Greetings,I am new to BiggerPockets, and REI as a whole, but have read that traditional financing is hard to come by when dealing with a fixer-upper.

All are located in a 5 star SoCal location.He has had trouble finding a traditional HELOC that will lend over $1,000,000, in part due to max loan balance restrictions, and part due to retirement DTI.

I understand they are at a higher interest but it would be for 6 month til I can refi with a traditional loan. this house would be in St.Louis so if anyone knows anyone in the area that does this also would be appreciated. just needing this first start so i can start my portfolio, thanks shawn

Find a Realtor that also manages property and/or owns local investment properties.Many of our local boutique real estate brokerages start as just that, and eventually move into managing their real estate empires and drop the traditional real estate agent portion of their business.

If you go with a big name traditional broker then you will have to close considerably more in order to make your license worthwhile. 

A 2012 study by HubSpot showed that companies focused on inbound (read: online) marketing have a lower cost per lead of 61% compared with those who still use traditional methods.4).

I enjoyed teaching but have always felt I wouldn't reach my ultimate goals of financial wealth from teaching in a traditional school.

It's not "traditional" financing, but it may be one option.

Their first 1st refi option is a traditional lender, 2nd refi option is with an asset based lender like LendingHome.

It seems to marketing itself as a short-term cash-flow approach to screening a tenant, versus the traditional credit and paystub/W2 approach to verifying a person's credit and income.The core issue in using automated screening systems alone is that it's possible no one is looking at the person's credit or income history or income continuance.