This site and their podcast has already been a wealth of knowledge for me.

Try searching via BP/Network/Events and Meetup site.

I am new to this site so I apologize if this has been discussed previously. 

Hard to believe that people are still living like this, especially here in my own home state.First Video That Got It All StartedAfter watching that video some friends got to talking and my buddy went down to look at the job site today.

Crud, that goes on a different site.

I’ve been trying to analyze listings on the usual sites and what I receive from a real estate agent.

However, more savvy real estate investors will want you to have skin in the game and the ability to pay the loan back.

What I find is that the banks just want too much money for houses that need too much rehab.Is there some way other investors are getting access to properties that aren't on the MLS, or these common sites I mentioned? 

If you want to do it on your own you will need to use those sorts of sites.

are there better ways to show skin in the game for hard money investors?