I have a single family I just closed on to house hack back in December and again I only have about 20k to put towards a flip.A local investing group has meetups and with an investment of a few grad they say they will plug you in with wholesalers, and contractors and lend an ear to compete the flip does that sound like Something any of you would do for a first flip.

On the downpayment front, do you have a family member who could lend you the money?  

I have good credit.How do lenders decide how much they will lend?

He said that this way, we could secure 20 homes using conventional lending this way instead of 10. 10 in the person with the higher score's name first while the other builds their credit back and then switch.Is this a common strategy? 

I would like to know how to acquire, learn about lending, financing, set up a system of how to eventually create cash flow from these buildings.

I don't know, I'm still interested in lending on fix and flips here in Charleston and am thinking of doing one myself.

If you want truly passive - no headaches, management, rehab - you can invest in a syndication. 

Usually banks only lend on equity so that typically isn't there with a new purchase.

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So......A: Step it up to where it sounds like you want to be and syndicate an apartment buildingOr B: Prove me wrong!