When you hear "small business loan" that is normally for office equipment, inventory, things other than real estate.I understand the motivation - I once thought as you do - but that's the reality of real estate lending.  

Just an additional way to increase my revenue.

You need to shop around for your local landlords. try your cities HUD office. they usually have a nice long free list of landlords with their names and phone numbers to call.

Many different factors such as current expenses, condition of the property, additional revenue opportunities, surrounding neighborhood/surrounding rents. 

I just finished a small office deal as a result of meeting a guy at a street fair.

The property is all zoned residential and had a single family house, 2 small apartments, and 2 good sized auto shops with office space.

Hey everyone,One of my best friends is an active duty Marine Corps officer and is a live and flip investor curently stationed in Santa Barbara, CA. 

To add, after you close, you can work with your title officer to do a “Quit Claim” to transfer deed from your name to the LLC.  

Does anyone have a contact of Loan officer or mortgage officer from Woodforest Bank?

You can even diversify across asset classes - think MF, self-storage, mobile home parks, office space, etc - AND geographic location.One limiting factor though is whether you are accredited or not.