Many hard/private lenders can fund a deal in a matter of days where a traditional lender can take weeks to give a final approval on a loan.

I might even match the ceremony it with the demographics of the area, whether they are traditional Catholic house blessing or feng shui types.... be worth the time  and expense IMHO....

@Tim Cooper I think you should go for a low down payment mortgage rather than a traditional conventional loan that requires 20% down. 

I don't see a traditional lender doing this.

Also @Dave Foster, @Upen Patel Do either of you know if in a 1030 exchange from a single-family property to multiple properties has the requirements of purchasing investment property through traditional means, such as a six-month emergency fund for each property?

Hi,We are looking at an REO property that will not finance traditionally.

Admin: Your office, contract, legal, generally paperwork business.Operations: Your management, repairs, contracting, the physical business of real estate.A&D: Lead generation, offers, networking, essentially your sales arm (to view it from a traditional business perspective).What's interesting is that the book emphasizes hiring a full-time A&D role, last.

In Hawaii market, traditional real estate deals dominate the industry.I went to one of the local REIA meetings and discovered that Hawaii is not for lower budget real estate investing.

I then decided on finding a zero-money down traditional hard money lender.

If the seller(s) makes enough income to utilize most or all of the tax deduction, they can often net more from the tax deduction, combined with whatever amount of cash the buyer pays at closing, than they would from a traditional sale to a regular all-cash buyer.