Check your area for local, Facebook real estate investors' groups.In my experience, a lot of newer investors believe seller-financing is a hack to getting a property for no money down, but unless you're buying from a family member who trusts you, you still have to come to the negotiating table with twenty to twenty-five percent down.Why are you looking to purchase using seller-financing?

There are many more.None of this advice is going to help you if what you're really looking for is a way to buy a McMansion and a Lambo before you're twenty-five.

I’m currently in my mid twenties from Washington state currently residing in DC area, Virginia to be specific.

I also like the fact it will be low to no repairs and maintenance with low capital expenditures for the next ten to twenty years.

.$200K would get you a portfolio loan of $800,000 (80 LTV) on a book of twenty units (SFH's) costing $1 M. 

My issue is that she's in mid-high twenties and has not have a steady job to even cover her rent up until now!

I live in Massachusetts and in early 60’s close to retirement.One of my boys in his mid twenties is looking to buy a home but RE is very high priced.

But it sits right on the Roaring Fork River.  

That's what my team lead @Matt 'Roar' Gardner did. 

I typically spend less than an hour a month wearing my property manager's hat and managing a rental, but on the tenant's timetable.On the other hand, I spend a highly variable amount of time as a maintenance man, from nothing to a maximum of about twenty hours a month on really bad months.