Paying off credit cards now so not much cash on hand but my step dad has recently come into a large amount of cash for his retirement and is looking to invest with hard money loans. 

Cancel credit cards you don't use.

A conventional loan will probably work for you as well, if you already used your FHA card.

I hope you have calling cards made up that say you are a managment firm and are giving them out at the Real Estate Clubs and Real Estate Meet ups that I hope you are attending.  

We would pay off our credit cards, get me a nice used truck($10-17k) so I can more easily do side work(landscaping and grass cutting) that I do all the time.

I could pull half that out of credit cards I have today with zero balances, but the rates there are atrocious.

Best bet on something that small is to secure it with something else, like a HELOC or credit card. 

@Jon Mbu here is our first experience as investors and as auction.com purchasers which was an occupied property. http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/522/topics/177...Their website will answer your questions but to make it a bit quicker (you should verify this on their site just in case it's different for the property your interested in or your state), the $2,500 is a hold placed on your card.

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