Conventional loan followed by construction loan and will cash out refinance at the end How did you add value to the deal?

Something that I've been wondering about is whether new investors looking to buy their first property using a conventional mortgage use their personal credit to apply for the loan.

Conventional 3% down payment.

When I have watched shows where they build houses out of containers, it never seems like the budget is any less than a conventional build.Again, I love the look, but at this point I see them as a passion project for a developer more than any financial incentive. 

Can you get any kind of conventional loan, not owner occupied, for less than 20%?

I recently got pre-approved for a conventional bank loan to purchase my 1st REI property .

Conventional 30 year fixed mortgage. 5% down, 3.875% rate.

I don't live in a convention area.

If your using conventional Fannie may and Freddy mac loans the requirements are a little similar but change quite a bit.

@Scott SmithYou can absolutely put cash in a SDIRA to work in conventional assets.The mechanics of doing so will depend on your plan provider and plan structure.If you have a checkbook IRA, the LLC entity just opens a brokerage account.If you do not have checkbook control, you would work with your IRA custodian for this process.Having a smaller stock account within an IRA that holds real estate is OK.