There is also a chance to strike a deal with the current occupant, whomever it might be, to pay some rent during the window of time, however long it may or may not be, to recover your investment.  

Seems these could be distressed properties and worth reaching out to them to see if I can strike a deal? 

If you don't know anyome RE groups often have social hours or lunchs where you could strike up conversations that should give you leads.

ONe to not rely on someone giving you information.. two  lock box key ( its not literally a key anymore I date myself).. and if you can't make a deal but strike up a good reporte' you simply take a listing.. 

We have plenty of D areas in Las Vegas, but that area where the fourplex is didn't strike me as D?

The reason we do it is primarily because we have to strike a balance between 'rehab, raise rent and hold' and stashing cash for the next purchase.

But I can't say any of them are particularly striking.  

I would recommend looking at single family homes (possibly foreclosed) and do your due diligence to see if any of them strike your interest.

So even if I strike the agreement with the seller-mortgage person, I am still in for ~20k of cash, at minimum? 

For a while, I was leaning towards the Buy - Renovate – Rent – Refi – Repeat strategy but the local market is probably out of reach for me at the moment so I’m looking at out of state investing, even turnkey (I know, the term strikes a nerve with a lot of folk).