRA LLC, the IRA itself is at the back end and simply owns an IRA for which you can have signing authority and operate out of a bank account of your choosing.Again, if the IRA will have equity in the flip, then the IRA is engaging in a trade or business activity as opposed to passive investments such as hard money lending or rental income.  

An unsecured credit line option can be used to purchase, rehab, and flip real estate, allowing you to leverage resources to do more deals, and increase your bottom line on each and every property.There are source of funds in the market place that our experts have established relationships by auditing banks and compiling a list of those whom lend to businesses without reporting the business owners or investor’s personal credit!

The reason behind this is most private money lenders are not licensed to lend on single family properties.

I considered opening a business account with business credit, get with brokers for private lending options.

I've seen some lenders who charge an investor 1-2 points when they commit to lending the money.

The following graph and subsequent discussion below provide an overview of the current lending environment and alternatives we anticipate in the coming months for the multifamily lending market.

If I'm looking to rely on conventional bank loans, banks in Cayman consider any properties in excess of 2 units (triplex or higher) to be 'commercial' for the purposes of lending.