Hey Mark Pedroza, I'll bet you're right.

I would suspect your LLC is brand new in which case no credit is probably just as bad as poor credit and/or the lender would want a personal guarantee.Hard money and private lenders could (and may prefer) to lend to an LLC rather than you personally, but with the same issues I mentioned above.Your best bets are probably to either find a great deal and partner with someone more experienced who can bring the money and you learn from them in exchange for a small part of the profit or find someone in your personal sphere who has idle money and trusts/believes in you to be a private lender.

You bet!

My bet is more toward case #1.

I recommend Phoenix as a safe bet for real estate since it is one of the fastest growing cities here in the US and doesn't have as much red tape as in California.Good luck!

I think my best bet would probably be to go after agents with smaller brokers, but I don't want to limit myself to just those individuals if I don't have to.Do any of you have any experience or insight on pursuing this?

@Marshall Ryan  if you're looking for a specific lender you will need to post in the Marketplace.Hard money is your best bet. 

Bet Brian didn't think I'd be up so early!

If I decide to teach a class on buying non performing notes, I bet I would have a full house of new comers everyday, and all would be willing to drop $3000 each to hear me speak about notes and teach them things that they never heard before on how the note business will make them money...Joe Gore

With all the international cash pouring into the market, prices are being pushed up, and in many cases, the local investor is pushed out (we're seeing situations in which international buyers are seemingly ignoring formulas and returns and simply buying to park cash or bet on the rising tide - and multifamily is in high demand).