Best way to reach a buy and hold goal

[Tyler Hampton]

I'm trying to get started in real estate and my only real goal is to get 10 SFH paid for and enjoy a good cash flow for retirement. (I'd buy more after that I'm sure, but I'm not very risky so I like a simple goal) what's the best way to keep that process going once I buy my first property? I don't understand how people BRRRR and do rehabs for like $15k! That's like two things in a house. Kitchen and floors will pretty much eat that up. Again, i'm not super risky, so hard money lending and borrowing a ton isn't my cup of tea, but possibly seller financing (although I don't really understand how that works. You just pay the seller monthly payments instead of the bank?). So how do you get the process sped up just a little with most of my funds going towards the first deal? Or since I'm a little risk averse, I just have to kind of plod through for 20-25 years to reach that? Thanks for any advice!