New to hard money lending

[Manuel Savorelli]

Hello board, 

Investor from South Jersey new to HML. Looking to expand into multi's and am considering HML for financing.

I would greatly appreciate some pointers on what to look for as well as what to stay away from.  Ideally, I'd like to use private money as a form of leveraging rather than to use personal capital and risk losing future projects due to lack of liquidity.  Does that sound like a good strategy? 

I look forward to all suggestions and criticisms. 

TIA, 

Manuel