We would like to learn more about flipping and hard money lending from those who've been successful at it, but we're not sure it's for us.  

Can anyone lend any truth to that? 

JoshMy Arvest loan officer isERIK KOLSETHVP, MORTGAGE LENDING MANAGER6300 NALL AVE, MISSION KS., 66202913-279-3347 (o) | 913-677-3584 (f) [email protected] | NMLS #488985They are 30 year amortization but on a 5 year ARM.  

I did some lending in Columbus in the day..

You of course are required to use licensed contractorsI did this when I built my house.For financing purposes if you are using conventional lending the bank will require a licensed general contractor and will not let the owner act as the GC without a license - but this is a lending requirement and not a county requirementWhat county is this in ?

Try EZ Money Lending.

Deeper searching showed that the couple was military (VA loan) , used a military financial institution.

I'm currently considering taking action on recruiting as many private money partners as humanely possible for my RE deals and have thought up taking this route: executing Calling up a couple local financial advisors and private wealth advisors(since these are middle man connections to money) and pitching them my private lending opportunities in which I want advisors to present it to their clients and whichever client wants to do deals with me, I'll have them available for funding my deals and I'll pay a "referral fee" to the advisor for his/her help.

Now, the lender wants to know if you have good credit, experience, etc.There may be some lendings coming back into the game that will only look at the project, but we look at the project and the person.Normally, they lender will want you to have some skin in the game.  

Trust deed investing, also known as lending on trust deeds, has grown in leaps in bounds since 2009.