@Felicia Walker, while I have limited experience using lenders on flips, I will say my experience mirrors yours: some require very detailed reporting of costs of completed work, some are a little more "general" accounting.  

I tried to get an idea of heating cost from Consumer Energy, however with no luck. 

Any ideas?

Great idea thank you 

Great Idea, Thank you!

@Wayne Brooks great idea.

The intent of my post was to share this idea with those interested as an option to consider.

So if I am a limited partner, what sense of comfort would I have that a first time sponsor was able to find a killer deal and manage it by themselves when others cannot.So to answer the question, this statement would get 3 washington post pinocchios.

Have you invested in syndications as an LP (limited partner) in the past 3 years?

We have a set limit that we have for credit ratings.