Intermediaries are people who perform a service, like licensed brokers and agents.Successful trust deed investors are typically people who understand the collateral (real estate) and have some experience working with the property type that the loan(s) secure (SFR's, or apartments, commercial or land).

Apparently there is a "deferred principal" of $131,000 with Chase that did not show up on any collateral, O& E or credit report.

The rate is low, something like libor +1% , however the loan is collateralized by moving market positions to cash and therefore you are missing out on the average 7% market returns., so the overall rate is closer to 8-9%, so its a tradeoff of opportunity cost versus convenience. 

You may be thinking of something such as a collateral assignment.

Often, buyers had 'substitution of collateral' clauses put in private mortgage docs, and it wasn't all that uncommon to have three or more mortgages on a single property. 

Eventually, you will not need to find a partner because you will have established work history, credit, and equity in the first deal that you can use as collateral.

I would think if its a up and running HML then there is a PG attached to the loan... the loan is on the collateral not the LLC...

In that case you would have to get the collateral files to do most of your due diligence.

Fannie Mae actually explicitly uses artwork and collectibles as examples of collateral you can borrow against for a down payment, not just real estate, but I've so far not tried to be a smart alec and use a smiley face drawn on a napkin as "artwork" collateral.

you don't want an unsecured loan to finance good collateral.