(The second was a restaurant and its building that the partner just disappeared and abandoned the whole shebang and left us who were supposed to be silent money partners to run the business.

Hello all,I recently transitioned from finance to real estate, am looking for deals to fund and my question is two-fold:1) Investors - for those of you funding your investment properties with hard money, where / how are you identifying your funding sources and what are the most important criteria in arranging your financing?

It's all about the team you have in place, in my opinion a true turnkey rental is one where the provider purchased the property with their own money, did the renovation and own the property management company on the back end.

You're not counting the money saved by living in the house you're also collecting $16k annual rent on.

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Bi, good questions, because California home taxes are very high and to answer your question about the price because I don’t have more money rn.I heard that NV is a good state to invest in.

If you can connect me with someone who can lend me the money.

Hi Alana, I'm afraid that will either be through a local bank or a local private person looking to lend personal money.

Some other pros and cons but could keep that money liquid and flexible.

To help with you issue of cash flow, consider the idea of financing your rehab budget with your hard money lender.