If you are partnered up with an experienced investor and create a new LLC that you are also a member of, this will be the easiest way to secure competitive financing and get the experience necessary to qualify on your own. 

I imagine his partner Amy will blame him when the SEC comes knocking.

Update: Brian Grimes former business partner just got swept up in a $10M mortgage fraud scheme that purportedly involved the cooperation of a Keller Willaims Brokerage office and a title company that misrepresented .

I'd also think long and hard before partnering with family.

Purchase price: $220,000 Sale price: $260,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven and Patrick Curtis snagged this coastal property on 143rd Ave E for $220,000 and flipped it the same day for $260,000—no renovations needed!

We can go up to 65% combined loan-to-value (CLTV) on a second position for investment properties through one of our institutional partners (we do not hold these loans on our books -too risky), but this is where most get stuck. 

Last year, my partner in Pittsburgh bought a house at auction for 35k.

If you don't have significant equity in the first property and you don't have the cash for a down payment, then the next best bet is to find a good partner who will pay a portion of what is owed in return for ownership.There are other options available, but they are rare, so I would make networking my top priority. 

.: Quote from @Patrick Roberts: Find a local experienced lender to partner with.

But wondering how to find investors/partners who could help us and teach us the ropes.