Thanks @Jiva Segaran are you mainly looking down the south shore or do you have any interest up this way?

I'm now looking for a quality loan servicing company out here in the Bay Area, or anywhere for that matter, if they can help facilitate my payment process to the seller.

Is it possible to borrow using crowdfunding services as a first time investor for a buy & hold property? 

What about just offering the service of finding the property, over seeing repairs, and helping vet tenants/PM companies? 

@Joshua Smith The deal is the main factor.

Mainly because of the numbers I'm getting in my analysis of different properties.

Main reason is we would like to buy a house given the growing family but need to make sure we have enough equity in it from the rehab to resell again within a year (or just over) should we have to move (which is a real possibility).

Now the firms they deal with don't have a main focus on real estate.

Basically, if you are looking for or offering a deal, product or service, you're advertising.

Due to lackluster service and better pricing elsewhere, I did so with a different lender.Since then, I've learned about the concept early payoff recapture, and, not wanting to cause any problems for my previous lender, I inquired about the recapture period on the previous loan.