I considered the house hacking technique but, here in Las Vegas, duplex/triplex/quad-plexes are in some, less than desirable areas(D class neighborhoods). 

It’s a great book on negotiating, and I successfully used a technique in that book to land my first deal.  

While others may choose to use more creative financing techniques, I have found that when I do the numbers, many of those techniques reduce cash flow to the point that a great deal is hardly even a good deal. 

If you're looking to use the BRRR technique the VA has strict requirements on the property so just keep that in mind.I hope this helped.

Unfortunately, you're probably reading that MFH are dried up right now and it's true- you'd have to dig dig dig to find a motivated seller and use some more creative techniques to find the right property.

Studying their marketing and advertisement as much as you listed to the other stuff and see how you can adapt those marketing techniques for yourself.

First always remember you will still need some of your own skin in the game no matter how you go about it, so you will need to make money and save money, so you can make money on your saved money :)You can consider a credible house hacking technique:1) Find a duplex at a favorable reduced price point below market value 2) Apply for a 203k loan (considering the home has an appraised value acquisition + construction)3)You only need a 600ish credit score to get a 203k loan - you only need 3.5% down4) Live on one side & rent the other = free rent (this is minimum goal)5) save money you would be using for rent to buy your next assetThis is a very rough guide, but very achievable and very simple, especially if you are just begging.

So the added expense of a high end camera is not real worth it for us.The phone is compact, always fully charged, always with me & it does take excellent hi res pics that I can enlarge on it & has great video.

Seller seems pretty motivated (i.e. flexible) and has nothing to lose by working with me to get this thing closed, rehabbed, and cash flowing again, so perhaps he will entertain some creative techniques to get this done.David, or anyone else, can you give me some more guidance on the owner financing terms I might go back to the seller with?

House hacking is the technique to enter the Calgary market I would suggest.