I’d love to hear your experiences, opinions, and any tips you might have for successfully implementing these strategies.

If I understand correctly; the seller would receive 80% ($40,000) directly from the mortgagee at closing and would enter into a personal agreement with me for the 20% down payment ($10,000) in which he would be reimbursed separately from my mortgage payments at a separately agreed upon rate and term?

Any advice is welcome.In my opinion, if you can go conventional, most of the time it is a better choice due to the better interest rate and terms.

I'm looking to keep this long term (35 years).

I like this idea because it reduces the potential vacancy I could have by doing a short 3- to 4-month lease that ends in April or May, then starting over with a year lease.

REI is a long-term venture; if you cannot hold this will be a very difficult process.  

Paul has started at least 3 separate threads in the past few days announcing to the world the success he's having with section 8 rentals and repeatedly reminds us he doesn't have a clue how to calculate the true operational costs associated with these properties. 

It's not over until the end of their lease term, or the rerenting of their unit earlier, or the remaining tenant agreeing to accept 100% responsibility for the unit.

If you want to be buying right now and can't self source leads though you're probably going to need to adjust your acceptable numbers and focus on the long term.

However, I find myself uncertain about how to structure such deals and whether I could successfully secure them.I was wondering if you could offer any recommendations for educational resources that might help me better understand and navigate the intricacies of creative finance and seller finance deals.