Essentially I have acquired lots of investor and professionals who are experienced and I will definitely need to leverage their business& financial acumen to make it work.

@Joseph Canini, the ideal scenario would be to acquire properties while you had steady income as it would be easier to get a mortgage.Without a "job" you will need to purchase via your cash, private loans or HML, which will cost a lot more.You could look for a JV money partner.

If you are looking at acquiring an apartment outside of California I would unfortunately be limited to 50%-60% LTV.

A few of these have long term tenants and have one vacancy which is perfect for a owner occupied investment.I would like to live in the vacant unit and manage the tenants that are already in-place, however I do not have the necessary down payment in order to acquire the property on my own.What are some strategies/deals I could use to purchase this property and how are they typically structured?

Offering a full, turnkey solution, we source and acquire assets then help rehab, find and manage a tenant and the asset if you'll allow us.

During my education and experience flipping homes Brandon has taught me that I must develop my funnel to acquire good deals on properties.  

Our goal is to acquire a property by end of year and have it sold by Spring(April).

Either way you are acquiring a loan for a rental property . . . you might as well use the cheapest debt you can find!

My goal get educated enough to acquire more properties and grow my wealth as a landlord.

Expensive cities have lower Cap Rates so your cost to acquire the property will be higher and you're rent roll not much higher proportionately speaking.