About 6 months ago we purchased a duplex using a DSCR loan.

Purchase price: $850,000 Cash invested: $500,000 Sale price: $2,250,000 Purchased , knocked down, built new from ground up What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Purchase price: $98,500 Cash invested: $15,000 owner financed on duplex, bought from a friend of the family. hopefully many more to come

I also am a member of the International Real Estate Federation, and can connect you with agents who are able to help with your purchase.  

It's only dead if you are spending too much on your purchase.  

I purchased my first buy and hold SF rental property last year and turned the property into a student rental as it was very close to a local College.

Typically starting with a smaller rehab budget of $50K or less (maybe a max of $75K) and avoiding a 1 to 1(or higher) ratio of purchase to rehab costs is recommend when you are first starting out. 

You can indefinitely defer the tax and use it to purchase nicer property/properties, as well as not have to recapture any depreciation.

Purchased a little too high at the buy (I knew it at the time too), does a little better than breaking even on cashflow, and took too long to rehab.

Purchase price: $190,000 Cash invested: $34,000 Triplex, ranch style.