On conventional loans, private mortgage insurance (PMI) is required with less than a 20% down payment.

So do you think that i could finance my long term strategy (buy cash and hold) with a short term strategy (buy and sell) with private lender o equity partner...?

It is called Trust Deed / Private Mortgage Investing.

Retail with money partners - get JV credit partners, private lenders, hard money lenders, etc, and sell to retail FHA buyer3.

"Private Lenders"Anyone have any other resources, or experiences they can share about portfolio lenders.

The hardest let about getting the funding is not being able to match any of the private lending or having the funds to put down a down payment on  a cheap mortgage. 

If you do not have the required "Gap Funds" to satisfy the HMLs requirement - this is where you will need to "pitch" your property to other private lenders or "Gap Funders" on this site, or by networking with other investors outside of BiggerPockets. 

You could live outside of a nice district and go the private route, but those schools are well into the tens of thousands of dollars per year.  

Interested in connecting with lenders as well as private investors who might be interested in partnering with me on some of my projects.

@Brian Burke  Its not often I get a willing passenger like Brandon... maybe we can shoot part of it from the air  that would be novel...If you have not been up to Friday Harbor its one of the Great private aviation destination fly ins on the west coast...