There are some very successful wholesalers here on BP and they all started out small and worked their way up...find out how they did it and pay special attention to their advise.

I hope you have great success as well this year.

Best for Success!

I wanted to know if anyone has had success attracting private money.

The ones that fit into #2 have probably had bad experiences with wholesalers who:- Were just tire-kickers and never made offers;- Made offers but often backed out of deals;- Tried to get the seller to lower the price after a contract was executed;- Made closings difficult with needing to double-close or some other non-standard transaction.I recognize there are some very good, very ethical and very successful wholesalers out there, but they are a very small minority of the total group of people who call themselves wholesalers.

Welcome Angela, This is by far the best place to learn all kinds of things to help you become successful!

Best advice I can give is continue to do both wholesaling and the carpet cleaning until the success of your wholesaling business demands more time and attention than your schedule allows.

I'm going to disagree with this to an extent...There are plenty of successful investors out there who will help a new investor without looking for cash in return.

If you don't have other options, and you're confident that you can still earn a profit despite the HML fees/costs, then there's absolutely nothing wrong with HML.A lot of successful investors got their start using hard money, and I know some very successful investors who are STILL using hard money today (though at rates a bit better than typical hard money), because it supports their business and growth model and is their best financing option given their particular situation.Personally, if I were to go through all my cash and private money, I'd happily use hard money if I could still make money a deal.

Like they say the profit is in the followup/follow through.Awesome success to you!