As Josh said, your best bet is to get cozy with an agent and work up some arrangement where they give you comps for something else in return.

The conference had representatives from all over the Midwest set up each in a booth and Southern CA investors went from booth to booth talking with the different reps about their areas.With that kind of proactive event going on, I would say that investing in CA for appreciation would not be the best bet right now.

Hard money, private lender, money partner or something else?

If you are going to need financing, you are probably going to have to get your wife involved with the loan docs.I would say that your best bet would be to study as much as you can on creative financing techniques (lease/option, land contracts, subject-to) in order to eliminate the need for your wife's cooperation.Tell us what her perspective is please.

I am an investor looking for private funds, not hard money..

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I'm brand spanking new to this forum. I"m just about to turn 30. I live in Ontario, Canada. I work in commissioned sales as well as market online. I really want to get things going in Real Estate and become...

This is because most banks focus on providing private residential financing for individuals of the local community, not large amount loans for real estate or commercial property acquisition.

Unlike many private lenders we are also required to mentor "newbie" investors with regard to property suitability, and to pencil out their goals so as to minimize any risk of our client getting into a "dog deal".If you are active in my part of South Carolina I look forward to meeting with you.

If investor A (the other guy) is MAXIMIZING his profits, you can bet that investor B (that would be YOU), is NOT.After you've read and understand all of the above you'll have the answer to your question.Oh yeah, don't go into deals more than 30 minutes from your home.all cash

You will want to arrange for a sales contract with the seller and then you resell the property to someone else before the contract closes.For rehabs, you can try hard money / private lenders.