Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

Nothing on accounting or # of shares.Today I looked on the website and the "Get started" button takes you to a "Coming Soon!

Most of the eight metros are on the coast where there is a high concentration of condos.

I require 650+ Credit, no violent crime or theft, 3X monthly income, and no prior evictions.

I'm planning to use that money for a downpayment  to buy a multifamily where I would live in one side and rent out the other side. 

@Brent Horst where is the property? 

Although in the last couple deals most have come out as 506C deals where only accredited investors are allowed, there are still 506B syndications where you can be a sophisticated investor (self proclaimed) so you don't have to be accredited.

I have went down the path with 3 different banks and they all said the same thing.

@Ngozi IwunzeOne way to avoid capital gains is to turn the flip into a rental after the rehab and then do a 1031 exchange into a more expensive property. 

So, if you start with a duplex, your next purchase could be a triplex or fourplex.