Occasionally I may post a topic on here to strike up a conversation.

Makes a big difference.Most contractor "partnerships" I have seen simply involve him floating the cost of the rehab until sale and occasionally hearing about a deal.

If you are the landlord and you want to let the person out of the lease but have spent the money you now have a conundrum.This occasionally happens in the PM business and we hold the money and pay the owners the correct amount each month.

I get an occasional request to fund bulk, or a portion of a bulk tape they can flip right away.

I'll still occasionally let customers do this if I'm feeling nice, but now I let them know ahead of time (and have a clause in my contract) that if something goes awry with their materials and/or subs, it's on them to clean up the mess.

I have okay earned income as a transportation engineer, some passive income and occasionally some cash.

For me, it's the occasional help with cleaning that is usually my treat.

Once I reached my number in cash flow I would start paying down some of these houses, but I still would buy the occasional house if it met my criteria.  5 houses with no mortgage would be more than enough for cash flow.  10 houses if they still had a mortgage. 

Occasionally I'll find a property that has enough equity but needs to be rehabbed and I assign it to a fellow investor for cash or I take it on myself as a rehab project if it looks like a super deal.Occasionally I'll have a Tenant Buyer choose not to complete their Option Agreement and I wind up reselling to another Tenant Buyer for the same Option fee and same cash flow or Selling as a Turnkey like the two that have just become available.Sometimes I do training for a yearly fee and other times I do a Joint Venture depending on the student and the state.

Bulk REO buyers post occasionally, but don't see much of actual employees/principals of distressed asset funds, hedge funds, etc. that truly move volume on a bank-direct basis.