Even a loaded gun in an experienced rifleman's hands can be the source of a lifetime of regret and sorrow.Leveraging in general entails significant financial risks, and combining creative options with leverage magnifies those risks.

Hi, I'm looking for a private source of capital for my 45 member group of Real Estate Investor clients, who want to do fix and flip on properties located in various states in the country.Now here's the thing, I don't want a bank, a mortgage broker, or some type of established "lender."

Be careful of property taxes, it's the main source of income and generally are closer to 3% instead of 1% like CA.3.

Looking through the past posts can be a great source of information, too.

Can anyone recommend a good source to locate foreclosures?

As a Commercial Mortgage Broker, I have dozens of Lenders to work with, and a long list of Hard Money sources too.

Not locations so much as sources of info you used to find them.

That being said, let me help you with some suggestions:1) Sources of money for down-payment and/or closing costs for FTHB.The first thing is that there are sources of funds for you that can be used with any loan program or with a specific list of loan programs.

I do lots of deals in Texas and Zillow and all other "instant" valuation sources are so out of whack, if I did deals based on their numbers I'd lose my shirt.Another challenge with "instant valuations" is that they don't consider model comps.

Plus just having another source of income.I am currently trying to make contact with local investors to build up my investor list.