You may want to reach out to these institutions to see if they have any options that might be a good fit for your needs.Real estate brokers: Real estate brokers may be able to connect you with private money lenders or hard money lenders.

Here is the exact text from the Georgia MLS Training Institute, which provides prelicense training for Georgia real estate agents: "In a real estate contract, consideration is NOT the earnest money, but the exchange of the purchase price (or something else of value) for real property."

I'm out of Fremont, OH and looking for a go to lending institution or broker for when I need financing.

I've spent some time underwriting deals in the boston area and glad to connect and discuss more.Boston as you may know is highly competitive and somewhat of a playground for institutional buyers/sellers; but there are opportunities out there for those focusing on the right RE asset class/size.

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I think because a bank is just an "institution" versus a person (although that sounds strange, because institutions have people in them).

If you are an audio/visual person a seminar will be far more useful to you than reading a book.I joined Robert Allen's EWI organization (Enlightened Wealth Institute) and have never looked backYes I paid money for his courses. $5000 for the first one.

Or have him deposit in a CD with the same lending institution.

There are private and hard money lenders out there gushing with cash; however, trying to convince institutional lenders to put their faith in you when you have no experience to show is very tough. 

However, stick to the smaller parks (less than 100) - anything bigger and you don't stand a chance up against those institutions that are happy going under contract at a 3% cap rate.