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. 

Investors should seek out providers or partners who remain accountable throughout the property’s life cycle.

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 .

Maybe try a slow flip and find an eager partner with a little rehab money.

Most lenders shy away from funding land prep and infrastructure—soft costs like grading, roads, and utilities—because they’re hard to collateralize and carry a lot of risk without vertical improvements in place.In a similar deal, I partnered with another investor here on BiggerPockets to finance a similar project which also had an end buyer in hand, but the cost of capital was high as it was north of 25% annually to the borrower.

Peter Thiel, Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital, they were investors.Note the difference? 

PM me so we can chat more - I would enjoy talking to you about real estate and what I've learned so far, and it just so happens that my business partner is an electrical engineer as well.Look forward to talking, Kyle

They will need to partner with a more experienced operator and sponsor etc to sign off on the loan, and especially if we're talking about agency debt.

A solid lending partner does more than just fund your deal — they often provide access to reliable contractors and offer preliminary underwriting to help assess deal viability early on.There are plenty of ways to source deals, but understanding the rental market comes first.

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