I concur with his process.

So my question is - is there a way to offer an extra 20k outside of the normal escrow process?

My name is Dean Halpin and I'm pretty new to real estate as a whole, however, I'm in the process of getting my license.

.- Real Estate Rookie - it's designed for people just like you who are getting started and seeking to understand terms, concepts, and processes...it's like a crash course to build knowledge in real estate- Bigger Pockets Podcast - this was their first podcast and it contains invaluable examples of other investors, situations they've encountered, and how they got to where they are today.

When flipping houses when do you start the process of getting your funding in place?

Alternatively I could just put $300k savings into a notes fund and hope for the best - earn 10% ( about the same annual amount) without doing anything, but also without control.  

The micron microchip processing plant is coming in 2025 and is likely to cause a huge need for housing 

Currently in the process of rehabbing a duplex, flipping an old house, and building a HPR.

Even without these characteristics, in the early days of Auben we tried to copy the multifamily showing techniques and design a personalized resident viewing experience.Prior to the invention of electronic self-showing lockboxes, we scheduled and arranged personal tours of our homes in a very analog process.

Perhaps it was a situation where the borrower created value through the entitlement process and the lender treated the imputed equity as the cash contribution.