Deals need to be more creative and are harder to find.

Definitely someone who just set down the "Creatively BUY Houses" book.Make sure it's a good deal.

I had to pivot to a more creative, non-traditional way to structure deals to keep my business going. 

@Jonathan Orr  My husband and his partner were also “referred” to this lender, as well as another highly sus lender by a self proclaimed “creative finance real estate investor”.  

Any creative ways to pull this off? 

He bought the home with no money down, Home town Heros program and creative finance, then we developed the property by improving it with electrical upgrade additional meters and more bedrooms.

Make Assumptions: Consider possible reasons like a tired landlord, property in rough condition, or a bad location.Confirm Assumptions: Ask the seller and consult local experts (property managers and real estate agents).Update Assumptions: Incorporate the new information.Adjust Analysis: Integrate the updated information into your analysis.

They also have an offer estimation engine for various strategies of creative deal-making.  

If you have experience with long-term holds on the northside and are willing to look at a couple of the deals I've analyzed and share your insights, I'd be very grateful.In the meantime, I'm starting to think creatively about other strategies - looking for off market deals, pooling funds with friends, etc.

Whether it says Passive LP, creative financing, fix and flipping, notes, Short Term Rentals, seller financing  etc - I am at the bottom - I can scream no but I far too often hear stories of people quitting their job to pursue real estate and then end up very unsuccessful.