It also will depend on your investor profile, depending on where you get your $ will depend on what they find acceptable.

In my market, agents/investors/wholesalers pitching creative financing get this objection as well.They typically have a 2nd offer (usually much lower purchase price) for the owner to be able to accept now and cash out. 

How feasible is it to have an offer accepted utilizing seller financing for non-REO properties with the intention to flip?

Ask them for a copy of their purchase agreement and have it reviewed by attorney to see if the terms are acceptable to you.5.

I am exclusively dealing with Section 8 and military tenants.

@Richie Linnon if the unit needs renovation, which is likely with someone there that long, perhaps plan to give tenant 3-6 months’ notice as it will possibly be difficult and stressful for them to find something in their budget and they may need time to apply for and be accepted into assistance programs.

Is hookah generally acceptable?

Don't accept any offers of a payment plan or other nonsense.

Not sure what new western is, but in general you generate a target list using a tool like propstream and you call it asking if they would accept an offer on the property.

They don't do SFR and my prior PM almost exclusively managed 20-50 unit communities.