My situation:I'm investing in a 2BR property that I'm going to house hack (I live in an attached ADU) and will be relying on short term rental income for mortgage payments.

From what I remember: you can evict so you or a close family member can move into the unit (close family member is defined) or so you may do a major remodel or rehab of the unit.You are also required to give them a certain amount of free rent as well as 60 days notice.

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A family member is going through a divorce they own a house together but none of the two can afford to refinance the house because they haven’t been in their current job for more than a year. 

If it's single-purpose (like a drive thru burger joint), you only have historical $/SqFt.If it can be re-purposed easily, vanilla shell with zoning that can handle variety of tenant types, then I'd add some more to the empty $/SqFt.In any case, you're going to need to know sales comps.

We have a 3 family brick property which needs to be re-pointed on one side.

I dedicated myself to learning the principles and practices of real estate investing, which included reading three of Brandon Turner’s books, listening to varies real estate podcasts, and as of recently, becoming a BiggerPockets Pro Member. I

So I'll ask, is there any creative financing strategies that can be used where all, or part of rent payments would go to a private lender, until it could be re-financed.

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So, if a local market appears to put more value on the income a 4-plex produces, then the income approach may be relied on more, but that should also show up in the sales prices, since Buyers are more likely to pay more for the higher income properties, thereby causing higher priced comps.