(Finally yes if timed right you can skip up to two mortgage payments)  Feel free to reach out with questions or if you feel we might be able to help.

Flipping is 10x the time that wholesaling is, in or out of state, and if you don't pay attention you will lose and lose on contractors.A first flip will take you 2-3x longer than you think, cost 2-3x more than you think, and one contractor will walk with your money at least.What you are trying to do is to create a side hustle in real estate, but you are biting off things that you don't have time for.

We were able to work with the sellers since they were going through tough times and wanted to get out of the house quickly.

Not because I wasn't interested, in fact I had spent a LOT of time trying to secure such a deal, including meeting with over a dozen of these groups throughout the country.

My brother has lived in the home as his personal residence since, but we are now in the process of renting it out full-time using a property manager. 

What would be nice is also to have someone on more often who has been around a longer period of time (ala pre-2008) as most people in real estate only know the good times and what we have ahead of us is not the good times.

I opted not to buy because they are a little far from me and I was concerned about making timely repairs.

Although from lenders perspective if you have done handful of successful rehabs, you should already have a pretty good understanding of the process, and can have an easier time to obtain a construction loan.Also Development (building multiple houses at the same time) will require additional skillset vs one house at a time.   

I would then plan to use this forced equity (since I plan to buy a fixer upper) to invest in another home.I have been constantly reading to househack right into the MFH, but this may take some time for me to acquire the money and purchasing power.

My question is does anyone know of lenders that will lend to first time ground up investors where they will be willing to use my 5 flips in 2 years experience to lend to my LLC/me.