If you had access to another lender or partner ready to fund, how much more could you scale in 2025? 

They find a great deal but lose time because their funding wasn't lined up properly.

Save up for sufficient down payment and reserves. 

Whether you're flipping your first property or scaling your rental portfolio, understanding your funding options is key to closing deals confidently.

(Always fascinated by how funding strategies evolve as portfolios grow — happy to trade notes on what’s been working across different states lately.)

Beyond the project itself, effective scaling also requires strategic management of your funding; since every direct lender has exposure limits on new borrowers, working with a hybrid lender (who can also broker to outside capital partners) ensures you're never blocked from funding your next great deal, allowing you to truly "rinse and repeat" your investment strategy.

Understanding your funding options can make or break a deal.

From my side working with investors, I’m definitely seeing more activity, but also more collaboration people combining capital and experience to move faster on deals.How about you all  are you finding it easier to get your projects funded this quarter?

Flips still move fast, but rising material costs and longer timelines are squeezing margins.Some investors are layering alternative funding (bridge + rehab draws) so the money arrives as the job progresses.Would love to hear your go-to funding structure when costs creep up.

So between 2012-14 we averaged selling around 360 properties a year to hedge funds.