Best way to learn about owner financing

[Kyle J.]

I'll be closing on my 4th rental property next week and would like to keep purchasing other properties (buy & hold is my strategy). However, in order to do so, I'll need to come up with some alternate forms of financing. So far, I've been using either cash or conventional mortgages for the purchases, but I'm slowly running out of money and most traditional banks I've dealt with have rules/overlays that prevent them from doing new loans when you already have four in place.

All of my present rentals are SF houses, but I'm considering getting into multi-family (i.e. small apartment complex). Even if I do, I'd probably still do SF.

Since I don't "flip" the houses and my investments are more long-term oriented, I don't think short-term hard money loans are the way to go (unless, of course, I can acquire a good value-add MF property with a solid exit strategy - like maybe a refi after rehabbing).

So I'd like to start looking into other purchasing options, like owner financing (i.e. subject to, land trusts, etc etc etc). However, I don't really know anything about these types of purchases. I've browsed through some of the older posts on here regarding this subject, and think I now have a BASIC understanding of the process. But I'm really looking for more info on the details/specifics, like exactly how to structure the deal, suggested financing terms, what documents/forms to use, etc.

Can anyone recommend a book (I'm really into reading) or a step-by-step course on how to learn to do these types of deals?

Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!