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Interest rates are often attractive, even for borrowers with lower credit scores, and down payments may be 5% or less.

Later you can do some exotic things like borrowing on the property to leverage another.  

-Profit n Loss - Year to date Profit n' Loss signed by a CPA. ( needs to match bank statements ) -CPA letter confirming that borrower is self-employed and the business is profitable and legit .

The terms are how much you borrow, the borrower and lender, the length of time, interest rate, default rate, when the loan and interest are paid back etc.  

(One of the coolest people I’ve met) but I felt like it wasn’t for me.I have been learning about RE investing for a while but haven’t really made any moves mostly out of fear of borrowing huge sums of money and taking loans.

However, this isn't categorically true; you might be able to find a bank or two that wants to get on board.Private/HMLs generally offer the following advantages:Faster capitalFewer docsFast construction drawsLess strict borrower standardsHowever, this comes at a significant premium.

Self-employed borrower mortgages can be difficult with all of the regulations out there.

A week prior to me getting the treasurer's deed, she borrowed money from a friend and paid off the tax lien.

You can borrow from a lender and have a pref equity investor with a hurdle of 8-9 percent and then a cap on proceeds when you sell property.