Look for non-traditional lenders if you can afford the rate.  

Toll Brothers plans tend to be traditional and they are not super innovative.

A large part of most brokerages income theses days is from these "transaction fees", as opposed to the traditional commission split percentages.

My mortgage broker provided 3 options: traditional monthly mortgage insurance until my LTV was <80%, upfront mortgage insurance (cash due at closing), or the LPMI mentioned above, in exchange for a .25% increase in the rate (.5% sounds like too much).  

Unless it has serious mold or structural issues that would prevent a bank from giving it the approval for traditional financing, securing the house at all could be a struggle.

A construction loan is different than a traditional loan.

As mentioned in a previous post, we are currently focusing on purchasing a multi-unit and live in one unit while renting out the other unit(s).If we did the traditional down payment route, we are setting our sights on a $40k down payment for a $200k home.

Chinese investing in GermanyAccording to China’s Commerce Ministry, Chinese direct investment into Germany amounted to USD 210 million in Q1, which is a year on year increase of 246 percent.

I do have some money to put down but wanted to know what other options are out there for financing rather than traditional banks and mortgage companies.

There is no traditional "duct" work going thru the wall.